Let us be honest. You want 100% relief of your Eugene
back pain and have it never return. Heck, you did not want it to befall in the first place! Well, Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic desires that for
you, too. But reality intervenes. The
research comes out. Realistic expectations are stated.
Standard treatment outcomes lead you and Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic
as we move together toward healing and improved quality of life
with back pain.
MEDICAL CLINICAL EXPECTATION
Medicine today reports 30% minimal clinical
improvement as good enough to merit the use of a treatment approach.
(1) The “minimal clinically important difference” is an indicator
of the effectiveness of treatment. In an extensive
review of studies, the relative percent was found to
be 32%. (2) “Good” outcome of medical primary care for sciatica
and leg pain was just 30% reduction in disability. 55% of patients
were improved at one year. (1) Another researcher group
reported that a 20 point move on a 100 point scale is a good
outcome. A modification of 19%
on an Oswestry pain scale and 2 points on a 10 points visual analogue scale is thought
to be successful reduction in pain for a patient with continued postoperative
spine pain. (3) Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic knows Eugene back pain patients desire
more relief than that. Establishing realistic expectations
from the beginning enhances the odds
of a satisfactory outcome for our Eugene chiropractic patients.
CHIROPRACTIC ROLE IN BACK PAIN RELIEF
Chiropractic is often classified as alternative
medicine. Chiropractic strives to take care of the
source of spine-related pain with spine treatment, exercise, nutrition, etc., while
allopathic medicine seeks to remove the
offending cause of pain by drug or invasive methods. (4)
One study comparing the two approaches showed that at 2
months of care, older adults with lumbar spine stenosis treated with manual
therapy and exercise improved better than medical care and group
exercise. (5) Another study of older adults with back pain reported
50% improvement in back pain and 43% in disability after 2 years of care. The
honest truth: fewer than 20% of these patients had complete resolution of pain
and disability, but they were better. (6) Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic assists
many Eugene back pain and stenosis patients honestly establish
realistic expectations for clinical improvement of their back pain conditions undergoing
the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
CLINICAL OUTCOMES WITH COX® TECHNIC
Cox® Technic has always sought at least
50% relief within 30 days before doing another treatment protocol
or arranging appointments for more advanced imaging tests or
referral for surgical consultation (as long as
there is no sign of progressive neurological deficit or caudal equina
syndrome/change in bowel or urinary function which would call for
a more immediate action). (7) For years, 50% did not seem like
enough. Today, it is amazing relief compared with the new medical and
surgical expectation of 20% to 30% relief. One more recent study documents
even more relief with Cox® Technic: Spinal stenosis patients improved in pain by 76%
and disability by 73%. (8) How might such improvement come? Horizontal traction
was reported to be much more effective in increasing
disc height of lower lumbar discs. (9) Cox® Technic distraction manipulation
was found to enlarge the area by 28%. (10) Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic knows many Eugene back pain patients whose 20% relief of
pain excited them as it permitted them to walk in
the park or go to the grocery store or play with the grandkids.
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Wanda Lopez on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson whose patient was overjoyed just being able to take a walk in Central Park without
pain.
CONTACT Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic
Schedule your next chiropractic appointment at Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic
today. We’ll be honest. We’ll discuss treatment
outcome expectations with you. Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic is on your side and committed to
helping you get the Eugene back pain relief you want.