Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka Asks Back Pain Patients About Pain Relief Expectations
What do Sitka back pain sufferers want when they seek Sitka back pain care? Back pain relief. How much Sitka back pain relief do they expect? 100%? 50%? That percentage varies with the back pain patient’s experience and preceding care. First time back pain sufferers often expect 100%. A veteran back pain sufferer who has had a couple back surgeries, numerous spinal injections, many doctors and therapists may well be delighted with 50% or even 30%. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka welcomes all these Sitka back pain patients and shares what the spinal research literature documents as realistic outcomes of Sitka back pain treatment and specifically Sitka chiropractic outcomes of care following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
YOUR EXPECTATION OF Sitka BACK PAIN RELIEF
How much improvement do you want from your back pain treatment? 30% is said to be “clinically relevant.” (1) Is that enough for you? Medical literature characterizes the “minimal clinically important difference” of treatment to be the slightest change in status a patient feels is meaningful to him or her. That difference is described 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 described as 30% reduction in disability. 55% reported such improvement at 12 months of care. (3) The expectation of 5443 patients who had spine surgery for low back degenerative disc disease for pain and disability reduction was met for 64% at 12 months post-surgery. However, satisfaction goes down as disability increases. (4) Realistic expectations of back pain treatment are shared with Sitka chiropractic patients at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka when the treatment plan is arranged.
CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES FOR BACK PAIN
In going by the protocols of the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic, Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka and fellow chiropractors who offer it seek 50% relief of pain in 30 days…and we chiropractors don’t feel that is too lofty a goal! Cox® Technic physicians like yours at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka witness higher percentages of improvement for many Sitka back pain patients. With 50% relief, which for many patients appears in just a few visits to a week or two, Sitka chiropractic treatment continues without a surgical consult or advanced imaging (except if progressive neurological deficits appear or cauda equina is present). 50% relief is frequently a timely relief for Sitka back pain patients seeking a return to a quality of life that is satisfactory. This might involve walking the dog or walking to the mailbox. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka tries to help patients attain realistic and sustainable outcomes of care.
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Schedule your next Sitka chiropractic visit today. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka anticipates meeting patient expectations of Sitka back pain treatment (be they 20% or 30% or 50% or more!) as well as establishing realistic expectations of back pain relief for each individual spine.
