“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.
CONTACT Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
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.