Back surgery. It’s an option some choose to get relief of their
back pain. About 50% of them report relief at one year
later. What’s next? Another back surgery? More
pain medications? A spine stimulator? Physical therapy? Chiropractic?
Spine & Sports Rehab Center would add chiropractic care as a viable approach
before back surgery, and Spine & Sports Rehab Center welcomes back pain patients to the
Baton Rouge back pain specialty practice even if they have
already undergone back surgery and still have pain. Chiropractic
is a non-surgical method to relieve
Baton Rouge spine pain, and Cox Technic is the chiropractic treatment
protocol that has
much evidence-based research as its foundation with documented clinical
outcomes of relieving and controlling back pain. Cox
Technic satisfies Baton Rouge back pain patients seeking relief.
Spine & Sports Rehab Center offers it to their Baton Rouge back pain patients
if they find themselves with post-surgical continued pain or the condition diagnosis of “failed
back surgery syndrome” (FBSS).
Post Surgical Continued Pain Diagnosis
A FBSS diagnosis is surely not one a
post-surgical back pain patient wants to ponder let alone deal
with. It’s a possibility though. Often another surgery isn’t the desired answer for these particular back pain sufferers.
Often such a patient is transferred to physical therapy, recommended
medications or injections, even implanted with a spine stimulator. Often such a
patient welcomes options beyond those medical
approaches. Sometimes such a patient wishes he or she had tried something else
before back surgery. Spine & Sports Rehab Center stands ready with its Baton Rouge
chiropractic care to assist at any stage of the process of back
pain and its relief.
Chiropractic Care for FBSS
Low back pain care with chiropractic is shown
to be equally effective as physical therapy with no serious
adverse side-effects. This review report further states
that “the decision to seek or to refer patients for chiropractic care should be
based on patient preference and values.” (1) That is what
evidence-based medicine is all about: seek out the best evidence from the research,
seek care from the back pain specialist who is clinically adept,
and meet patient expectations and preferences. That’s what
chiropractic research continues to do: produce the research and publish the
outcomes for the public to base its decision on what is best for managing their back pain.
Decision Making
How does one make that decision though? When a surgeon offers surgery or a pain medicine doctor
offers medication or a physical therapist offers exercise or a chiropractor
offers spinal manipulation in one form or another, how does the relief-seeking Baton Rouge
back pain patient decide? Have all of these providers share
with patients with impartial information about the potential
benefits and risks of the options. (2) Everyone knows though that when the pain
is intense, the first offer of relief looks really good.
Being
human, the healthcare provider seeing a patient in pain wants to help that back
pain patient get rid of the pain fast, too. Spine & Sports Rehab Center certainly does.
Our Baton Rouge back pain sufferers are grateful
when they get relief after care.
Schedule A Chiropractic Visit
So Spine & Sports Rehab Center shares these recent chiropractic-outcome
articles with Baton Rouge back pain patients: spinal manipulation relief
for post-surgical continued pain patients and for post-implanted and currently
wearing spinal stimulator patients. A study of 69 post-surgical continued pain
patients, 80% of patients showed more
than 50% relief of pain at the end of care (3 months) in a mean of
49 days and 11 visits, and 78.6% reported 50% relief
of pain at 24 months follow up. The amount of relief was 71.6% at
3 months and 70% at 24 months. (3) Then,
researchers tell that no adverse effects from chiropractic manipulation
or mobilization treatment applied to patients who have implanted spine stimulators for pain control are observed in their findings. (4) Finally,
a post-surgical patient reacts well to
rehabilitation and Cox Technic spinal manipulation care, reporting
pain decreasing from 8 to 3 on a 10 point scale over 12 visits
in 3 months. (5) Spine & Sports Rehab Center notices that a
combination approach for pain relief is usually best for our Baton Rouge chiropractic patients.
Spine & Sports Rehab Center creates a chiropractic
treatment plan tailored for each Baton Rouge chiropractic
patient that involves the following: combination of approaches as
appropriate, interaction with fellow healthcare colleagues as
necessary, presentation of the newest
in clinical outcomes of care options existing, and standing
by you, our Baton Rouge post-surgical continued back pain
patient, through it all.
Schedule a Baton Rouge
chiropractic appointment today.