Benefits of Continued Fort Wayne Chiropractic Care for Back Pain

“Doc, do I have to see you for a long time?”

“Not necessarily, but you might well want to!”

Researchers are reporting on support for chiropractic care in the shorter and longer term also known as maintenance care. Advantages include pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained pain relief, continued function, and greater confidence in taking part in activities of daily living. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic leaves it up to our Fort Wayne chiropractic clients who 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 examined 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 reduced, and function improved gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of chiropractic visits was blended into the analysis, those who experienced the worst pain went for more visits. Only visits more than once a week for chronic low back pain patients made a difference in terms of more improvement. (1) Studies like this can assist patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is so glad to see these types of studies published to present to our Fort Wayne back pain patients.

TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care

Not all back pain patients are the same. Fort Wayne back pain has all sorts of influences: social, biological, psychological, too. A study of back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus multidisciplinary care found a relatively small difference in outcome which makes sense that adding ancillary care helps. (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 observed 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-monthly maintenance care incorporating cervical spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and associated 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 reduction in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who underwent long-term chiropractic care and exercise for neck pain reported 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 supported self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to self-handle their condition. (6) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic carefully creates a treatment plan for each individual 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 explains 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 Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment with Aaron Chiropractic Clinic. Our back pain and neck pain patients do not have to see us, but many do because they feel good and want to stay that way. 

Aaron Chiropractic Clinic shares the benefits of continued chiropractic care – aka maintenance care - for back and neck pain patients in reducing pain, keeping mobile, and feeling confident in participating in daily activities.  
 
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