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Benefits of Continued Manahawkin Chiropractic Care for Back Pain

“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”

“Not necessarily, but you might well want to!”

Researchers are reporting on support for chiropractic care in the short and long term also known as maintenance care. Benefits include pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained pain relief, continued function, and higher confidence in performing activities of daily living. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center leaves it up to our Manahawkin 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 analyzed how quickly they got better with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they felt. These patients were documented as suffering with mild pain for the most part. Back and neck pain reduced, and function improved gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of chiropractic visits was considered in the analysis, those who stated they had the worst pain had more visits. Only visits more than once a week for chronic low back pain patients made a difference in terms of more improvement. (1) Studies like this can help patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is so glad to see these types of studies published to share with our Manahawkin back pain patients.

TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care

Not all back pain patients are the same. Manahawkin back pain has all types of influences: social, biological, psychological, too. 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 reported fewer pain days and fewer activity-limited days. (3) Back pain patients who adhered to recommendations for maintenance care valued its being patient-centered. Cost, low availability, and fear of treatment were factors they thought stood in the way of their following recommended maintenance care. (4) A patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly maintenance care including cervical spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and associated 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 brought about a gradual decrease in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who got 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 thought to positively impact pain and manage symptoms while exercise supported self-efficacy and confidence in being able to stay active and mobile and in being able to self-handle their condition. (6) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center carefully creates a treatment plan for each individual patient for optimal 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 describes the benefit of continued chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with a disc herniation.      

Schedule your next Manahawkin chiropractic appointment with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center. Our back pain and neck pain patients do not have to see us, but many do because they feel good and want to keep feeling good. 

Manahawkin Chiropractic Center shares the benefits of continued chiropractic care – aka maintenance care - for back and neck pain patients in easing pain, keeping mobile, and feeling confident in participating in daily activities.  
 
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