“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 short and long
term also known as maintenance care. Advantages consist of
pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained
pain relief, sustained function, and higher
confidence in taking part in activities of daily living.
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. trusts our Auburn 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 evaluated
how quickly they improved with chiropractic care and how much
functional improvement they experienced. These
patients were found to suffer 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 mixed in the analysis,
those who stated they had the worst pain had more visits. Only when chronic low back pain patients made visits
more than once a week was the impact beneficial and made a difference in regards to greater
improvement. (1) Studies like this can assist patients with their
expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage.
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is so glad to read about these published studies to present to our
Auburn back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Auburn 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 found a relatively small difference in
outcome which makes sense that inserting
ancillary care helps. (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 prevented them from following recommended maintenance
care. (4) A patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once a
month maintenance care including cervical
spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and related
retrolisthesis (backward slipping of one spinal vertebral bone on its spinal
neighbors) maintained the patient’s asymptomatic state, kept the spine functioning as best as
possible, and produced a gradual decrease
in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who underwent
long-term chiropractic care and exercise for neck pain reported
greater improvement in pain, function, balance, and self-efficacy (confidence
in doing daily activities and such). Chiropractic care was thought
to improve pain and control symptoms while
exercise supported self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to
self-manage their condition. (6) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. carefully designs
a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible
outcomes for each.
CONTACT Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.
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 Auburn chiropractic
appointment with Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.. Our back pain and neck pain patients don’t have to see us, but many do because they feel
good and want to stay that way.