“I do not want this pain to get any 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 varying goals for their pain. Healthcare
policy often relates to cure. Many chronic pain patients know otherwise. Johnson Chiropractic knows
otherwise. We all want relief and some semblance of control
over how and when back pain and neck pain develop and ease. Chiropractic care is for these patients.
Johnson Chiropractic’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 experienced a few episodes with either condition acknowledge
this, too. They associate their healthcare goals with their
experience: there isn’t always a cure, but there is often control
to prevent pain episodes and relieving care to get through the pain
bouts as quickly as possible. Johnson Chiropractic is the
Richmond chiropractic place for back and neck pain
patients. Johnson Chiropractic is home of the Richmond back pain
specialist.
PATIENT EXPECTATIONS: HOW THEY INFLUENCE AND HOW THEY’RE MET
Chiropractic back pain specialists know their back pain and
neck pain sufferers well. A recent study of
1614 patients suffering with 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 cease forever
and were more likely to have experienced
pain for a shorter time and have a stronger
belief in medical cure; they sought a cure. 22% of low back pain
and 16% of neck pain patients wished to
prevent their pain from returning and were
more likely to have lower pain levels. 14% of low back and 12% of neck pain
patients sought to prevent 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 tended to have had 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 understand. (1)
Such patient expectations are reported to predict
short-term outcomes of chiropractic care for low back pain. Another study documented
that patients with a high expectation of improvement were 58% more apt
to report an improvement at the 4th visit.
(2) Surely, having an interdisciplinary team of healthcare
providers working as a team
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 taken into account. And as for non-pharmacological treatment of low back pain, active patient
involvement is key. (4) At Johnson Chiropractic the
Richmond back pain patient is at the center of everything
we do.
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ed Hutter on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson in which he details
his history of being a back pain patient desiring
pain relief and how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management
helped him.
Schedule your Richmond chiropractic visit with
your Richmond back pain specialist today. Bring your expectations of
care. We’ll make a treatment plan together to meet them.
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