Manahawkin Back Pain Option: Control It
Control not cure. That is a difficult notion to take on when you are in pain. Then again, for many back pain and neck pain patients, any relief is acceptable. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center treats many Manahawkin back pain and Manahawkin neck pain patients who suffer with chronic pain. Luckily, spine pain patients who choose chiropractic care with realistic goals often get relief.
CURE vs MANAGEMENT
When patients go to doctors, they usually want a “fix”. They want to be “cured” from their illness be it a cold or a headache or an infection even their back pain or neck pain. Researchers explained that medicine and healthcare primarily follow the “curative” model of care. For some conditions, management or control of the condition becomes 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 a way to control that pain by on-going chiropractic care evolve into grateful patients. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center sees them daily. The healthcare “curative” model may not change 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 end to their pain. These patients had pain for a shorter time and sought a medical cure. The rest of the patients sought on-going care to prevent the pain from coming back, prevent it from getting worse, and get temporary relief of their pain. These patients had less pain intensity for longer periods of time. (1) Patients’ hopes have an effect on their pain relief.
HOPES OF BACK PAIN PATIENTS
It is no secret that low back pain is an expensive healthcare challenge considering finances as well as quality of life. Back pain sufferers who possess a high expectation of improvement experience a 58% greater chance of reporting improvement at the fourth chiropractic appointment. Your Manahawkin chiropractor recognizes the significance of our back pain patients’ hopes and expectations. They predict short-term outcomes more effectively than the intensity of the pain, self-rated health status or psychological status. (2) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center encourages expectations that will improve 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 puts forth realistic expectations to spine pain sufferers at the start of care. Many Manahawkin back pain patients who come to Manahawkin Chiropractic Center and have dealt with their pain for some time already are thrilled with the prospect of 10% or 20% or 50% or more. They just want some trace of their pre-pain life back even if it is walking around the block or going to the grocery store. Cox® Technic seeks 50% relief of pain within 30 days of care with patient cooperation on appointments and at-home recommendations of exercise and/or nutrition. The 50% Rule also assures both the back pain sufferer and the physician that the “next thing” to do if relief is not attained will be arranged. Our patients can count on Manahawkin Chiropractic Center to take care of them.
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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 Manahawkin 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 has controlled you for too long.
