Aurora Chiropractic Center Asks Back Pain Patients About Pain Relief Expectations
What do Juneau back pain sufferers want when they seek Juneau back pain care? Back pain relief. How much Juneau back pain relief do they expect? 100%? 50%? That percentage varies with the back pain patient’s experience and past care. First time back pain sufferers often expect 100%. A veteran back pain sufferer who has gone through a couple back surgeries, several spinal injections, many doctors and therapists may well be delighted with 50% or even 30%. Aurora Chiropractic Center invites all these Juneau back pain patients and communicates what the spinal research literature reports as realistic outcomes of Juneau back pain treatment and specifically Juneau chiropractic outcomes of care following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
YOUR EXPECTATION OF Juneau BACK PAIN RELIEF
How much improvement do you want from your back pain treatment? 30% is reported to be “clinically relevant.” (1) Is that enough for you? Medical literature characterizes the “minimal clinically important difference” of treatment to be the smallest change in outcome a patient sees as meaningful to him or her. That difference is defined as 30% improvement in self-reported pain or function by a study of 743 patients. (2) In another study of 609 back-related leg pain and sciatica patients, good outcome is defined as 30% reduction in disability. 55% stated such improvement at 12 months of care. (3) The expectation of 5443 patients who had spine surgery for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease for pain and disability reduction was experienced by 64% at 12 months post-surgery. However, satisfaction decreases as disability goes up. (4) Realistic expectations of back pain treatment are communicated to Juneau chiropractic patients at Aurora Chiropractic Center when the treatment plan is arranged.
CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES FOR BACK PAIN
In following the protocols of the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic, Aurora Chiropractic Center and fellow chiropractors who offer it aim for 50% relief of pain in 30 days…and we chiropractors do not feel that is too lofty a goal! Cox® Technic physicians like yours at Aurora Chiropractic Center observe higher percentages of improvement for many Juneau back pain patients. With 50% relief, which for many patients comes in just a few visits to a week or two, Juneau chiropractic treatment carries on without a surgical consult or advanced imaging (except if progressive neurological deficits appear or cauda equina is present). 50% relief is often a welcome relief for Juneau back pain patients seeking a return to a quality of life that is satisfactory. This might incorporate walking the dog or walking to the mailbox. Aurora Chiropractic Center tries to help patients attain realistic and maintainable outcomes of care.
CONTACT Aurora Chiropractic Center
Schedule your next Juneau chiropractic visit today. Aurora Chiropractic Center works to meet patient expectations of Juneau back pain treatment (be they 20% or 30% or 50% or more!) as well as forming reasonable expectations of back pain relief for each individual spine.
