Control not cure. That’s a tough
view to accept when you are hurting.
Then again, for many back pain and neck pain patients,
any relief is welcome. Chiropractic Care treats many
West Palm Beach back pain and West Palm Beach neck pain patients who suffer
with chronic pain. Fortunately, spine pain patients who decide
on chiropractic care with realistic goals often obtain
relief.
CURE vs MANAGEMENT
When patients visit doctors, they generally
seek a “fix”. They desire to be “cured” from their
illness be it a cold or a headache or an infection even their
back pain or neck pain. Researchers explained that medicine and healthcare
primarily follow the “curative” model of care. For some
conditions, management or control of the condition becomes
the goal of care. Back and neck pain patients who come to the
realization that their condition is theirs for life and that there is a way to control that pain via on-going chiropractic
care become appreciative patients. Chiropractic Care
sees them daily. The healthcare “curative” model may not transform
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 sought
a medical cure. The rest of the patients sought on-going care
to prevent the pain from coming back, prevent it
from getting worse, and get temporary relief of
their pain. These patients had less pain intensity for longer periods of time. (1) Patients’ hopes impact
their pain relief.
HOPES OF BACK PAIN PATIENTS
It is no secret that low back pain is a costly healthcare challenge considering
finances as well as quality of life. Back pain sufferers who possess
a high expectation of improvement experience a 58% greater
chance of reporting improvement at the fourth visit
to the chiropractor. Your West Palm Beach chiropractor knows
the significance of our back pain patients’ hopes and
expectations. These hopes foretell short-term outcomes
better than the intensity of the pain,
self-rated health status or psychological status. (2) Chiropractic Care encourages
expectations that will improve 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 puts forth
realistic expectations to spine pain sufferers from the beginning.
Many West Palm Beach back pain patients who come to Chiropractic Care and have
dealt with their pain for a while are thrilled with 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 to the mailbox or making a trip to the
grocery store. Cox® Technic seeks 50% relief of pain within 30 days 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 attained
will be managed. Our patients can rely on Chiropractic Care
to take care of them.
CONTACT Chiropractic Care
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 West Palm Beach 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
has controlled you for too long.
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