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Benefits of Continued San Jose Chiropractic Care for Back Pain

“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”

“Not necessarily, but you may want to!”

Researchers are documenting the support for chiropractic care in the short and long term also known as maintenance care. Advantages include pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained pain relief, continued function, and greater confidence in doing activities of daily living. Chiropractic Solutions leaves it up to our San Jose chiropractic clients who 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 evaluated how quickly they got better with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they experienced. These 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 considered in the analysis, those who experienced the worst pain went for 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. Chiropractic Solutions is so glad to read about these published studies to present to our San Jose back pain patients.

TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care

Not all back pain patients are the same. San Jose back pain has all sorts of influences: social, biological, psychological as well. A collection of back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus multidisciplinary care uncovered 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 reported fewer pain days and fewer activity-limited days. (3) Back pain patients who observed 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) One patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly maintenance care incorporating 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 underwent 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 thought to positively impact pain and manage symptoms while exercise bolstered self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to self-handle their condition. (6) Chiropractic Solutions carefully designs a treatment plan for each individual patient for optimal 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 explains 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 San Jose chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Solutions. Our back pain and neck pain patients don’t have to see us, but many choose to because they feel good and want to stay that way. 

Chiropractic Solutions shares the benefits of continued chiropractic care – aka maintenance care - for back and neck pain patients in easing pain, staying mobile, and feeling confident in participating in daily activities.  
 
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