Best to See Your St Peters Chiropractor As Long As You Need
“Do I have to see my chiropractor forever?” is a familiar question Old Mill Chiropractic responds to when St Peters folks talk about chiropractic. St Peters chiropractic patients are a assorted lot. Some St Peters chiropractic patients come for a specific spinal pain relief issue and quit. Some St Peters chiropractic patients come and go as their back pain or neck pain issue dictates (though following closely the at-home care program that includes lifestyle issues, diet, nutrition, and exercise helps keep these issues at bay for many!). Some St Peters chiropractic patients discover that making a St Peters chiropractic spinal manipulation visit on a regular basis after pain relief is achieved benefits them: feeling better and keeping that better feeling when prodded to continuing healthy things like exercising, eating right and being adjusted. Old Mill Chiropractic is grateful for every St Peters chiropractic patient who trusts their spine’s healing and on-going health to this St Peters chiropractic practice.
Now, just how frequently a St Peters chiropractic patient can profit from St Peters chiropractic care visits is a well-researched answer for chronic low back pain patients. Old Mill Chiropractic presents a recent project in which chronic low back pain patients 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 produced the most favorable results for chronic low back pain patients. A year after care, the 18 visits patients showed greatest outcomes for disability and pain relief. (1) Old Mill Chiropractic 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 permits Old Mill Chiropractic to really aid our St Peters back pain patients’ understanding of what to expect with St Peters chiropractic care.
The number of visits for low back pain episodes fluctuates often with the underlying cause of the back pain episode. A study from 30 chiropractic clinics’ chiropractic care with flexion distraction (aka Cox Technic) gathered data on 1000 back pain patients. It detailed the types of conditions treated, the days, visits and patient outcomes. Globally35, 12 visits in 29 days were the mean outcomes for maximum improvement. For specific conditions like spondylolisthesis, disc herniation (even L4 vs L5 disc herniation), sprain/strain, etc., the days and visits differed. Treating a disc herniation is quite different from treating a sprain. 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 less than 90 days (when the condition becomes "chronic") and 12 visits. (2)
Whatever your underlying condition of spinal pain, a St Peters chiropractic treatment plan can be coordinated for its relief with a recommendation for on-going chiropractic care if that is desired. Old Mill Chiropractic is always ready to help!
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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 St Peters chiropractic appointment with Old Mill Chiropractic to figure out just how many visits it may take to help you get relief and to consider if you would want to visit your chiropractor forever on a periodic follow-up schedule!
