Connected Chiropractic Relieves Chronic Neck and Back Pain
“How many times do I have to see you, doc?” A conventional question for your Elgin chiropractor. Chiropractic care at Connected Chiropractic goes by an evidence-based algorithm of care supported by clinical research that goes back to the 1970’s: The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Recent research confirms the system and its goals in which Elgin chiropractic patients can find calm as they heal.
CHIROPRACTIC USE
Elgin chiropractic patients wouldn’t be chiropractic patients if it did not produce beneficial results. The latest study of who utilizes chiropractic was conducted in Malaysia: 35% of Malayasians utilized chiropractic. Though it was slightly below traditional and complementary medicine care usage there, it is a good number! (1) About 25% of U.S. residents sought chiropractic for neck and back pain treatment. 35 million U.S. adults went to a chiropractor in the past year. (2) That number is growing as additional people pursue and find a non-surgical, conservative approach to pain relief in chiropractic understanding that it may require a few visits to obtain results. Connected Chiropractic is committed to setting a realistic treatment plan for the best possible outcome.
RECENT RESEARCH RESULTS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE AT 3 MONTHS
Curious about how many chiropractic visits patients use and the outcomes? A new study reported that in 1,362 chronic low back pain patients and 1,214 chronic neck pain patients’ function improved and back and neck pain reduced with chiropractic care in three months. Those who reported worse pain initially went for more chiropractic visits. Chronic low back pain sufferers with more than one visit a week benefitted more. At 3 months, chronic back and neck pain patients were improving slowly, may have even reached maximum improvement, and were quite possibly managing their chronic pain with a range of chiropractic visit frequencies. (3) That is our goal, too, at Connected Chiropractic: educate our Elgin back pain and neck pain patients about how they can support themselves with pain management and prevention! With Cox® Technic, 29 days and 12 visits were the mean days and visits to improvement in a study of 1000 patients. Disc herniations did take a bit longer and needed more visits than sprain/strains. (4) Connected Chiropractic presents statistics like this to help our chiropractic patients form realistic expectations.
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Elgin chronic back and neck pain sufferers are realistic. Despite health policy today that seems to seek a cure for whatever ails, most chronic spine pain patients want pain management that they know will require ongoing care rather than “cure” from their chiropractic care. (5) Cox® Technic implemented at Connected Chiropractic has always presented the idea of “control not cure” when it comes to most neck pain and back pain issues. It resonates with back pain and neck pain sufferers who have pursued care from so many different healthcare professionals that they “get” it. The 50% Rule of Cox® Technic makes sense to them: 50% relief in 30 days or referral for imaging or other consultation, 50% relief decreases the visit frequency by 50%, 50% relief changes the treatment from Protocol I to Protocol II, etc. The chiropractic care system of Cox® Technic follows an established algorithm that gives patients realistic expectations.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Tony Barton on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains his care of a nurse suffering with chronic back pain that The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helped.
Make your next Elgin chiropractic appointment today. We will work together to maximize your improvement and set your home care plan for continued pain relief and prevention in the least number of realistic visits possible!
