Benefits of Continued Elgin Chiropractic Care for Back Pain
“Doc, do I have to see you for a long time?”
“No, but you may want to!”
Researchers are documenting the support for chiropractic care in the shorter and longer term also known as maintenance care. Advantages consist of pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued pain relief, continued function, and greater confidence in doing activities of daily living. Connected Chiropractic trusts our Elgin chiropractic patients to make the best decision for their condition as they know themselves and their bodies well.
CHIROPRACTIC RELIEF: TIME, VISITS AND WORSE PAIN, FUNCTION RETURN
A RAND Human Subjects Protection Committee-approved study of chronic back pain (1362) and chronic neck pain (1214) patients examined how quickly they improved with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they felt. The involved patients were documented as suffering with mild pain for the most part. Back and neck pain reduced, and function improved gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of chiropractic visits was blended into the analysis, those with the worst pain had more visits. Only visits more than once a week for chronic low back pain patients made a difference in terms of more improvement. (1) Studies like this can assist patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. Connected Chiropractic is so glad to see these types of studies published to present to our Elgin back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Elgin back pain has all types of influences: social, biological, psychological as well. A collection of back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus multidisciplinary care uncovered a relatively small difference in outcome which makes sense that adding ancillary care boosts the outcomes. (2) Same with continued chiropractic care. Patients who kept to the maintenance care recommendations noted fewer pain days and fewer activity-limited days. (3) Back pain patients who followed recommendations for maintenance care valued its being patient-centered. Cost, low availability, and fear of treatment were factors they thought stood in the way of their following recommended maintenance care. (4) A patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once a month maintenance care incorporating cervical spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and related retrolisthesis (backward slipping of one spinal vertebral bone on its spinal neighbors) kept the patient asymptomatic, kept the spine functioning as best as possible, and produced a steady reduction in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who received long-term chiropractic care and exercise for neck pain experienced greater improvement in pain, function, balance, and self-efficacy (confidence in doing daily activities and such). Chiropractic care was thought to improve pain and manage symptoms while exercise boosted self-efficacy and confidence in being able to stay active and mobile and in being able to self-manage their condition. (6) Connected Chiropractic carefully designs a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible outcomes for each.
CONTACT Connected Chiropractic
Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Robert Borzone on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the effectiveness of continued chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with a disc herniation.
Make your next Elgin chiropractic appointment with Connected Chiropractic. Our back pain and neck pain patients don’t have to see us, but many choose to because they feel good and want to keep feeling good.
