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Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. Treats Back Pain and Neck Pain Cost and Pain-Reducing Effectively

They say numbers don’t lie. With all the numbers out there about back and neck pain costs and outcomes, we can put that to the test. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. shares a few of the latest ones that are really interesting and supportive of our Auburn chiropractic approach using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

OPTIONS USED FOR BACK PAIN VS BACK PAIN GUIDELINE RECOMMENDATIONS

Treatment guidelines for back pain are well-established.  Are they followed? Of 100 million patient healthcare insurance claims, 56,000 experienced persistent low back pain. These patients were not surgical candidates and had undergone conventional medical care. Of those 56,000, 60% underwent physical therapy, 50% underwent chiropractic, 26% got steroid injections and 66% took prescribed pain meds (57% opioids, 38% muscle relaxants). Were guidelines followed? Not exactly. In contradiction to guidelines for low back pain treatment, most patients were prescribed opioids while several non-drug treatments were utilized by only a few. (1) Another report detailed that 775,893 general practitioner visits resulted in 6,904 referrals (just 0.89%) to physiotherapy, a non-drug treatment option for commonly referred problems like low back pain and osteoarthritis. (2) The healthcare costs of these patients were very substantial. (1) Auburn back pain treatment costs don’t vary that much.

COSTS OF BACK PAIN CARE

A review of Humana healthcare claims resulted in these findings: the pre-surgical costs of conservative treatment options for cervical spine radiculopathy were just 37.7% of the total non-surgical expenses for this condition. Injection costs were the highest, coming in at $988 on average per patient. Other expenses were – in order of cost expenditure - physical therapy ($510), medications (narcotics, gabapentin, NSAIDs), bracing ($193), then chiropractic services ($193). 62% of overall costs for care of cervical radiculopathy were for diagnostic modalities.  (3) Auburn neck and back pain patients have an experienced chiropractor at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C..

INTERPROFESSIONAL REFERRAL FOR BACK PAIN CARE

New data revealed a 106% rise in the number of physician visits for low back pain and extremity pain that resulted in referral to another physician partly because of ineffective outpatient conservative treatment. The study that talked about this finding concluded with the suggestion that patients who are most likely to need surgery would be referred to as their first subspeciality, a surgeon. Further, patients who are less likely to need surgery would see a non-operative spine specialist or primary care physician. (4) Your Auburn chiropractor at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is ready to be the Auburn non-surgical spine specialist this article describes for our Auburn low back pain and neck pain and arm pain and leg pain sufferers!

CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF TREATMENT

Of 609 patients with sciatica and back-related leg pain visiting primary care physicians, only 55% reported ‘improvement’ – just 30% or more decrease in disability - at one year follow-up. (5) Chiropractors using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management strive for at least 50% reduction of pain non-surgically in 30 days. In a 1000 cases study of Cox® Technic treatment outcomes, leg pain radicular patients improved significantly more with Cox® Technic flexion distraction therapy than with physical therapy. (6) In a study of post-surgical continued back pain patients, 81% of them scored greater than 50% relief of pain in 11 visits in 49 days (mean). At two your follow-up, 78.6% of them still had greater than 50% relief of pain. Mean relief of pain was maintained: 71.6% at the end of active care and 70% at 2-year follow-up. (7) Your Auburn chiropractor delivers just such relief and knows when to refer if necessary.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Byron Folwell on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management incorporation for relieving post-surgical continued back pain.

Schedule your Auburn chiropractic appointment soon. Don’t let numbers scare you. Let them enlighten your path to pain relief. See you soon!

 
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. explains the various costs associated with back pain and neck pain care options, both surgical and non-surgical, pharmacological and non-drug.  
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