Tonawanda Back Pain Option: Control It
Control not cure. That is a challenging view to bear when you are in pain. Then again, for many back pain and neck pain patients, any relief is welcome. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation treats many Tonawanda back pain and Tonawanda neck pain patients who suffer with chronic pain. Luckily, spine pain patients who choose chiropractic care with realistic goals often find relief.
CURE vs MANAGEMENT
When patients go to doctors, they usually want a “fix”. They want to be “cured” from their ailment be it a cold or a headache or an infection even their back pain or neck pain. Researchers wrote that medicine and healthcare primarily follow the “curative” model of care. For some conditions, management or control of the condition develops into the goal of care. Back and neck pain patients who come to the realization that their condition is theirs for life and that there is help for containing that pain by on-going chiropractic care become appreciative patients. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation sees them daily. The healthcare “curative” model may not transform any time soon, but the patients’ healthcare options do. Recently, researchers studied back pain patients seeking care from chiropractors. Of 1614 chronic back and neck pain patients, less than one third of them had a goal of a permanent resolution to their pain. These patients experienced pain for a shorter time and sought a medical cure. The rest of the patients looked for on-going care to avert the pain from coming back, prevent it from getting worse, and get temporary relief of their pain. These patients had less pain intensity for a longer time. (1) Patients’ hopes affect their pain relief.
HOPES OF BACK PAIN PATIENTS
It’s no secret that low back pain is an expensive healthcare challenge considering finances as well as quality of life. Back pain sufferers who have a high expectation of improvement enjoy a 58% higher chance of reporting improvement at the fourth chiropractic appointment. Your Tonawanda chiropractor knows the importance of our back pain patients’ hopes and expectations. These hopes foretell short-term outcomes more effectively than the intensity of the pain, self-rated health status or psychological status. (2) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation encourages expectations that will enhance patients’ quality of life.
50% RELIEF
50% relief is a quality of life improvement! The 50% Rule with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management relays realistic expectations to spine pain sufferers from the beginning. Many Tonawanda back pain patients who come to Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation and have struggled with their pain for some time already are thrilled with the prospect of 10% or 20% or 50% or more. They just desire some trace of their pre-pain life back even if it’s walking around the block or making a trip to the grocery store. Cox® Technic seeks 50% relief of pain within 30 days of care with patient cooperation on visits and at-home recommendations of exercise and/or nutrition. The 50% Rule also ensures both the back pain sufferer and the physician that the “next thing” to do if relief isn’t achieved will be managed. Our patients can count on Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation to take care of them.
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Scott Spengel on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about helping a patient with Cox® Technic for relief of her back pain with a reasonable cost on a reasonable timeframe to meet her expectations of pain reduction.
Schedule a Tonawanda chiropractic visit soon for some control of your back pain and improved quality of life whether it’s 10% or 25% or 50% or more. It’s nice to have some control of the pain that’s controlled you for too long.
