Rosenberg Wellness Center Offers Realistic Back Pain Relief Expectations

Let’s be honest. You want 100% relief of your New York City back pain and have it never return. Heck, you didn’t want it to occur in the first place! Well, Rosenberg Wellness Center desires that for you, also. But reality gets in the way. The research comes out. Realistic expectations are explained. Standard treatment outcomes lead you and Rosenberg Wellness Center as we move together toward healing and improved quality of life with back pain.

MEDICAL CLINICAL EXPECTATION

Medicine today reports 30% minimal clinical improvement as good enough to merit the use of a treatment approach. (1) The “minimal clinically important difference” is an indicator of the effectiveness of treatment. In an extensive review of studies, the relative percent was revealed as 32%. (2) “Good” outcome of medical primary care for sciatica and leg pain was just 30% reduction in disability. 55% of patients were improved at one year. (1) Another set of researchers reported that a 20 point move on a 100 point scale is a good outcome.  A modification of 19% on an Oswestry pain scale and 2 points on a 10 points visual analogue scale is considered successful reduction in pain for a patient with continued postoperative spine pain. (3) Rosenberg Wellness Center knows New York City back pain patients want more relief than that. Setting up realistic expectations from the start of treatment boosts the odds of a satisfactory outcome for our New York City chiropractic patients.

CHIROPRACTIC ROLE IN BACK PAIN RELIEF

Chiropractic is often grouped with alternative medicine. Chiropractic strives to address the source of spine-related pain with spine treatment, exercise, nutrition, etc., while allopathic medicine focuses on the removal of the offending cause of pain by drug or invasive methods. (4) One study comparing the two approaches showed that at 2 months of care, older adults with lumbar spine stenosis treated with manual therapy and exercise fared better than medical care and group exercise. (5) Another study of older adults with back pain stated 50% improvement in back pain and 43% in disability after 2 years of care. The honest truth: fewer than 20% of these patients had complete resolution of pain and disability, but they were better. (6) Rosenberg Wellness Center helps many New York City back pain and stenosis patients honestly set realistic expectations for clinical improvement of their back pain conditions using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

CLINICAL OUTCOMES WITH COX® TECHNIC

Cox® Technic has always sought at least 50% relief within 30 days before trying another treatment protocol or ordering more advanced imaging tests or referral for surgical consultation (always making sure that there is no sign of progressive neurological deficit or caudal equina syndrome/change in bowel or urinary function which would necessitate a more immediate action). (7) For years, 50% did not seem like enough. Today, it’s amazing relief compared with the new medical and surgical expectation of 20% to 30% relief. One more recent study reports even more relief with Cox® Technic: Spinal stenosis patients improved in pain by 76% and disability by 73%. (8) How might such improvement come? Horizontal traction was reported to be much more effective in enlarging disc height of lower lumbar discs. (9) Cox® Technic distraction manipulation was found to increase the area by 28%. (10) Rosenberg Wellness Center knows many New York City back pain patients whose 20% relief of pain excited them as it allowed them to walk in the park or go to the grocery store or play with the grandkids.

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Wanda Lopez on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson whose patient was elated that she could take a walk in Central Park without pain.

CONTACT Rosenberg Wellness Center

Schedule your next chiropractic appointment at Rosenberg Wellness Center today. We will be honest. We will discuss treatment outcome expectations with you. Rosenberg Wellness Center is on your side and committed to helping you realize the New York City back pain relief you want.