New York City Back Pain Patients Expect Results from Chiropractic Care
“I don’t want this pain to worsen.”
“I want some pain relief.”
“I want pain relief.”
“I want this back pain to go away and never return.”
Back pain and neck pain patients have a tendency to have different goals for their pain. Healthcare policy often relates to cure. Many chronic pain patients know otherwise. Rosenberg Wellness Center knows otherwise. We all want relief and some trace of control over how and when back pain and neck pain arise and go away. Chiropractic care is for these patients. Rosenberg Wellness Center’s chiropractic care examines a problem like back and neck pain and acknowledges that often there is no “cure,” but there is “control.” Back pain and neck pain patients who have experienced a few episodes with either condition realize this, too. They align their healthcare goals with their experience: there is not always a cure, but there is often control to avert pain episodes and relieving care to get through the pain bouts as fast as possible. Rosenberg Wellness Center is the New York City chiropractic home for back and neck pain patients. Rosenberg Wellness Center is home of the New York City back pain specialist.
PATIENT EXPECTATIONS: HOW THEY INFLUENCE AND HOW THEY’RE MET
Chiropractic back pain specialists know their back pain and neck pain patients well. A newly released study of 1614 patients experiencing chronic low back pain (885) and chronic neck pain (729) found their goals for chiropractic care of their issues. About a third of them wished for the pain to go away permanently and were more likely to have suffered with pain for a shorter time and have a stronger belief in medical cure; they sought a cure. 22% of low back pain and 16% of neck pain patients sought to stop their pain from returning and were more likely to have lower pain levels. 14% of low back and 12% of neck pain patients sought to prevent their pain from getting worse. 31% of back pain and 41% of neck pain patients sought temporary relief of their pain. These last two groups of patients tended to have had pain for a longer period of time. Which group do you fall into? Like most humans, there is a difference from person to person depending on their experience that chiropractors and other healthcare providers really should recognize. (1) Such patient expectations are documented to predict short-term outcomes of chiropractic care for low back pain. Another study detailed that patients with a high expectation of improvement were 58% more likely to report an improvement at the fourth visit. (2) Surely, having an interdisciplinary team of healthcare providers working as a team can boost low back pain patients’ likelihoods of relief. (3) Today, the patient is the focus for healthcare providers. Patient-centered care relies on patient-reported outcomes to tell the story. The patient’s perspective needs to always be considered. And as for non-pharmacological treatment of low back pain, active patient involvement is vital. (4) At Rosenberg Wellness Center the New York City back pain patient is at the center of all we do.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Ed Hutter on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson in which he shares his history of being a back pain patient desiring pain relief and how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helped him.
Schedule your New York City chiropractic visit with your New York City back pain specialist today. Bring your expectations of care. We will make a treatment plan together to meet them.
