“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”
“No, but you might well want
to!”
Researchers are documenting the
support for chiropractic care in the short and long
term also known as maintenance care. Advantages consist of
pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained
pain relief, continued function, and higher
confidence in performing activities of daily living.
Hollstrom & Associates Inc trusts our Largo chiropractic patients to make
the best decision for their condition as they know themselves and their
bodies well.
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 evaluated
how quickly they got better with chiropractic care and how much
functional improvement they felt. These
patients were found to suffer with mild pain for
the most part. Back and neck pain decreased, and function improved
gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of
chiropractic visits was considered in the analysis,
those who had the worst pain had more visits. Only visits more
than once a week for chronic low back pain patients impacted the outcome
toward greater
improvement. (1) Studies like this can assist patients with their
expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage.
Hollstrom & Associates Inc is so glad to see these
types of studies published to share with our
Largo back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Largo back pain has biological, social,
and psychological influences]30] that need to be addressed as well. A study of
back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus
multidisciplinary care uncovered a relatively small difference in
outcome which makes sense that adding
ancillary care boosts the outcomes. (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 observed
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-monthly maintenance care including cervical
spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and associated
retrolisthesis (backward slipping of one spinal vertebral bone on its spinal
neighbors) kept the patient
asymptomatic, sustained the spine functioning as best as
possible, and produced a gradual 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 boosted self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to
self-handle their condition. (6) Hollstrom & Associates Inc carefully designs
a treatment plan for each unique patient for best possible
outcomes for each.
CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on the
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
explains the effectiveness of continued chiropractic
care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient
with a disc herniation.
Schedule your next Largo chiropractic
appointment with Hollstrom & Associates Inc. Our back pain and neck pain patients don’t have to see us, but many choose to because they feel
good and want to keep feeling good.