Benefits of Continued Groton Chiropractic Care for Back Pain
“Doc, do I have to see you for a long time?”
“Not necessarily, but you might well want to!”
Researchers are documenting the support for chiropractic care in the short and long term also known as maintenance care. Benefits consist of pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained pain relief, continued function, and greater confidence in taking part in activities of daily living. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office trusts our Groton 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 got better with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they felt. These patients were found to suffer with mild pain for the most part. Back and neck pain reduced, and function improved gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of chiropractic visits was considered in the analysis, those who experienced the worst pain had more visits. Only when chronic low back pain patients made visits more than once a week was the impact beneficial and made a difference in regards to more improvement. (1) Studies like this can help patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is so glad to see these types of studies published to present to our Groton back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Groton back pain has biological, social, and psychological influences]30] that should be taken into consideration, too. 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 helps. (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) A patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly 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 steady decrease in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who got long-term chiropractic care and exercise for neck pain reported greater improvement in pain, function, balance, and self-efficacy (confidence in doing daily activities and such). Chiropractic care was thought to improve pain and manage symptoms while exercise boosted self-efficacy and confidence in being able to stay active and mobile and in being able to self-handle their condition. (6) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office carefully designs a treatment plan for each unique patient for best possible outcomes for each.
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Robert Borzone on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the effectiveness of continued chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with a disc herniation.
Schedule your next Groton chiropractic appointment with Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office. Our back pain and neck pain patients don’t have to see us, but many do because they feel good and want to stay that way.
