Benefits of Continued New York City 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 continued pain relief, sustained function, and enhanced confidence in doing activities of daily living. Rosenberg Wellness Center leaves it up to our New York City chiropractic clients who know themselves and their bodies best.
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 got better with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they experienced. These patients were documented as suffering 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 considered in the analysis, those who experienced the worst pain had more visits. Only when chronic low back pain patients made visits more than once a week was the impact beneficial and impacted the outcome toward greater improvement. (1) Studies like this can help patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. Rosenberg Wellness Center is so glad to see these types of studies published to share with our New York City back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. New York City back pain has biological, social, and psychological influences]30] that should be taken into consideration as well. A study of back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus multidisciplinary care found a relatively small difference in outcome which seems logical since inserting 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 stood in the way of their following recommended maintenance care. (4) A patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once a month 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 brought about a steady decrease 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 thought to improve pain and manage symptoms while exercise supported self-efficacy and confidence in being able to stay active and mobile and in being able to self-handle their condition. (6) Rosenberg Wellness Center carefully creates a treatment plan for each unique patient for optimal 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 shares the benefit of continued chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with a disc herniation.
Schedule your next New York City chiropractic appointment with Rosenberg Wellness Center. Our back pain and neck pain patients don’t have to see us, but many choose to because they feel good and want to stay that way.
