“How many visits will I have to make, doc?” A familiar question for your Baton Rouge
chiropractor. Chiropractic care at Capitol Spine & Rehabilitation follows an
evidence-based algorithm of care supported by clinical research
that goes back to the 1970’s: The Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management. Newer research confirms the
system and its goals in which Baton Rouge chiropractic patients can find
calm as they heal.
CHIROPRACTIC USE
Baton Rouge chiropractic patients would not
be chiropractic patients if it didn’t help.
The latest study of who uses
chiropractic was done in Malaysia: 35% of Malayasians
visited chiropractic. Though it was very below traditional and complementary medicine care usage there, it is a good number!
(1) About 25% of U.S. residents sought chiropractic
for back and neck pain treatment. 35
million U.S. adults saw a chiropractor in the past
year. (2) That number is expanding as additional
people seek and find a non-surgical, conservative
approach to pain relief in chiropractic understanding that it may
take a few visits to obtain relief. Capitol Spine & Rehabilitation
is committed to setting a realistic treatment plan for the best possible
outcome.
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE AT 3
MONTHS
Curious about how many chiropractic visits
patients use and the outcomes? A new study reported
that in 1,362 chronic low back pain patients and 1,214 chronic neck pain
patients’ function improved and back and neck pain reduced with
chiropractic care in three months. Those who reported
worse pain initially went for more chiropractic
visits. Chronic low back pain sufferers who went to the chiropractor more
than once a week benefitted more. At 3
months, chronic back and neck pain patients were getting
better slowly, may have even reached maximum improvement,
and were potentially managing their chronic pain using
a variety of chiropractic visit frequencies. (3) That’s
our goal, too, at Capitol Spine & Rehabilitation: educate our Baton Rouge back pain and
neck pain patients about how they can support themselves with pain
management and prevention! With Cox®
Technic, a study of 1000 patients found that 29 days and 12 visits were the mean days and visits for improvement. Disc herniations took a little
longer and needed more visits than sprain/strains. (4) Capitol Spine & Rehabilitation
shares statistics like this to assist our chiropractic
patients form realistic expectations.
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Baton Rouge chronic neck and back
pain patients are realistic. Despite health policy today that seems
to pursue a cure for whatever ails, most chronic
spine pain patients want pain management that they know
will necessitate ongoing care rather than “cure” from their chiropractic
care. (5) Cox® Technic used at Capitol Spine & Rehabilitation has always shared
the idea of “control not cure” when it comes to most neck pain
and back pain issues. It resonates with neck pain
and back pain sufferers who have looked
for care from so many different providers that they “get” it. The 50% Rule
of Cox® Technic makes sense to them: 50% relief in 30 days or referral for
imaging or other consultation, 50% relief drops the visit
frequency by 50%, 50% relief changes the treatment from Protocol I to Protocol
II, etc. The chiropractic care system of Cox® Technic follows an established algorithm
that offers patients realistic expectations.
CONTACT Capitol Spine & Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tony Barton on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes his care of a nurse suffering with chronic
back pain that The Cox® Technic
System of Spinal Pain Management helped.
Schedule your next Baton Rouge
chiropractic appointment soon. We will work together to
maximize your improvement and set your home care plan for
continued pain relief and prevention in the least number of realistic
visits possible!