Hollstrom & Associates Inc Asks Back Pain Patients About Pain Relief Expectations
What do Largo back pain sufferers want when they seek Largo back pain care? Back pain relief. How much Largo back pain relief do they expect? 100%? 50%? That percentage varies with the back pain patient’s experience and past care. First time back pain sufferers often expect 100%. A veteran back pain sufferer who has experienced a couple back surgeries, several spinal injections, many doctors and therapists may well be delighted with 50% or even 30%. Hollstrom & Associates Inc invites all these Largo back pain patients and communicates what the spinal research literature documents as realistic outcomes of Largo back pain treatment and specifically Largo chiropractic outcomes of care using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
YOUR EXPECTATION OF Largo BACK PAIN RELIEF
How much improvement do you want from your back pain treatment? 30% is said to be “clinically relevant.” (1) Is that adequate for you? Medical literature defines the “minimal clinically important difference” of treatment to be the slightest change in outcome a patient sees as meaningful to him or her. That difference is defined as 30% improvement in self-reported pain or function by a study of 743 patients. (2) In another study of 609 back-related leg pain and sciatica patients, good outcome is defined as 30% reduction in disability. 55% stated such improvement at 12 months of care. (3) The expectation of 5443 patients who had spine surgery for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease for pain and disability reduction was experienced by 64% at 12 months post-surgery. However, satisfaction decreases as disability increases. (4) Realistic expectations of back pain treatment are shared with Largo chiropractic patients at Hollstrom & Associates Inc when the treatment plan is set up.
CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES FOR BACK PAIN
In going by the protocols of the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic, Hollstrom & Associates Inc and fellow chiropractors who utilize it aim for 50% relief of pain in 30 days…and we chiropractors don’t see this as too lofty a goal! Cox® Technic physicians like yours at Hollstrom & Associates Inc see higher percentages of improvement for many Largo back pain patients. With 50% relief, which for many patients comes in just a few visits to a couple weeks, Largo chiropractic treatment carries on without a surgical consult or advanced imaging (except if progressive neurological deficits occur or cauda equina exists). 50% relief is frequently a longed for relief for Largo back pain patients looking for a return to a quality of life that is satisfactory. This might incorporate walking the dog or going to the mailbox. Hollstrom & Associates Inc strives to help patients achieve realistic and maintainable outcomes of care.
CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc
Schedule your next Largo chiropractic visit today. Hollstrom & Associates Inc anticipates meeting patient expectations of Largo back pain treatment (be they 20% or 30% or 50% or more!) as well as establishing reasonable expectations of back pain relief for each patient’s spine.
