Sitka Chiropractic Care of Chronic Low Back Pain Can Help Reduce Cost & Pain
Chiropractic can help chronic low back pain in pain relief, healthcare coordination, and in cost-of-care reduction. Chiropractic care first aims to stop back pain from turning chronic, keeping it from lasting over 3 months. Chiropractic care offers spinal manipulation therapy which is documented to help alleviate chronic low back pain and help coordination of care with other colleagues to help our patients best. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka benefits the care of Sitka chronic back pain patients economically utilizing gentle, safe, research-recorded protocols of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. We’re ready for you!
SPINAL MANIPULATION LOWERS COST OF BACK PAIN CARE
Back pain isn’t inexpensive. With the cost of spine pain in the US valued to be $134.5 billion (1), Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is pretty sure that our chiropractic patients would appreciate cost-effective care. A newer Canadian study of high-cost back pain patients in the healthcare system found that they accounted for almost 50% of the healthcare spending in a year. (2) Another paper published results showing that spine-related pain patients who seek care from a chiropractor first also experienced lower costs and healthcare services when compared to medical management. (1) We know our Sitka chiropractic patients would appreciate coordination of care whenever possible among their healthcare professionals to get the most economical and effective care.
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WORKING TOGETHER
Healthcare professionals working together benefit patients dealing with Sitka back and other spine-related conditions. A study in South Africa evaluated the relationship and understanding of each other’s professions between chiropractors and physiotherapists. Fascinating outcomes! Each profession assessed the other’s in terms of what conditions it treated, what modalities it utilized, how well each did at treating neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Interprofessional referrals for chiropractors were 82% and 55% for physiotherapists though 69% of chiropractors and 55% of physiotherapists wanted to work together in managing patients for their pain relief. (3) Your Sitka chiropractor strives to keep our patients in the center of a treatment plan to lower their pain and healthcare usage.
SMT REDUCES PAIN OF BACK PAIN
For chronic low back pain patients, those whose pain lasts over 3 months and usually leads to emotional distress and physical disability and more healthcare care, 12 sessions of spinal manipulation delivered greater pain relief than a control intervention. (4) Another study of 1000 low back pain sufferers treated with Cox® Technic flexion distraction protocols also showed that a mean of 12 visits in 29 days delivered maximum clinical improvement. Plus, fewer than 9% of the low back pain patients entered the chronic phase. (5) Chronic pain prevention is a commendable effort!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Vincent Pankonin on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates how he was able to help his chronic back pain patient get relief via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
