Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers Asks Back Pain Patients About Pain Relief Expectations
What do Baton Rouge back pain sufferers want when they seek Baton Rouge back pain care? Back pain relief. How much Baton Rouge back pain relief do they expect? 100%? 50%? That percentage varies with the back pain patient’s experience and past care. First time back pain sufferers many times expect 100%. A veteran back pain sufferer who has gone through a few back surgeries, several spinal injections, many doctors and therapists may well be delighted with 50% or even 30%. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers invites all these Baton Rouge back pain patients and shares what the spinal research literature documents as realistic outcomes of Baton Rouge back pain treatment and specifically Baton Rouge chiropractic outcomes of care using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
YOUR EXPECTATION OF Baton Rouge BACK PAIN RELIEF
How much improvement do you want from your back pain treatment? 30% is held to be “clinically relevant.” (1) Is that adequate for you? Medical literature defines the “minimal clinically important difference” of treatment to be the smallest change in status a patient sees as meaningful to him or her. That difference is described as 30% improvement in self-reported pain or function by a study of 743 patients. (2) In another study of 609 back-related leg pain and sciatica patients, good outcome is defined as 30% reduction in disability. 55% stated such improvement at 12 months of care. (3) The expectation of 5443 patients who underwent spine surgery for low back degenerative disc disease for pain and disability reduction was experienced by 64% at 12 months post-surgery. However, satisfaction decreases as disability rises. (4) Realistic expectations of back pain treatment are communicated to Baton Rouge chiropractic patients at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers when the treatment plan is established.
CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES FOR BACK PAIN
In going by the protocols of the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers and fellow chiropractors who use it seek 50% relief of pain in 30 days…and we chiropractors don’t feel that is too high a target! Cox® Technic physicians like yours at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers find higher percentages of improvement for many Baton Rouge back pain patients. With 50% relief, which for many patients results in just a couple visits to a week or two, Baton Rouge chiropractic treatment continues without a surgical consult or advanced imaging (except if progressive neurological deficits appear or cauda equina is present). 50% relief is frequently a long-awaited relief for Baton Rouge back pain patients looking for a return to a quality of life that is acceptable. This might include taking the dog for a walk or going to the mailbox. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers tries to help patients attain realistic and maintainable outcomes of care.
CONTACT Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers
Schedule your next Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment today. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers works to meet patient expectations of Baton Rouge back pain treatment (be they 20% or 30% or 50% or more!) while also setting realistic expectations of back pain relief for each individual spine.
