WHY SEE YOUR CHIROPRACTOR AFTER THE PAIN IS GONE? TO KEEP IT GONE!
Patients often ask how long they must come
for chiropractic care at Pflugerville Wellness Center. In the end, their
relief dictates this. For some the end of care is figured
out together, patient and the Pflugerville chiropractor. For
others, when the pain is .
The patients decide for themselves. And when there’s
no pain, it makes sense to stop
care. However, there may be a special factor to consider:
If back pain is bothersome and prevents you from doing what you want to do, receiving chiropractic care on a
regular basis (sometimes referred to as “maintenance
care”) whether you are hurting or not helps. In a
randomized control trial of 319 such patients, maintenance care reduced
the number of days with pain in acute episodes and increased
the timespan of pain-free days for back pain
sufferers who have with recurrent and persistent low back pain. (1)
Back pain is not usually cured. It is like a
bruise on an apple. It will not simply go
away. The bruise becomes a more susceptible part
of the apple. With back pain, the no-pain period is surely
welcome, and continued chiropractic care via a Pflugerville
chiropractic treatment plan set together can only help prevent
more and/or more painful back pain occurrences. Some patients seek maintenance care after suffering with several episodes
of Pflugerville back pain. Some set up a schedule right
away to avoid waiting for the pain and having to begin again.
Whichever patient type you are, Pflugerville Wellness Center is the Pflugerville chiropractic
care partner to see!
Pflugerville CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise Benefits Before Back Surgery and for Non-Specific
Low Back Pain
A 16-week study of supervised resistance training with varying
low, moderate and high intensity exercise throughout a week time
frame helped patients with persistent non-specific
low back pain. How? By improving pain, daily
function and disability, energy level, muscle strength, sleep, and perception
of physical activity as helpful. (2) Those are positive
outcomes! Unfortunately, in the year before back
surgery, only 34.8% of back pain patients had physical therapy (PT), 34.1% had
at least one PT visit with exercise, and only 14.6% had
a minimum of 6 exercise therapy visits. 84.4% got
at least one opioid prescription fill with a mean of 6.1 unique fills each. (3)
Conservative, non-drug care combining spinal manipulation
and exercise are worthwhile pre-back surgery efforts. Pflugerville Wellness Center
is here to do this with you!
Listen to this PODCAST
with chiropractic back pain specialist, James Cox DC DACBR,
developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, and a PODCAST
with spine surgeon, David Hanscome, MD, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as they present the conservative approach to dealing
with Pflugerville back pain.
CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness Center
Arrange your next Pflugerville
chiropractic appointment now with Pflugerville Wellness Center for non-drug and
non-surgical management of your back pain. Pflugerville Wellness Center is your spine care
and back pain management partner!