Benefits of Continued Vancouver Chiropractic Care for Back Pain
“Doc, do I have to see you for a long time?”
“Not necessarily, 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, sustained function, and enhanced confidence in doing activities of daily living. Vancouver Disc Centers trusts our Vancouver 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 felt. These patients were documented as suffering with mild pain for the most part. Back and neck pain decreased, and function recovered gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of chiropractic visits was blended into the analysis, those with the worst pain went for 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 help patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. Vancouver Disc Centers is so glad to see these types of studies published to present to our Vancouver back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Vancouver back pain has biological, social, and psychological influences]30] that should be addressed as well. A collection of back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus multidisciplinary care uncovered a relatively small difference in outcome which seems logical since adding ancillary care boosts the outcomes. (2) Same with continued chiropractic care. Patients who kept to the maintenance care recommendations reported 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 incorporating 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 produced a gradual decrease in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who got 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 improve 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) Vancouver Disc Centers carefully creates a treatment plan for each unique patient for best possible 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.
Make your next Vancouver chiropractic appointment with Vancouver Disc Centers. Our back pain and neck pain patients don’t have to see us, but many do because they feel good and want to keep feeling good.
