“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”
“No, but you may want
to!”
Researchers are documenting the
support for chiropractic care in the shorter and longer
term also known as maintenance care. Advantages include
pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained
pain relief, continued function, and enhanced
confidence in taking part in activities of daily living.
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka trusts our Sitka chiropractic patients to make
the best decision for their condition as they know themselves and their
bodies best.
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 improved with chiropractic care and how much
functional improvement they experienced. These
patients were found to suffer with mild pain for
the most part. Back and neck pain decreased, and function recovered
gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of
chiropractic visits was blended into the analysis,
those who stated they had the worst pain went
for 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 help patients with their
expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage.
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is so glad to see these
types of studies published to share with our
Sitka back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Sitka back pain has all
types of influences: social, biological, psychological, too. A study of
back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus
multidisciplinary care found a relatively small difference in
outcome which seems logical since inserting
ancillary care helps. (2) Same with continued
chiropractic care. Patients who followed maintenance care
recommendations noted fewer pain days and fewer activity-limited
days. (3) Back pain patients who adhered to
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 a
month maintenance care incorporating 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, kept the spine functioning as best as
possible, and brought about a steady reduction
in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who got
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 control symptoms while
exercise bolstered self-efficacy and confidence in being
able to stay active and mobile and in being able to
self-handle their condition. (6) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka carefully designs
a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible
outcomes for each.
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
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 Sitka chiropractic
appointment with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. Our back pain and neck pain patients do
not have to see us, but many do because they feel
good and want to stay that way.