Benefits of Continued Baton Rouge Chiropractic Care for Back Pain
“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”
“No, but you may want to!”
Researchers are stating support for chiropractic care in the shorter and longer term also known as maintenance care. Advantages include pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained pain relief, prolonged function, and boosted confidence in doing activities of daily living. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers trusts our Baton Rouge 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 improved 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 reduced, and function improved 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 visits more than once a week for chronic low back pain patients made a difference in terms of greater improvement. (1) Studies like this can help patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is so glad to read about these published studies to present to our Baton Rouge back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Baton Rouge back pain has biological, social, and psychological influences]30] that need to be taken into consideration as well. A collection of back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus multidisciplinary care uncovered a relatively small difference in outcome which seems logical since adding ancillary care helps. (2) Same with continued chiropractic care. Patients who kept to the maintenance care recommendations noted fewer pain days and fewer activity-limited days. (3) Back pain patients who followed recommendations for maintenance care valued its being patient-centered. Cost, low availability, and fear of treatment were factors they thought prevented them from following recommended maintenance care. (4) A patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly maintenance care including cervical spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and related 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 gradual reduction in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who underwent long-term chiropractic care and exercise for neck pain experienced greater improvement in pain, function, balance, and self-efficacy (confidence in doing daily activities and such). Chiropractic care was considered to improve pain and manage symptoms while exercise supported self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to self-manage their condition. (6) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers carefully designs a treatment plan for each unique patient for best possible 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 Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment with Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers. Our back pain and neck pain patients do not have to see us, but many do because they feel good and want to stay that way.
