Executive Chiropractic of Iowa often hears how difficult it is for West Des Moines
lower back pain patients to make their appointments due to work schedules. That’s
understandable! What Executive Chiropractic of Iowa aims to establish at visit one is the importance
of care to prevent such lower back pain that may keep our West Des Moines
lower back pain patients from ever returning to work! We have to work together,
your West Des Moines chiropractor and you, our West Des Moines back pain
patient. A little time at our West Des Moines chiropractic clinic may do
wonders for your work career!
Seek care at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa sooner than later. Why?
Consider this recent meta-analysis – a top level research study – of lower back
pain patients and their return to work pooled rates that reveals only 15.5%
of workers with back pain are absent from work in studies tracking these
patients for more than 6 months. Now the pooled estimate for the proportion of lower back pain patients
who do return to work after back pain follows:
- 68.2% at 1 month
- 85.6% at 1-6 months
- 93.3% at more than 6 months
The researchers conclude emphatically that the estimated 32%
of back pain sufferers not back at work at 1 month are at a crucial point for
intervention to prevent long term work absence. (1) That’s where your
West Des Moines back pain specialist at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa comes into play!
Returning to work after an episode of low back pain is a
process as any West Des Moines back pain patient knows. It’s complicated. It
involves many different factors from the treatment itself to fear avoidance (worry
or concern that moving a certain way may bring the back pain
back on to a lack of confidence that the back pain will keep you from being
able to do what you used to do. These factors are real. Sometimes, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
recommends some behavior therapy for patients who struggle with these issues
that may prevent returning to work. (2) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is
confident that our chiropractic treatment plan helps our back pain patients
overcome the pain and worry of back pain so returning to work is possible.
The potentially long-lasting and disabling pain associated
with back pain is generally a bigger concern than the immediate pain felt.
(3) The goal of West Des Moines chiropractic back pain care is to achieve pain relief and return you to work as soon as possible. In some cases “control not
cure” is the goal if complete relief of chronic pain is not realistic. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
seeks to first stop the pain from worsening and gain at least 50% relief of
pain as quickly as possible.
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