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Benefits of Continued Fort Wayne Chiropractic Care for Back Pain

“Doc, do I have to see you for a long time?”

“Not necessarily, but you may want to!”

Researchers are stating support for chiropractic care in the short and long term also known as maintenance care. Benefits consist of pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued pain relief, sustained function, and boosted confidence in performing activities of daily living. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc leaves it up to our Fort Wayne chiropractic clients who know themselves and their bodies well.

CHIROPRACTIC RELIEF: TIME, VISITS AND WORSE PAIN, FUNCTION RETURN

A RAND Human Subjects Protection Committee-approved study of chronic back pain (1362) and chronic neck pain (1214) patients evaluated how quickly they got better with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they experienced. The involved patients were found to suffer with mild pain for the most part. Back and neck pain decreased, and function recovered gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of chiropractic visits was mixed in the analysis, those who had the worst pain went for more visits. Only when chronic low back pain patients made visits more than once a week was the impact beneficial and made a difference in regards to more improvement. (1) Studies like this can help patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is so glad to read about these published studies to present to our Fort Wayne back pain patients.

TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care

Not all back pain patients are the same. Fort Wayne back pain has all types of influences: social, biological, psychological as well. A collection of back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus multidisciplinary care found a relatively small difference in outcome which seems logical since inserting ancillary care helps. (2) Same with continued chiropractic care. Patients who kept to the maintenance care recommendations noted fewer pain days and fewer activity-limited days. (3) Back pain patients who followed recommendations for maintenance care valued its being patient-centered. Cost, low availability, and fear of treatment were factors they thought prevented them from following recommended maintenance care. (4) A patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly maintenance care incorporating cervical spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and related retrolisthesis (backward slipping of one spinal vertebral bone on its spinal neighbors) maintained the patient’s asymptomatic state, sustained the spine functioning as best as possible, and produced a steady reduction in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who received long-term chiropractic care and exercise for neck pain reported greater improvement in pain, function, balance, and self-efficacy (confidence in doing daily activities and such). Chiropractic care was considered to improve pain and control symptoms while exercise boosted self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to self-manage their condition. (6) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc carefully creates a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible outcomes for each.

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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Robert Borzone on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the effectiveness of continued chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with a disc herniation.      

Schedule your next Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment with Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc. Our back pain and neck pain patients don’t have to see us, but many choose to because they feel good and want to stay that way. 

Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc shares the benefits of continued chiropractic care – aka maintenance care - for back and neck pain patients in decreasing pain, staying mobile, and feeling confident in participating in daily activities.  
 
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