Elgin Chiropractic Care of Chronic Low Back Pain Can Help Reduce Cost & Pain
Chiropractic can help chronic low back pain in pain relief, healthcare coordination, and in cost-of-care reduction. Chiropractic care first works to prevent back pain from turning chronic, keeping it from continuing to last over 3 months. Chiropractic care provides spinal manipulation therapy which is shown to help ease chronic low back pain and enhance coordination of care with other colleagues to help our patients best. Connected Chiropractic facilitates the care of Elgin chronic back pain patients cost-effecitvely utilizing gentle, safe, research-documented protocols of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. We’re ready for you!
SPINAL MANIPULATION LOWERS COST OF BACK PAIN CARE
Back pain is not inexpensive. With the cost of spine pain in the US estimated to be $134.5 billion (1), Connected Chiropractic is pretty sure that our chiropractic patients would welcome cost-effective care. A newer Canadian study of high-cost back pain patients in the healthcare system uncovered that they accounted for almost 50% of the healthcare spending in a year. (2) Another paper reported results showing that spine-related pain patients who seek care from a chiropractor first also had lower costs and healthcare services compared with medical management. (1) We know our Elgin chiropractic patients would like coordination of care whenever possible among their healthcare providers to get the most economical and effective care.
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WORKING TOGETHER
Healthcare professionals working together help patients suffering with Elgin back and other spine-related conditions. A study in South Africa analyzed the relationship and understanding of each other’s professions between chiropractors and physiotherapists. Interesting outcomes! Each profession evaluated the other’s with regards to what conditions it treated, what modalities it utilized, how well each did at treating neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Interprofessional referrals for chiropractors were 82% and 55% for physiotherapists though 69% of chiropractors and 55% of physiotherapists wanted to collaborate in managing patients for their pain relief. (3) We healthcare providers want to keep our patients in the center of the treatment plan to reduce their pain and healthcare usage.
SMT REDUCES PAIN OF BACK PAIN
For chronic low back pain patients, those whose pain lasts over 3 months and usually leads to emotional distress and physical disability and more healthcare usage, 12 sessions of spinal manipulation offered greater pain relief than a control intervention. (4) Another study of 1000 low back pain sufferers treated with Cox® Technic flexion distraction protocols also reported that a mean of 12 visits in 29 days produced maximum clinical improvement. Plus, fewer than 9% of the low back pain patients continued to the chronic phase. (5) Chronic pain prevention is a worthy effort!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Vincent Pankonin on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates how he helped his chronic back pain patient find relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
