Encouraging Data on Chiropractic Largo Back Pain Relief
Stats. Stats. Stats. We humans are well analyzed: our diseases, our habits, our lives. In healthcare, data and stats can be beneficial to improve care, particularly path for low back pain management from conservative, non-surgical to surgical when needed. In Largo Hollstrom & Associates Inc is proficient in managing this flow of back pain care and in referring when/if needed.
LOW BACK PAIN MANAGEMENT DATA
The global top cause of disability is low back pain. Diagnosing the cause of low back pain – spinal stenosis, radiculopathy, non-specific and specific low back pain – is central to managing it. One study stated that low back examination tests alone aren’t always helpful when considered alone. (1) That’s the reason that Hollstrom & Associates Inc correlates everything - your history, current pain, exam tests’ results, imaging, and more - to establish a diagnosis and a treatment plan. And not all back pain sufferers need to go to specialists like spinal surgeons. Even the surgeons value it when patients who need their skill (surgical skills) are sent to them. One recent study pointed out that of 500 cases referred to a neurosurgeon, only 22% were surgical candidates. 80% of referrals made during the study’s time period were considered inappropriate. The researchers wrote that “triaging approaches led by musculoskeletal experts may improve referral appropriateness to specialized care.” (2) Hollstrom & Associates Inc agrees and is prepared to fill that role. Your Largo chiropractor specializes in the diagnosis and management of low back pain and is well aware of when to refer for specialized treatment like advanced imaging, surgery, etc.
STATS ON CHIROPRACTIC BACK PAIN PATIENT CARE
In the chiropractic world of healthcare, Care Response is a packed database of info from chiropractic patients around the world. It has been amassing data for over 10 years regarding patient satisfaction. Two main points of feedback were on what chiropractic patients thought was good about their care and what could be improved. The good incorporated clinical outcomes (less pain, improved function, being understood as having pain and its cause), examination and description of the condition and its treatment, professionalism, friendliness, feeling valued as a person, safety, comfort, and punctuality. There is always room for improvement, and patients shared that they wanted to not be rushed during the visit, wanted to feel understood, wanted good outcomes, etc. (3) Hollstrom & Associates Inc tries hard to concentrate on you during your time at our Largo chiropractic office.
CHIROPRACTIC IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE
As your Largo chiropractor, Hollstrom & Associates Inc works to deliver the ‘good’! And we take it one step further to enhance quality of life for our low back pain patients. The latest series of questions to help evaluate patients for these outcomes is called PROMIS that covers function, pain interference, pain intensity, fatigue, sleep, depression, anxiety, satisfaction in social life, mental health, etc. The bottom line from all the assembled data found that patients (1) improved significantly and felt they did, (2) improved significantly but didn’t think they did, (3) did not improve significantly but felt they did, (4) did not improve significantly or report feeling better. (4) We strive for the ideal #1 outcome explained above, and we want to know how you feel you are.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Coleman Cormier on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief of low back pain in a patient with a disc herniation implementing The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Largo chiropractic appointment today. Hollstrom & Associates Inc studies the stats to best deliver quality of life-improving care for our Largo low back pain patients.
