Aaron Chiropractic Clinic Asks Back Pain Patients About Pain Relief Expectations
What do Fort Wayne back pain sufferers want when they seek Fort Wayne back pain care? Back pain relief. How much Fort Wayne back pain relief do they expect? 100%? 50%? That percentage varies 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 experienced a few back surgeries, several spinal injections, many doctors and therapists may well be thrilled with 50% or even 30%. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic invites all these Fort Wayne back pain patients and communicates what the spinal research literature documents as realistic outcomes of Fort Wayne back pain treatment and specifically Fort Wayne chiropractic outcomes of care following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
YOUR EXPECTATION OF Fort Wayne BACK PAIN RELIEF
How much improvement do you expect from your back pain treatment? 30% is said 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 outcome a patient feels is meaningful to him or her. That difference is defined 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 described as 30% reduction in disability. 55% stated such improvement at 12 months of care. (3) The expectation of 5443 patients who had spine surgery for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease for pain and disability reduction was met for 64% at 12 months post-surgery. However, satisfaction goes down as disability rises. (4) Realistic expectations of back pain treatment are shared with Fort Wayne chiropractic patients at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic when the treatment plan is set up.
CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES FOR BACK PAIN
In going by the protocols of the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic and fellow chiropractors who use it seek 50% relief of pain in 30 days…and we chiropractors don’t feel that is too lofty a goal! Cox® Technic physicians like yours at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic observe higher percentages of improvement for many Fort Wayne back pain patients. With 50% relief, which for many patients results in just a couple visits to a week or two, Fort Wayne chiropractic treatment continues without a surgical consult or advanced imaging (except if progressive neurological deficits are seen or cauda equina is present). 50% relief is often a long-awaited relief for Fort Wayne 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. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic tries to help patients achieve realistic and maintainable outcomes of care.
CONTACT Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
Schedule your next Fort Wayne chiropractic visit today. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic works to meet patient expectations of Fort Wayne back pain treatment (be they 20% or 30% or 50% or more!) while also forming realistic expectations of back pain relief for each individual spine.
