Control not cure. That is a challenging
concept to accept when you are hurting.
On the other hand, for many back pain and neck pain patients,
any relief is acceptable. Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic treats many
Eugene back pain and Eugene neck pain patients who deal
with chronic pain. Fortunately, spine pain patients who choose chiropractic care with realistic goals often obtain
relief.
CURE vs MANAGEMENT
When patients visit doctors, they usually
seek a “fix”. They desire to be “cured” from their
illness be it a cold or a headache or an infection even their
back pain or neck pain. Researchers wrote that medicine and healthcare
primarily follow the “curative” model of care. For some
conditions, management or control of the condition becomes
the goal of care. Back and neck pain patients who come to the
realization that their condition is theirs for life and that there is a way to control that pain via on-going chiropractic
care turn into grateful patients. Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic
sees them daily. The healthcare “curative” model may not transform
any time soon, but the patients’ healthcare options do. Recently,
researchers studied back pain patients seeking care from chiropractors. Of 1614
chronic back and neck pain patients, less than a third
of them had a goal of a permanent resolution to their pain. These
patients had pain for a shorter time and believed in
a medical cure. The rest of the patients sought on-going care
to prevent the pain from coming back, prevent it
from getting worse, and attain temporary relief of
their pain. These patients had lower pain levels for longer periods of time. (1) Patients’ hopes influence
their pain relief.
HOPES OF BACK PAIN PATIENTS
It’s no secret that low back pain is a costly healthcare challenge regarding
finances and quality of life. Back pain sufferers who have
a high expectation of improvement experience a 58% greater
chance of reporting improvement at the fourth chiropractic appointment. Your Eugene chiropractor knows
the significance of our back pain patients’ hopes and
expectations. These hopes foretell short-term outcomes
more effectively than pain intensity,
self-rated health status or psychological status. (2) Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic describes
expectations that will improve patients’ quality of life.
50% RELIEF
50% relief is a quality of life improvement! The 50% Rule
with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management puts forth
realistic expectations to spine pain sufferers from the beginning.
Many Eugene back pain patients who come to Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic and have
dealt with their pain for a while are delighted
at the prospect of 10% or 20% or 50% or more. They just want
some semblance of their pre-pain life back even if it is
walking around the block or going to the
grocery store. Cox® Technic seeks 50% relief of pain within a
month of care with patient cooperation on visits
and at-home suggestions of exercise and/or nutrition. The
50% Rule also assures both the back pain sufferer and the
physician that the “next thing” to do if relief isn’t achieved
will be managed. Our patients can count on Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic
to take care of them.
CONTACT Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Scott Spengel on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about helping a patient with Cox®
Technic for relief of her back pain with a reasonable cost on a reasonable
timeframe to meet her expectations of pain reduction.
Schedule a Eugene chiropractic visit soon for some
control of your back pain and improved quality of life whether it’s 10% or 25%
or 50% or more. It’s nice to have some control of the pain that
has controlled you for too long.