Satterwhite Chiropractic Asks Back Pain Patients About Pain Relief Expectations
What do Oxford back pain sufferers want when they seek Oxford back pain care? Back pain relief. How much Oxford back pain relief do they expect? 100%? 50%? That percentage differs with the back pain patient’s experience and preceding care. First time back pain sufferers many times expect 100%. A veteran back pain sufferer who has undergone a couple back surgeries, several spinal injections, many doctors and therapists may well be thrilled with 50% or even 30%. Satterwhite Chiropractic invites all these Oxford back pain patients and communicates what the spinal research literature reports as realistic outcomes of Oxford back pain treatment and specifically Oxford chiropractic outcomes of care following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
YOUR EXPECTATION OF Oxford BACK PAIN RELIEF
How much improvement do you want from your back pain treatment? 30% is reported to be “clinically relevant.” (1) Is that adequate for you? Medical literature describes the “minimal clinically important difference” of treatment to be the least change in status a patient sees as meaningful to him or her. That difference is described as 30% improvement in self-reported pain or function by a study of 743 patients. (2) In another study of 609 back-related leg pain and sciatica patients, good outcome is explained to be 30% reduction in disability. 55% reported such improvement at 12 months of care. (3) The expectation of 5443 patients who underwent spine surgery for low back degenerative disc disease for pain and disability reduction was experienced by 64% at 12 months post-surgery. However, satisfaction goes down as disability rises. (4) Realistic expectations of back pain treatment are shared with Oxford chiropractic patients at Satterwhite Chiropractic when the treatment plan is established.
CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES FOR BACK PAIN
In following the protocols of the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic, Satterwhite Chiropractic and fellow chiropractors who use it seek 50% relief of pain in 30 days…and we chiropractors do not see this as too lofty a goal! Cox® Technic physicians like yours at Satterwhite Chiropractic find higher percentages of improvement for many Oxford back pain patients. With 50% relief, which for many patients comes in just a couple visits to a week or two, Oxford chiropractic treatment carries on without a surgical consult or advanced imaging (except if progressive neurological deficits occur or cauda equina exists). 50% relief is frequently a longed for relief for Oxford back pain patients seeking a return to a quality of life that is satisfactory. This might involve taking the dog for a walk or walking to the mailbox. Satterwhite Chiropractic tries to help patients attain realistic and maintainable outcomes of care.
CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic
Schedule your next Oxford chiropractic visit today. Satterwhite Chiropractic works to meet patient expectations of Oxford back pain treatment (be they 20% or 30% or 50% or more!) as well as setting reasonable expectations of back pain relief for each patient’s spine.
