Control not cure. That’s a tough
concept to accept when you are hurting.
On the other hand, for many back pain and neck pain patients,
any relief is welcome. Spine & Sports Rehab Center treats many
Baton Rouge back pain and Baton Rouge neck pain patients who deal
with chronic pain. Luckily, spine pain patients who opt for chiropractic care with realistic goals often obtain
relief.
CURE vs MANAGEMENT
When patients go to doctors, they generally
seek a “fix”. They want to be “cured” from their
illness be it a cold or a headache or an infection even their
back pain or neck pain. Researchers wrote that medicine and healthcare
mostly follow the “curative” model of care. For some
conditions, management or control of the condition develops into
the goal of care. Back and neck pain patients who realize that their condition is theirs for life and that there is a way to control that pain via on-going chiropractic
care evolve into grateful patients. Spine & Sports Rehab Center
sees them daily. The healthcare “curative” model may not transform
any time soon, but the patients’ healthcare services do. Recently,
researchers studied back pain patients seeking care from chiropractors. Of 1614
chronic back and neck pain patients, fewer than a third
of them had a goal of a permanent end to their pain. These
patients had pain for a shorter time and sought
a medical cure. The rest of the patients looked for on-going care
to prevent the pain from coming back, prevent it
from getting worse, and attain temporary relief of
their pain. These patients had lower pain levels for longer periods of time. (1) Patients’ hopes affect
their pain relief.
HOPES OF BACK PAIN PATIENTS
It’s no secret that low back pain is a costly healthcare challenge with regards to
finances as well as quality of life. Back pain sufferers who possess
a high expectation of improvement have a 58% higher
chance of reporting improvement at the fourth visit
to the chiropractor. Your Baton Rouge chiropractor knows
the importance of our back pain patients’ hopes and
expectations. These hopes foretell short-term outcomes
more effectively than pain intensity,
self-rated health status or psychological status. (2) Spine & Sports Rehab Center shares
expectations that will enhance patients’ quality of life.
50% RELIEF
50% relief is a quality of life improvement! The 50% Rule
with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management relays
realistic expectations to spine pain sufferers from the beginning.
Many Baton Rouge back pain patients who come to Spine & Sports Rehab Center and have
struggled with their pain for some time already are delighted
at the prospect of 10% or 20% or 50% or more. They just want
some trace of their pre-pain life back even if it is
walking to the mailbox or going to the
grocery store. Cox® Technic aims for 50% relief of pain within a
month of care with patient cooperation on appointments
and at-home recommendations of exercise and/or nutrition. The
50% Rule also assures both the back pain sufferer and the
physician that the “next thing” to do if relief is not attained
will be managed. Our patients can rely on Spine & Sports Rehab Center
to take care of them.
CONTACT Spine & Sports Rehab Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Scott Spengel on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about helping a patient with Cox®
Technic for relief of her back pain with a reasonable cost on a reasonable
timeframe to meet her expectations of pain reduction.
Schedule a Baton Rouge chiropractic visit soon for some
control of your back pain and improved quality of life whether it’s 10% or 25%
or 50% or more. It’s nice to have some control of the pain that’s controlled you for too long.
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