Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers Treats Back Pain and Neck Pain Cost and Pain-Reducing Effectively

They say numbers don’t lie. There are lots of numbers available in the world of back pain and neck pain statistics regarding costs and outcomes. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers shares a few of the latest ones that are really interesting and reassuring of our Baton Rouge chiropractic method integrating the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

OPTIONS USED FOR BACK PAIN VS BACK PAIN GUIDELINE RECOMMENDATIONS

Treatment guidelines for back pain are well-published.  Are they observed? Of 100 million patient healthcare insurance claims, 56,000 had persistent low back pain. These patients weren’t surgical candidates and had experienced conventional medical care. Of those 56,000, 60% underwent physical therapy, 50% experienced chiropractic, 26% got steroid injections and 66% took prescribed pain meds (57% opioids, 38% muscle relaxants). Were guidelines followed? Not exactly. At odds with guidelines for low back pain treatment, most patients were prescribed opioids while several non-drug treatments were utilized by only a few. (1) Another report stated that 775,893 general practitioner visits resulted in 6,904 referrals (just 0.89%) to physiotherapy, a non-drug treatment option for commonly referred problems like low back pain and osteoarthritis. (2) The healthcare costs of these patients were quite large. (1) Baton Rouge back pain treatment costs are not that different.

COSTS OF BACK PAIN CARE

According to a review of Humana insurance claims, the pre-surgical costs of conservative treatment alternatives for cervical spine radiculopathy were just 37.7% of the total non-surgical expenses for this condition. Injection costs were the greatest, coming in at $988 on average per patient. Other expenses were – in order of cost expenditure - physical therapy ($510), medications (narcotics, gabapentin, NSAIDs), bracing ($193), then chiropractic services ($193). 62% of overall costs for care of cervical radiculopathy went to diagnostic modalities.  (3) Baton Rouge neck and back pain patients have an experienced chiropractor at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers.

INTERPROFESSIONAL REFERRAL FOR BACK PAIN CARE

Recent data revealed a 106% increase in the number of physician visits for low back pain and extremity pain that resulted in referral to another physician partially because of unsuccessful outpatient conservative treatment. The study that talked about this finding concluded with the suggestion that patients who are most likely to need surgery would see a surgeon as their first subspecialty referral visit. Additionally, patients who are less likely to require surgery would meet with a non-operative spine specialist or primary care physician. (4) Your Baton Rouge chiropractor at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is ready to be the Baton Rouge non-surgical spine specialist this article describes for our Baton Rouge low back pain and neck pain and arm pain and leg pain sufferers!

CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF TREATMENT

Of 609 patients with sciatica and back-related leg pain visiting primary care physicians, only 55% reported ‘improvement’ – just 30% or more decrease in disability - at one year follow-up. (5) Chiropractors using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management strive for at least 50% reduction of pain non-surgically in a month. In a 1000 cases study of Cox® Technic treatment outcomes, leg pain radicular patients improved significantly more with Cox® Technic flexion distraction therapy than with physical therapy. (6) In a study of post-surgical continued back pain patients, 81% of them scored greater than 50% relief of pain in 11 visits in 49 days (mean). At two your follow-up, 78.6% of them still had greater than 50% relief of pain. Mean relief of pain was maintained: 71.6% at the end of active care and 70% at 2-year follow-up. (7) Your Baton Rouge chiropractor provides just such relief and knows when to refer if needed.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Byron Folwell on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integration for reducing post-surgical continued back pain.

Schedule your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment soon. Do not let numbers scare you. Let them lead you down the path to pain relief. See you soon!