“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 continued
pain relief, sustained function, and boosted
confidence in doing activities of daily living.
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa trusts our West Des Moines chiropractic patients to make
the best decision for their condition as they know themselves and their
bodies well.
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 examined
how quickly they improved with chiropractic care and how much
functional improvement they felt. The involved
patients were found to suffer with mild pain for
the most part. Back and neck pain reduced, and function recovered
gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of
chiropractic visits was mixed in the analysis,
those with the worst pain went
for more visits. Only visits more
than once a week for chronic low back pain patients made a difference in terms of greater
improvement. (1) Studies like this can assist patients with their
expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage.
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is so glad to see these
types of studies published to share with our
West Des Moines back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. West Des Moines back pain has biological, social,
and psychological influences]30] that should be addressed as well. A collection of
back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus
multidisciplinary care found a relatively small difference in
outcome which seems logical since adding
ancillary care boosts the outcomes. (2) Same with continued
chiropractic care. Patients who kept to the maintenance care
recommendations noted fewer pain days and fewer activity-limited
days. (3) Back pain patients who followed
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) One patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly 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) maintained the patient’s asymptomatic state, sustained the spine functioning as best as
possible, and brought about a steady reduction
in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who received
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 considered
to positively impact pain and control symptoms while
exercise bolstered self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to
self-manage their condition. (6) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa carefully designs
a treatment plan for each unique patient for best possible
outcomes for each.
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on the
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes the benefit of continued chiropractic
care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient
with a disc herniation.
Make your next West Des Moines chiropractic
appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa. 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.