Encouraging Data on Chiropractic Tonawanda Back Pain Relief
Data. Data. Data. We humans are well studied: our diseases, our behaviors, our lives. In healthcare, data and stats can be quite helpful in improving care, particularly flow of low back pain management from conservative, non-surgical to surgical when needed. In Tonawanda Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is experienced in managing this flow of back pain care and in referring when/if needed.
LOW BACK PAIN MANAGEMENT DATA
The worldwide 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 central to managing it. One study commented that low back examination tests alone are not always useful on their own. (1) That’s the reason that Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation 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 must visit specialists like spine surgeons. Even the surgeons appreciate it when patients who require their expertise (surgical skills) are sent to them. A recent study pointed out that of 500 cases referred to a neurosurgeon, only 22% were surgical candidates. 80% of referrals made during the study’s timeframe were thought to be not appropriate. The researchers wrote that “triaging approaches led by musculoskeletal experts may improve referral appropriateness to specialized care.” (2) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation agrees and is ready to fill that role. Your Tonawanda chiropractor specializes in the diagnosis and management of low back pain and knows when to refer for specialized treatment like advanced imaging, surgery, etc.
STATS ON CHIROPRACTIC BACK PAIN PATIENT CARE
In the chiropractic corner of healthcare, Care Response is a filled database of info from chiropractic patients around the world. It has been gathering 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 incorporated clinical outcomes (reduced pain, improved function, being understood as having pain and its cause), examination and description 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 shared that they wanted to not be rushed during the visit, wanted to feel understood, wanted satisfactory outcomes, etc. (3) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation tries hard to focus on you during your time at our Tonawanda chiropractic office.
CHIROPRACTIC IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE
As your Tonawanda chiropractor, Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation works to deliver the ‘good’! And we take it one step further to boost quality of life for our low back pain patients. The latest series of questions to assist us in evaluating patients for these outcomes is known as PROMIS that comprises function, pain interference, pain intensity, fatigue, sleep, depression, anxiety, satisfaction in social life, mental health, etc. The final word 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) didn’t improve significantly but felt they did, (4) didn’t improve significantly or report feeling better. (4) We strive for the ideal #1 outcome described above, and we want you to tell us 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 Tonawanda chiropractic appointment soon. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation studies the data to best deliver quality of life-improving care for our Tonawanda low back pain patients.
