Why Richmond Chiropractic Care is Designed for Your Unique Back Pain Experience

Taking that first step into a chiropractor's office when dealing with chronic back pain can feel a bit nerve wrecking. Maybe your symptoms don't correlated perfectly with what you've read online, or perhaps you're wondering if you're seeking the right form of care. Let Johnson Chiropractic ease your concern: you're just where you are supposed to be.

A very new research study research published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research: Spine reports just how diverse chronic low back pain appearances really are. (1) The study by Piva and colleagues looked at chronic low back pain sufferers and found a remarkable variation in how people feel their pain. This research substantiates what chiropractors have long known – chronic back pain does not always follow a one-size-fits-all pattern.

The study documented the wide range of demographic and biomedical characteristics between chronic low back pain patients, showing that your unique presentation is absolutely normal. Whether your pain is steady or comes-and-goes, shooting or throbbing, confined or spreading you're in good company – you're part of the complex reality of how back pain manifests.

Interestingly, the chiropractic profession is is committed to measuring and improving how well treatments workis dedicated to studying what works best for patients like you. A comprehensive scoping review published in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies by Carmichael and colleagues scrutinized chiropractic clinical outcomes registries. (2) These state-of-the-art systems track patient outcomes and continuously boost care quality.

This research shows that chiropractic care is embracing evidence-based practice to safeguard effective treatment. Clinical outcomes registries track real patient outcomes, helping chiropractors appreciate which treatments work best for different back pain presentations.

Rather than forcing your symptoms into an inflexible diagnostic box, modern chiropractic care acknowledges that effective treatment must be tailored to your specific needs. One example of a clinical data collection of real patient outcomes was done for Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction which tracked clinical outcomes through studies like the 1000 cases study of patients with a variety of back pain diagnoses in the 1990s and the more recent study of patients dealing with continued back pain after back surgery. (3,4) Both gave real data for the number of visits and days to improvement for these back pain sufferers.

Whether your back pain started over time or right away, whether it's your first episode or another episode like you've dealt with for years, whether you can predict what triggers it or it seems to flare up without warning – you're in capable hands at Johnson Chiropractic. The chiropractic profession's - and Johnson Chiropractic’s - commitment to tracking outcomes means your treatment plan is built on the latest findings and real success stories from patients just like you.

Your journey to pain relief starts with recognizing there's no "wrong" way to experience back pain and no wrong time to seek expert care that can help you reclaim your life, so schedule your Richmond chiropractic appointment today.