“How many visits will I have to make, doc?” A familiar question for your Richmond
chiropractor. Chiropractic care at Johnson Chiropractic follows an
evidence-based algorithm of care backed by clinical research
that stretches back to the 1970’s: The Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management. Recent research confirms the
system and its goals in which Richmond chiropractic patients can find
peace as they heal.
CHIROPRACTIC USE
Richmond chiropractic patients wouldn’t
be chiropractic patients if it didn’t help.
The latest study of who uses
chiropractic was done in Malaysia: 35% of Malayasians
utilized 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 pursued chiropractic
for back and neck pain care. 35
million U.S. adults saw a chiropractor in the past
year. (2) That number is growing as additional
people look for and find a non-surgical, conservative
approach to pain relief in chiropractic knowing that it may
require a few visits to obtain relief. Johnson Chiropractic
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 recent study found
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 initially had more chiropractic
visits. Chronic low back pain sufferers with more than one visit a week benefitted more. At 3
months, chronic back and neck pain patients were getting
better slowly, may have even attained maximum improvement,
and were quite possibly managing their chronic pain using
a range of chiropractic visit frequencies. (3) That’s
our goal, too, at Johnson Chiropractic: educate our Richmond back pain and
neck pain patients about how they can help 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 little
longer and needed more visits than sprain/strains. (4) Johnson Chiropractic
presents statistics like this to help our chiropractic
patients form realistic expectations.
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Richmond chronic back and neck
pain patients are realistic. Despite health policy today that seems
to pursue a cure for whatever ails, most chronic
spine pain patients pursue pain management that they know
will necessitate ongoing care rather than “cure” from their chiropractic
care. (5) Cox® Technic implemented at Johnson Chiropractic has always shared
the idea of “control not cure” when it comes to most back pain and neck pain issues. It resonates with back pain and neck pain sufferers who have pursued care from a variety of 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 provides patients realistic expectations.
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
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 relieved.
Schedule your next Richmond
chiropractic appointment now. We will work together to
maximize your improvement and establish your home care plan for
continued pain relief and prevention in the least number of realistic
visits possible!