Aurora Chiropractic Center Relieves Chronic Neck and Back Pain
“How many times do I have to see you, doc?” A conventional question for your Juneau chiropractor. Chiropractic care at Aurora Chiropractic Center goes by an evidence-based algorithm of care backed by clinical research that goes back to the 1970’s: The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Recent research bears out the system and its goals in which Juneau chiropractic patients can find peace as they heal.
CHIROPRACTIC USE
Juneau chiropractic patients wouldn’t be chiropractic patients if it didn’t produce beneficial results. The latest study of who utilizes chiropractic was conducted in Malaysia: 35% of Malayasians utilized chiropractic. Though it was slightly lower than traditional and complementary medicine care usage there, it is a good percent! (1) Approximately 25% of U.S. residents pursued chiropractic for back and neck pain care. 35 million U.S. adults saw a chiropractor in the past year. (2) That number is expanding as more people pursue and find a non-surgical, conservative approach to pain relief in chiropractic knowing that it may take a few visits to get relief. Aurora Chiropractic Center is committed to setting a realistic treatment plan for optimal outcome.
RECENT RESEARCH RESULTS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE AT 3 MONTHS
Wondering how many chiropractic visits patients use and the outcomes? A recent study reported that in 1,362 chronic low back pain patients and 1,214 chronic neck pain patients’ function improved and back and neck pain reduced 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 back and neck pain patients were getting better slowly, may have even reached maximum improvement, and were potentially managing their chronic pain with a variety of chiropractic visit frequencies. (3) That is our goal, too, at Aurora Chiropractic Center: educate our Juneau back pain and neck pain patients about how they can help themselves with pain management and prevention! With Cox® Technic, 29 days and 12 visits were the mean days and visits to improvement in a study of 1000 patients. Disc herniations did take a bit longer and required more visits than sprain/strains. (4) Aurora Chiropractic Center shares statistics like this to help our chiropractic patients make realistic expectations.
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Juneau chronic neck and back pain patients are realistic. Despite health policy today that seems to pursue a cure for whatever is wrong, most chronic spine pain patients pursue pain management that they know will necessitate ongoing care rather than “cure” from their chiropractic care. (5) Cox® Technic implemented at Aurora Chiropractic Center has always shared the idea of “control not cure” when it comes to most neck pain and back pain issues. It resonates with neck pain and back pain sufferers who have looked for care from a variety of different providers that they understand 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 reduces 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 provides patients realistic expectations.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Tony Barton on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains his care of a nurse suffering with chronic back pain that The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helped.
Make your next Juneau 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 fewest realistic visits possible!
