What do Southern New Hampshire back pain sufferers want when they seek Southern New Hampshire back pain care? Back pain relief. How much Southern New Hampshire back pain relief do they expect? 100%? 50%? That percentage varies with the back pain patient’s experience and preceding care. First time back pain sufferers many times expect 100%. A veteran back pain sufferer who has gone through a couple back surgeries, some spinal injections, many doctors and therapists may well be delighted with 50% or even 30%. New Hampshire Spine and Sport welcomes all these Southern New Hampshire back pain patients and shares what the spinal research literature reports as realistic outcomes of Southern New Hampshire back pain treatment and specifically Southern New Hampshire chiropractic outcomes of care using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
YOUR EXPECTATION OF Southern New Hampshire BACK PAIN RELIEF
How much improvement do you expect from your back pain treatment? 30% is reported to be “clinically relevant.” (1) Is that adequate for you? Medical literature defines the “minimal clinically important difference” of treatment to be the smallest change in outcome a patient feels is meaningful to him or her. That difference is defined as 30% improvement in self-reported pain or function as a result of a study of 743 patients. (2) In another study of 609 back-related leg pain and sciatica patients, good outcome is explained to be 30% reduction in disability. 55% reported such improvement at 12 months of care. (3) The expectation of 5443 patients who had spine surgery for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease for pain and disability reduction was met for 64% at 12 months post-surgery. However, satisfaction goes down as disability goes up. (4) Realistic expectations of back pain treatment are communicated to Southern New Hampshire chiropractic patients at New Hampshire Spine and Sport when the treatment plan is arranged.
CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES FOR BACK PAIN
In going by the protocols of the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic, New Hampshire Spine and Sport and fellow chiropractors who utilize it seek 50% relief of pain in 30 days…and we chiropractors do not feel that is too high a target! Cox® Technic physicians like yours at New Hampshire Spine and Sport see higher percentages of improvement for many Southern New Hampshire back pain patients. With 50% relief, which for many patients appears in just a couple visits to a couple weeks, Southern New Hampshire chiropractic treatment continues without a surgical consult or advanced imaging (unless progressive neurological deficits occur or cauda equina exists). 50% relief is frequently a welcome relief for Southern New Hampshire back pain patients seeking a return to a quality of life that is satisfactory. This might include taking the dog for a walk or walking to the mailbox. New Hampshire Spine and Sport strives to help patients achieve realistic and sustainable outcomes of care.
CONTACT New Hampshire Spine and Sport
Schedule your next Southern New Hampshire chiropractic visit today. New Hampshire Spine and Sport anticipates meeting patient expectations of Southern New Hampshire back pain treatment (be they 20% or 30% or 50% or more!) while also forming reasonable expectations of back pain relief for each patient’s spine.