Let’s be honest. You want 100% relief of your Largo
back pain and have it never return. Heck, you didn’t want it to occur in the first place! Well, Hollstrom & Associates Inc desires that for
you, also. But reality intervenes. The
research gets published. Realistic expectations are described.
Documented treatment outcomes guide you and Hollstrom & Associates Inc
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 warrant the use of a treatment approach.
(1) The “minimal clinically important difference” is an indicator
of the effectiveness of treatment. In a large
review of published reports, the relative percent was revealed as 32%. (2) “Good” outcome of medical primary care for sciatica
and leg pain was only 30% reduction in disability. 55% of patients
were improved at one year. (1) Another researcher group
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) Hollstrom & Associates Inc knows Largo back pain patients want
more relief than that. Establishing realistic expectations
from the start of treatment enhances the odds
of a satisfactory outcome for our Largo chiropractic patients.
CHIROPRACTIC ROLE IN BACK PAIN RELIEF
Chiropractic is often grouped with alternative
medicine. Chiropractic strives to take care of the
source of spine-related pain with spine treatment, exercise, nutrition, etc., while
allopathic medicine focuses on the removal of the
offending agent of pain by drug or invasive means. (4)
One study comparing the two approaches demonstrated that at 2
months of care, older adults with lumbar spine stenosis treated with manual
therapy and exercise improved better than medical care and group
exercise. (5) Another paper about 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) Hollstrom & Associates Inc helps
many Largo back pain and stenosis patients honestly establish
realistic expectations for clinical improvement of their back pain conditions utilizing
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 doing another treatment protocol
or arranging appointments for more advanced imaging tests or
referral for surgical consultation (as long as
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% didn’t 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 increasing
disc height of lower lumbar discs. (9) Cox® Technic distraction manipulation
was found to enlarge the area by 28%. (10) Hollstrom & Associates Inc knows many Largo 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 Hollstrom & Associates Inc
Schedule your next chiropractic appointment at Hollstrom & Associates Inc
today. We will be honest. We will discuss treatment
outcome expectations with you. Hollstrom & Associates Inc is on your side and committed to
helping you get the Largo back pain relief you want.