Groton Back Pain Option: Control It
Control not cure. That is a challenging concept to take on when you are hurting. Then again, for many back pain and neck pain patients, any relief is acceptable. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office treats many Groton back pain and Groton neck pain patients who suffer with chronic pain. Luckily, spine pain patients who choose chiropractic care with realistic goals often get relief.
CURE vs MANAGEMENT
When patients visit doctors, they usually want a “fix”. They desire to be “cured” from their ailment be it a cold or a headache or an infection even their back pain or neck pain. Researchers wrote that medicine and healthcare mostly follow the “curative” model of care. For some conditions, management or control of the condition develops into the goal of care. Back and neck pain patients who realize that their condition is theirs for life and that there is a way to control that pain via on-going chiropractic care turn into grateful patients. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office sees them daily. The healthcare “curative” model may not change any time soon, but the patients’ healthcare services do. Recently, researchers studied back pain patients seeking care from chiropractors. Of 1614 chronic back and neck pain patients, less than a third of them had a goal of a permanent resolution to their pain. These patients experienced pain for a shorter time and believed in a medical cure. The rest of the patients sought on-going care to prevent the pain from returning, prevent it from getting worse, and have temporary relief of their pain. These patients had less pain intensity for a longer time. (1) Patients’ hopes have an effect on their pain relief.
HOPES OF BACK PAIN PATIENTS
It’s no secret that low back pain is a costly healthcare challenge with regards to finances as well as quality of life. Back pain sufferers who possess a high expectation of improvement have a 58% greater chance of reporting improvement at the fourth visit to the chiropractor. Your Groton chiropractor knows the importance of our back pain patients’ hopes and expectations. They foretell short-term outcomes more effectively than pain intensity, self-rated health status or psychological status. (2) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office describes expectations that will enhance patients’ quality of life.
50% RELIEF
50% relief is a quality of life improvement! The 50% Rule with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management relays realistic expectations to spine pain sufferers at the start of care. Many Groton back pain patients who come to Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office and have dealt with their pain for some time already are delighted at the prospect of 10% or 20% or 50% or more. They just desire some semblance of their pre-pain life back even if it is walking around the block or going to the grocery store. Cox® Technic seeks 50% relief of pain within a month of care with patient cooperation on visits and at-home suggestions of exercise and/or nutrition. The 50% Rule also ensures both the back pain sufferer and the physician that the “next thing” to do if relief isn’t achieved will be arranged. Our patients can count on Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office to take care of them.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Scott Spengel on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about helping a patient with Cox® Technic for relief of her back pain with a reasonable cost on a reasonable timeframe to meet her expectations of pain reduction.
Schedule a Groton chiropractic visit soon for some control of your back pain and improved quality of life whether it’s 10% or 25% or 50% or more. It’s nice to have some control of the pain that’s controlled you for too long.
