Benefits of Continued West Des Moines Chiropractic Care for Back Pain
“Doc, do I have to see you for a long time?”
“No, but you might well want to!”
Researchers are reporting on support for chiropractic care in the shorter and longer term also known as maintenance care. Benefits include pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued pain relief, continued function, and higher confidence in performing 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 analyzed how quickly they got better with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they experienced. The involved patients were documented as suffering 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 with the worst pain had more visits. Only visits more than once a week for chronic low back pain patients impacted the outcome toward more improvement. (1) Studies like this can help 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 all sorts of influences: social, biological, psychological as well. A study of back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus multidisciplinary care found a relatively small difference in outcome which makes sense that inserting ancillary care boosts the outcomes. (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 prevented them from following recommended maintenance care. (4) A patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once a month maintenance care including cervical spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and related 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 produced a gradual decrease 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 improve pain and control symptoms while exercise boosted self-efficacy and confidence in being able to stay active and mobile and in being able to self-manage their condition. (6) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa carefully designs a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible outcomes for each.
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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.
Schedule 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 choose to because they feel good and want to stay that way.
