“How many visits will I have to make, doc?” A familiar question for your Malverne
chiropractor. Chiropractic care at Malverne Health & Wellness follows an
evidence-based algorithm of care backed by clinical research
that extends back to the 1970’s: The Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management. Newer research confirms the
system and its goals in which Malverne chiropractic patients can find
calm as they heal.
CHIROPRACTIC USE
Malverne chiropractic patients would not
be chiropractic patients if it didn’t help.
The latest study of who uses
chiropractic was conducted in Malaysia: 35% of Malayasians
visited chiropractic. Though it was slightly lower
than traditional and complementary medicine care usage there, it is a good percent!
(1) About 25% of U.S. residents pursued chiropractic
for neck and back pain management. 35
million U.S. adults saw a chiropractor in the past
year. (2) That number is growing as more
people seek and find a non-surgical, conservative
approach to pain relief in chiropractic knowing that it may
take a few visits to obtain results. Malverne Health & Wellness
is committed to setting a realistic treatment plan for the best possible
outcome.
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE AT 3
MONTHS
Wondering how many chiropractic visits
patients use and the outcomes? A recent 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 decreased with
chiropractic care in 90 days. Those who reported
worse pain at first had 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 improving slowly, may have even attained maximum improvement,
and were quite possibly managing their chronic pain using
a variety of chiropractic visit frequencies. (3) That’s
our goal, too, at Malverne Health & Wellness: educate our Malverne 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 visits and days for improvement. Disc herniations took a bit
longer and required more visits than sprain/strains. (4) Malverne Health & Wellness
presents statistics like this to assist our chiropractic
patients form realistic expectations.
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Malverne chronic back and neck
pain patients are realistic. Despite health policy today that seems
to want a cure for whatever is wrong, 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 implemented at Malverne Health & Wellness has always presented
the idea of “control not cure” when it comes to most neck pain
and back pain issues. It resonates with back pain and neck pain sufferers who have pursued care from a variety of different healthcare
professionals that they understand 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 decreases 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 provides patients realistic expectations.
CONTACT Malverne Health & Wellness
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tony Barton on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates his care of a nurse suffering with chronic
back pain that The Cox® Technic
System of Spinal Pain Management relieved.
Schedule your next Malverne
chiropractic appointment now. 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!