“How many times do I have to
see you, doc?” A common question for your West Des Moines
chiropractor. Chiropractic care at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa follows an
evidence-based algorithm of care supported by clinical research
that goes back to the 1970’s: The Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management. Newer research confirms the
system and its goals in which West Des Moines chiropractic patients can find
peace as they heal.
CHIROPRACTIC USE
West Des Moines chiropractic patients would not
be chiropractic patients if it did not produce beneficial results.
The latest study of who uses
chiropractic was conducted in Malaysia: 35% of Malayasians
utilized chiropractic. Though it was slightly below traditional and complementary medicine care usage there, it is a good percent!
(1) About 25% of U.S. residents sought chiropractic
for back and neck pain management. 35
million U.S. adults went to a chiropractor in the past
year. (2) That number is growing as additional
people pursue and find a non-surgical, conservative
approach to pain relief in chiropractic knowing that it may
require a few visits to get results. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
is committed to setting a realistic treatment plan for optimal
outcome.
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE AT 3
MONTHS
Curious about how many chiropractic visits
patients use and the outcomes? A recent study reported
that in 1,362 chronic low back pain patients and 1,214 chronic neck pain
patients’ function improved and back and neck pain reduced with
chiropractic care in 90 days. Those who reported
worse pain initially had more chiropractic
visits. Chronic low back pain sufferers with more than one visit a week benefitted more. At 3
months, chronic back and neck pain patients were improving slowly, may have even reached maximum improvement,
and were quite possibly managing their chronic pain using
a range of chiropractic visit frequencies. (3) That’s
our goal, too, at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa: educate our West Des Moines back pain and
neck pain patients about how they can support themselves with pain
management and prevention! With Cox®
Technic, 12 visits and 29 days were the mean days and visits to improvement
in a study of 1000 patients. Disc herniations did take a little
longer and needed more visits than sprain/strains. (4) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
presents statistics like this to help our chiropractic
patients make realistic expectations.
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
West Des Moines chronic neck and back
pain sufferers are realistic. Despite health policy today that seems
to seek a cure for whatever ails, most chronic
spine pain patients pursue pain management that they know
will necessitate ongoing care rather than “cure” from their chiropractic
care. (5) Cox® Technic used at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa has always shared
the idea of “control not cure” when it comes to most back pain and neck pain issues. It resonates with back pain and neck pain sufferers who have sought care from a variety of different healthcare
professionals that they understand it. The 50% Rule
of Cox® Technic makes sense to them: 50% relief in 30 days or referral for
imaging or other consultation, 50% relief reduces the visit
frequency by 50%, 50% relief changes the treatment from Protocol I to Protocol
II, etc. The chiropractic care system of Cox® Technic follows an established algorithm
that offers patients realistic expectations.
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tony Barton on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes his care of a nurse suffering with chronic
back pain that The Cox® Technic
System of Spinal Pain Management helped.
Make your next West Des Moines
chiropractic appointment today. We will work together to
maximize your improvement and set your home care plan for
continued pain relief and prevention in the least number of realistic
visits possible!