“How many times do I have to
see you, doc?” A common question for your West Palm Beach
chiropractor. Chiropractic care at Chiropractic Care follows an
evidence-based algorithm of care supported by clinical research
that extends back to the 1970’s: The Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management. Recent research bears out the
system and its goals in which West Palm Beach chiropractic patients can find
peace as they heal.
CHIROPRACTIC USE
West Palm Beach chiropractic patients wouldn’t
be chiropractic patients if it didn’t help.
The latest study of who uses
chiropractic was completed in Malaysia: 35% of Malayasians
visited chiropractic. Though it was slightly lower
than traditional and complementary medicine care usage there, it is a good number!
(1) Approximately 25% of U.S. residents pursued chiropractic
for back and neck pain management. 35
million U.S. adults saw a chiropractor in the past
year. (2) That number is expanding as more
people seek and find a non-surgical, conservative
approach to pain relief in chiropractic understanding that it may
take a few visits to obtain results. Chiropractic Care
is committed to setting a realistic treatment plan for the best possible
outcome.
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE AT 3
MONTHS
Curious about how many chiropractic visits
patients use and the outcomes? A recent study found
that in 1,362 chronic low back pain patients and 1,214 chronic neck pain
patients’ function improved and back and neck pain decreased with
chiropractic care in 90 days. Those who reported
worse pain initially had more chiropractic
visits. Chronic low back pain sufferers who went to the chiropractor more
than once a week benefitted more. At 3
months, chronic neck and back pain patients were getting
better slowly, may have even attained maximum improvement,
and were potentially managing their chronic pain using
a variety of chiropractic visit frequencies. (3) That is
our goal, too, at Chiropractic Care: educate our West Palm Beach back pain and
neck pain patients about how they can support themselves with pain
management and prevention! With Cox®
Technic, 12 visits and 29 days were the mean days and visits to improvement
in a study of 1000 patients. Disc herniations took a little
longer and required more visits than sprain/strains. (4) Chiropractic Care
shares statistics like this to help our chiropractic
patients make realistic expectations.
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
West Palm Beach chronic neck and back
pain sufferers are realistic. Despite health policy today that seems
to want a cure for whatever ails, most chronic
spine pain patients seek pain management that they know
will require ongoing care rather than “cure” from their chiropractic
care. (5) Cox® Technic implemented at Chiropractic Care has always shared
the notion of “control not cure” when it comes to most back pain and neck pain issues. It resonates with back pain and neck pain sufferers who have sought care from a variety of different providers that they “get” it. The 50% Rule
of Cox® Technic makes sense to them: 50% relief in 30 days or referral for
imaging or other consultation, 50% relief drops the visit
frequency by 50%, 50% relief changes the treatment from Protocol I to Protocol
II, etc. The chiropractic care system of Cox® Technic follows an established algorithm
that offers patients realistic expectations.
CONTACT Chiropractic Care
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tony Barton on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes his care of a nurse suffering with chronic
back pain that The Cox® Technic
System of Spinal Pain Management helped.
Schedule your next West Palm Beach
chiropractic appointment soon. We will work together to
maximize your improvement and set your home care plan for
continued pain relief and prevention in the least number of realistic
visits possible!