OrthoIllinois Chiropractic Relieves Chronic Neck and Back Pain
“How many times do I have to see you, doc?” A common question for your McHenry chiropractor. Chiropractic care at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic goes by an evidence-based algorithm of care backed by clinical research that extends back to the 1970’s: The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Recent research confirms the system and its goals in which McHenry chiropractic patients can find peace as they heal.
CHIROPRACTIC USE
McHenry chiropractic patients wouldn’t be chiropractic patients if it didn’t produce beneficial results. The latest study of who utilizes chiropractic was conducted in Malaysia: 35% of Malayasians utilized chiropractic. Though it was very below traditional and complementary medicine care usage there, it is a good percent! (1) Approximately 25% of U.S. residents pursued chiropractic for back and neck pain management. 35 million U.S. adults saw a chiropractor in the last 12 months. (2) That number is growing as more people look for and find a non-surgical, conservative approach to pain relief in chiropractic knowing that it may require a few visits to obtain results. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is committed to setting a realistic treatment plan for the best possible outcome.
RECENT RESEARCH RESULTS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE AT 3 MONTHS
Wondering how many chiropractic visits patients use and the outcomes? A recent study reported that in 1,362 chronic low back pain patients and 1,214 chronic neck pain patients’ function improved and back and neck pain reduced with chiropractic care in 90 days. Those who reported worse pain at first had more chiropractic visits. Chronic low back pain sufferers with more than one visit a week benefitted more. At 3 months, chronic back and neck pain patients were getting better slowly, may have even attained maximum improvement, and were quite possibly managing their chronic pain using a variety of chiropractic visit frequencies. (3) That’s our goal, too, at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic: educate our McHenry back pain and neck pain patients about how they can help themselves with pain management and prevention! With Cox® Technic, 12 visits and 29 days were the mean days and visits to improvement in a study of 1000 patients. Disc herniations took a bit longer and required more visits than sprain/strains. (4) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic presents statistics like this to assist our chiropractic patients form realistic expectations.
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
McHenry chronic back and neck pain patients are realistic. Despite health policy today that seems to pursue a cure for whatever is wrong, most chronic spine pain patients pursue pain management that they understand will necessitate ongoing care rather than “cure” from their chiropractic care. (5) Cox® Technic used at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic has always presented the idea of “control not cure” when it comes to most back pain and neck pain issues. It resonates with back pain and neck pain sufferers who have pursued care from so many different healthcare professionals that they understand it. The 50% Rule of Cox® Technic makes sense to them: 50% relief in 30 days or referral for imaging or other consultation, 50% relief drops the visit frequency by 50%, 50% relief changes the treatment from Protocol I to Protocol II, etc. The chiropractic care system of Cox® Technic follows an established algorithm that gives patients realistic expectations.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Tony Barton on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates his care of a nurse suffering with chronic back pain that The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management relieved.
Schedule your next McHenry chiropractic appointment now. We will work together to maximize your improvement and establish your home care plan for continued pain relief and prevention in the fewest realistic visits possible!
