Benefits of Continued McHenry Chiropractic Care for Back Pain
“Doc, do I have to see you for a long time?”
“No, but you may want to!”
Researchers are reporting on support for chiropractic care in the short and long term also known as maintenance care. Advantages include pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued pain relief, continued function, and higher confidence in doing activities of daily living. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic trusts our McHenry 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 examined how quickly they got better with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they felt. These patients were found to suffer 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 mixed in the analysis, those who had the worst pain had more visits. Only when chronic low back pain patients made visits more than one time a week was the impact beneficial and made a difference in terms of greater improvement. (1) Studies like this can assist patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is so glad to see these types of studies published to share with our McHenry back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. McHenry back pain has biological, social, and psychological influences]30] that should be taken into consideration as well. A collection of back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus multidisciplinary care found a relatively small difference in outcome which seems logical since inserting ancillary care boosts the outcomes. (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 adhered to recommendations for maintenance care valued its being patient-centered. Cost, low availability, and fear of treatment were factors they thought stood in the way of their following recommended maintenance care. (4) One patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly maintenance care including 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 steady decrease in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who received 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 thought to improve pain and control 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) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic carefully designs a treatment plan for each unique patient for optimal 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 describes 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 McHenry chiropractic appointment with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. Our back pain and neck pain patients do not have to see us, but many do because they feel good and want to keep feeling good.
