Satterwhite Chiropractic Treats Back Pain and Neck Pain Cost and Pain-Reducing Effectively

They say numbers don’t lie. There are lots of numbers available in the world of back pain and neck pain statistics regarding costs and outcomes. Satterwhite Chiropractic shares a few of the more recent ones that are quite interesting and supportive of our Oxford 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-published.  Are they put into action? 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% utilized physical therapy, 50% experienced chiropractic, 26% got steroid injections and 66% took prescribed pain meds (57% opioids, 38% muscle relaxants). Were guidelines followed? Not exactly. At odds with guidelines for low back pain treatment, most patients were given opioids while several non-drug treatments were used by only a few. (1) Another report detailed that 775,893 general practitioner visits led to 6,904 referrals (just 0.89%) to physiotherapy, a non-pharmacological treatment option for frequently referred problems like low back pain and osteoarthritis. (2) The healthcare costs of these patients were very substantial. (1) Oxford back pain treatment costs don’t vary that much.

COSTS OF BACK PAIN CARE

According to a review of Humana insurance claims, the pre-surgical costs of conservative treatment alternatives for cervical spine radiculopathy were just 37.7% of the total non-operative costs 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), and chiropractic services ($193). 62% of overall costs for care of cervical radiculopathy went to diagnostic modalities.  (3) Oxford neck and back pain sufferers have an experienced chiropractic option in their chiropractor at Satterwhite Chiropractic.

INTERPROFESSIONAL REFERRAL FOR BACK PAIN CARE

New data showed a 106% increase in the number of physician visits for low back pain and extremity pain that resulted in referral to another physician inpart because of unsuccessful outpatient conservative treatment. The study that discussed this finding ended with the suggestion that patients who are most likely to need surgery would meet with a surgeon as their first subspecialty referral visit. Additionally, patients who are less likely to require surgery would meet with a non-surgical spine specialist or primary care physician. (4) Your Oxford chiropractor at Satterwhite Chiropractic is well-prepared to be the Oxford non-surgical spine specialist this article suggests for our Oxford 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% decrease of pain non-surgically in 30 days. In a 1000 cases study of Cox® Technic treatment outcomes, leg pain radicular patients improved significantly better with Cox® Technic flexion distraction therapy than with physical therapy. (6) In a study of post-surgical continued back pain patients, 81% of them reported greater than 50% relief of pain in 11 visits in 49 days (mean). At two your follow-up, 78.6% of them still had more than 50% relief of pain. Mean relief of pain was continued: 71.6% at the end of active care and 70% at 2-year follow-up. (7) Your Oxford chiropractor provides just such relief and knows when to refer if needed.

CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic

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 integration for relieving post-surgical continued back pain.

Schedule your Oxford chiropractic appointment now. Do not let numbers concern you. Let them lead you down the path to pain relief. See you soon!

 
Satterwhite Chiropractic describes 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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