“I do not want this pain to get
worse.”
“I want some pain relief.”
“I want pain relief.”
“I want this back pain to go away and never return.”
Back pain and neck pain patients have a tendency
to have assorted goals for their pain. The goal of healthcare policy is mostly
curative. Many chronic pain patients know otherwise. New Roads Chiropractic Center knows
otherwise. We all want relief and some hint of control
over how and when back pain and neck pain arise and go away. Chiropractic care is for these patients.
New Roads Chiropractic Center’s chiropractic care looks at a problem like back and
neck pain and acknowledges that often there is no “cure,” but
there is “control.” Back pain and neck pain patients who have had a few bouts with either condition acknowledge
this, too. They align their healthcare goals with their
experience: there is not always a cure, but there is often control
to prevent pain episodes and relieving care to get through the pain
bouts as fast as possible. New Roads Chiropractic Center is the
New Roads chiropractic place for back and neck pain
patients. New Roads Chiropractic Center is home of the New Roads back pain
specialist.
PATIENT EXPECTATIONS: HOW THEY INFLUENCE AND HOW THEY’RE MET
Chiropractic back pain specialists know their back pain and
neck pain patients well. A recent study of
1614 patients experiencing chronic low back pain (885) and
chronic neck pain (729) found their goals for
chiropractic care of their conditions. About a third of them wanted the pain to disappear permanently
and were more likely to have suffered with
pain for a shorter time and hold a deeper
belief in medical cure; they wanted a cure. 22% of low back pain
and 16% of neck pain patients wished to
prevent their pain from coming back and tended to have lower pain levels. 14% of low back and 12% of neck pain
patients wanted to stop their pain from
getting worse. 31% of back pain and 41% of neck pain patients sought
temporary relief of their pain. These last two groups of patients were
more likely to have experienced pain for a longer period of time. Which group do you fall into? Like most humans, there is a discrepancy from person to person
contingent on their experience that chiropractors and other
healthcare providers need to recognize. (1)
Such patient expectations are documented to predict
short-term outcomes of chiropractic care for low back pain. Another study detailed
that patients with a high expectation of improvement were 58% more apt
to report an improvement at the 4th appointment.
(2) Certainly, having healthcare providers of various professions working together
can boost low back pain patients’ likelihoods of
relief. (3) Today, the patient is the focus for
healthcare providers. Patient-centered care relies on
patient-reported outcomes to tell the story. The patient’s perspective needs
to always be considered. And as for non-pharmacological treatment of low back pain, active patient
involvement is key. (4) At New Roads Chiropractic Center the
New Roads back pain patient is at the center of all
we do.
CONTACT New Roads Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ed Hutter on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson in which he shares
his story of being a back pain patient desiring
pain relief and how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management
helped him.
Schedule your New Roads chiropractic visit with
your New Roads back pain specialist today. Bring your expectations of
care. We’ll make a treatment plan together to meet them.
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