“Do I have to see my chiropractor forever?” is a familiar
question Soft Health and Healing Clinic gets when Brooks
folks talk about chiropractic. Brooks chiropractic patients are a assorted
lot. Some Brooks chiropractic patients come for a
specific spinal pain relief issue and stop coming. Some Brooks
chiropractic patients come and go as their back pain or neck pain issue requires
(though keeping on the at-home care program that includes
lifestyle issues, diet, nutrition, and exercise keeps these
issues at bay for many!). Some Brooks chiropractic patients find
that coming for a Brooks chiropractic spinal manipulation
visit on a normal schedule after pain relief is attained
benefits them: feeling better and keeping that better feeling when prodded
to keep doing healthy things like exercising, eating right and
being adjusted. Soft Health and Healing Clinic appreciates every Brooks
chiropractic patient who trusts their spine’s healing and
on-going health to this Brooks chiropractic practice.
OPTIMAL NUMBER OF CHIROPRACTIC VISITS FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN
Now, just how often a Brooks
chiropractic patient can profit from Brooks chiropractic
care visits is a well-researched answer for chronic
low back pain patients. Soft Health and Healing Clinic presents a new
project in which participants with
chronic low back pain received treatment three times a
week for 6 weeks. During each visit the patient would
receive spinal manipulation or light massage or no treatment. Finally,
12 chiropractic spinal manipulation treatments created the most positive
outcomes for chronic low back pain patients. At
one year follow up, the 18 visits patients showed greatest
outcomes for disability and pain relief. (1) Soft Health and Healing Clinic uses the Cox
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management which has studied and reported
about other specific spinal issues
the number of visits and days to maximum improvement. Such evidence allows
Soft Health and Healing Clinic to really help our Brooks back pain
patients’ understanding of what to expect with
Brooks chiropractic care.
NUMBER OF CHIROPRACTIC VISITS BY CONDITION
The number of visits for low back pain episodes changes
often with the underlying cause of the back pain episode. A study from 30
chiropractic clinics’ chiropractic care with flexion distraction (aka Cox
Technic) resulted in data on 1000 back pain patients. It recorded
the types of conditions treated, the days, visits and patient outcomes. Globally35,
12 visits in 29 days were the mean results for maximum
improvement. For particular conditions like spondylolisthesis,
disc herniation (even L4 vs L5 disc herniation), sprain/strain, etc., the days
and visits varied. There is a difference in treating a disc
herniation versus a sprain understandably. One presents
a greater challenge to treat than the
other. 91% of patients discovered relief of their low back pain
and leg pain on average in fewer
than 90 days (when the condition becomes "chronic") and
12 visits. (2)
Whatever your underlying cause of spinal
pain, a Brooks chiropractic treatment plan can be arranged
for its relief with a recommendation for on-going chiropractic care if that is desired.
Soft Health and Healing Clinic is at your service!
CONTACT Soft Health and Healing Clinic
Listen in to this PODCAST about chiropractic care relief of
a chronic pain condition with a patient who finds visits to the chiropractor help
keep her going.
Schedule a Brooks chiropractic appointment with
Soft Health and Healing Clinic to figure out just how many visits it will likely
take to help you get relief and to see
if you would want to see
your chiropractor forever on a periodic follow-up schedule!