“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. Benefits include
pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued
pain relief, continued function, and boosted
confidence in taking part in activities of daily living.
Satterwhite Chiropractic trusts our Oxford 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 got better with chiropractic care and how much
functional improvement they felt. These
patients were documented as suffering with mild pain for
the most part. Back and neck pain reduced, and function recovered
gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of
chiropractic visits was blended into the analysis,
those who experienced the worst pain had more visits. Only when chronic low back pain patients made visits
more than one time a week was the impact beneficial and impacted the outcome
toward greater
improvement. (1) Studies like this can assist patients with their
expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage.
Satterwhite Chiropractic is so glad to see these
types of studies published to present to our
Oxford back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Oxford back pain has all
sorts of influences: social, biological, psychological as well. A study 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 followed maintenance care
recommendations noted fewer pain days and fewer activity-limited
days. (3) Back pain patients who adhered to
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) One patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly maintenance care including cervical
spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and associated
retrolisthesis (backward slipping of one spinal vertebral bone on its spinal
neighbors) maintained the patient’s asymptomatic state, sustained the spine functioning as best as
possible, and brought about a steady reduction
in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who underwent
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 considered
to positively impact 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-handle their condition. (6) Satterwhite Chiropractic carefully designs
a treatment plan for each individual patient for optimal
outcomes for each.
CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on the
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
explains 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 Oxford chiropractic
appointment with Satterwhite Chiropractic. Our back pain and neck pain patients do
not have to see us, but many choose to because they feel
good and want to keep feeling good.