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Fort Wayne Chiropractic and Back Pain Relief Expectations via Surgical or Conservative Care

What do you expect from your chiropractic care of Fort Wayne back pain? That question is huge. Research is reporting that that questions of expectations has a role in back pain treatment outcome be the treatment surgical or conservative. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc aspires to listen to you and your expectations of our Fort Wayne back pain treatment and share the outcomes of our treatment documented in practice and in research.

INFLUENTIAL EXPECTATIONS FOR BACK SURGERY OUTCOMES

A recent research project studied patient and surgeon expectations of back surgery. Patients expected complete relief and improvement of their back pain after lumbar spine surgery. Surgeons expected improvement that varied from a little to a lot dependant on the patient and his/her specific issues. Can you guess whose expectations were met? The surgeons’ expectations. A couple years after the back surgery, the patient-reported outcomes met the surgeon’s expectations. The researchers stressed that effective communication about expectations may well foster better outcomes. (1) That is why Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc devotes time to each Fort Wayne back pain patient at the beginning of care, making sure the source of pain and its treatment plan are well-described. If not, tell us!

AN ACCEPTABLE SYMPTOM STATE

If a patient doesn’t experience the relief he/she desired from back surgery, what is an “acceptable symptom state” for that back pain patient? What can he/she live with? For patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (with or without active discopathy), 54% reported having an acceptable symptom state at 1 month of care. Specifically, patient-reported acceptable symptoms involved these: 47.5 for lumbar pain, 30.5 for radicular pain, 39.3 for disability, 10.0 for anxiety, and 6.7 for depression. (2) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc appreciates that no pain is the preferred state and is prepared to discuss with our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients their options and potential outcomes.

DECIDING ON TREATMENT OPTIONS

The question of back surgery is a big issue. Evidence-based medicine sees that the patient at the center of care. What is the patient perspective of this care? How is the patient perspective considered in treatment planning and choosing from available options? A recent paper pointed out that the patient’s social, psychological, and other non-clinical characteristics must be taken into account in planning care. (3) One issue in the back-surgery decision that reportedly influences the decision and the outcome expectation is opioid use. Lower dose and shorter-time-taking opioid use patients expected more complete improvement opposed to non-users. They also had higher expectations of positive outcome than higher-dose opioid patients. (4) For a lot of patients, the prospect of work is a light at the end of the tunnel which is encouraging according to a new report on how back pain patient recovery expectations impact clinical outcomes. A review of 60 studies reported that a patient’s recovery expectations are probably strongly associated with future work participation. (5) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc uses effective, nonsurgical treatment of back pain to meet patient expectations once the research on outcomes for other back pain sufferers is described and absorbed. Fort Wayne chiropractic care keeps the back pain patient at its center.

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Check out this PODCAST with Dr. Anthony Galante on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explained how Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment helped manage back pain for a patient who was adamant about not wanting back surgery.

Make your next Fort Wayne chiropractic visit today. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc invites you to ponder and answer the question of your expectations for our treatment so that we can both be satisfied with the outcome!

 
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc strives to meet realistic patient expectations regarding conservative back pain relief. 
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