Benefits of Continued Plainville Chiropractic Care for Back Pain
“Doc, do I have to see you for a long time?”
“No, but you may want to!”
Researchers are reporting on 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 continued pain relief, sustained function, and enhanced confidence in doing activities of daily living. Layden Chiropractic trusts our Plainville chiropractic patients to make the best decision for their condition as they know themselves and their bodies best.
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 analyzed how quickly they improved with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they felt. The involved patients were documented as suffering 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 considered in the analysis, those who experienced the worst pain went for more visits. Only when chronic low back pain patients made visits more than one time a week was the impact beneficial and made a difference in terms of more improvement. (1) Studies like this can help patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. Layden Chiropractic is so glad to see these types of studies published to share with our Plainville back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Plainville back pain has biological, social, and psychological influences]30] that should be taken into consideration, too. A collection 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 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) kept the patient asymptomatic, kept the spine functioning as best as possible, and brought about a gradual reduction in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who received 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 thought to positively impact pain and manage symptoms while exercise boosted self-efficacy and confidence in being able to stay active and mobile and in being able to self-handle their condition. (6) Layden Chiropractic carefully designs a treatment plan for each individual patient for optimal outcomes for each.
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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Robert Borzone on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the effectiveness of continued chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with a disc herniation.
Schedule your next Plainville chiropractic appointment with Layden 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 stay that way.
