Encouraging Data on Chiropractic Juneau Back Pain Relief
Stats. Stats. Stats. We humans are well scrutinized: our diseases, our habits, our lives. In healthcare, data and stats can be beneficial to improve care, particularly flow of low back pain management from conservative, non-surgical to surgical when necessary. In Juneau Aurora Chiropractic Center is proficient in managing this flow of back pain care and in referring when/if needed.
LOW BACK PAIN MANAGEMENT DATA
The global top cause of disability is low back pain. Diagnosis of the cause of low back pain – spinal stenosis, radiculopathy, non-specific and specific low back pain – is key to managing it. A new study commented that low back examination tests alone aren’t always helpful on their own. (1) That’s the reason that Aurora Chiropractic Center considers everything - your history, current pain, exam tests’ results, imaging, and more - to establish a diagnosis and a treatment plan. And not all back pain sufferers have to go to specialists like spinal surgeons. Even the surgeons appreciate it when patients who need their expertise (surgical skills) are sent to them. A recent study highlighted that of 500 cases sent to a neurosurgeon, only 22% were surgical candidates. 80% of referrals made during the study’s timeframe were thought to be inappropriate. The researchers concluded that “triaging approaches led by musculoskeletal experts may improve referral appropriateness to specialized care.” (2) Aurora Chiropractic Center concurs and is prepared to perform that role. Your Juneau chiropractor specializes in the diagnosis and management of low back pain and knows when to refer for specialized treatment like advanced imaging, surgery, etc.
DATA ON CHIROPRACTIC BACK PAIN PATIENT CARE
In the chiropractic world of healthcare, Care Response is a packed database of details from chiropractic patients around the world. It has been collecting data for over 10 years about patient satisfaction. Two main points of feedback were on what chiropractic patients thought was good about their care and what could be improved. The good comprised clinical outcomes (decreased pain, better function, being understood as having pain and its cause), examination and explanation of the condition and its treatment, professionalism, friendliness, feeling valued as a person, safety, comfort, and punctuality. There is always room for improvement, and patients commented that they wanted to not be rushed during the visit, wanted to feel understood, wanted good outcomes, etc. (3) Aurora Chiropractic Center tries hard to focus on you during your time at our Juneau chiropractic clinic.
CHIROPRACTIC IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE
As your Juneau chiropractor, Aurora Chiropractic Center strives to deliver the ‘good’! And we take it one step further to enhance quality of life for our low back pain patients. The most recent series of questions to assist us in evaluating patients for these outcomes is known as PROMIS that covers function, pain interference, pain intensity, fatigue, sleep, depression, anxiety, satisfaction in social life, mental health, etc. The bottom line from all the assembled data found that patients (1) improved significantly and felt they did, (2) improved significantly but didn’t think they did, (3) did not improve significantly but felt they did, (4) didn’t improve significantly or report feeling better. (4) We strive for the ideal #1 outcome explained above, and we want to know how you feel you are.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Coleman Cormier on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief of low back pain in a patient with a disc herniation using The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Juneau chiropractic appointment soon. Aurora Chiropractic Center studies the data to best deliver quality of life-improving care for our Juneau low back pain patients.
