Encouraging Data on Chiropractic Manchester Back Pain Relief
Stats. Stats. Stats. We human-beings are well researched: our diseases, our behaviors, our lives. In healthcare, data and stats can be quite helpful in improving care, particularly path for low back pain management from conservative, non-surgical to surgical when necessary. In Manchester Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is practiced in managing this flow of back pain care and in referring when/if necessary.
LOW BACK PAIN MANAGEMENT STATS
The global leading cause of disability is low back pain. Diagnosing the cause of low back pain – spinal stenosis, radiculopathy, non-specific and specific low back pain – is central to managing it. A new study commented that low back examination tests alone aren’t always useful when considered alone. (1) That’s the reason that Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries correlates everything - your history, current pain, exam tests’ results, imaging, and more - to come up with a diagnosis and a treatment plan. And not all back pain sufferers must go to specialists like spine surgeons. Even the surgeons value it when patients who need their skill (surgical skills) are sent to them. A recent study highlighted that of 500 cases sent to a neurosurgeon, only 22% were surgical candidates. 80% of referrals made during the study’s time period were considered inappropriate. The researchers concluded that “triaging approaches led by musculoskeletal experts may improve referral appropriateness to specialized care.” (2) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries concurs and is prepared to perform that role. Your Manchester chiropractor is dedicated to diagnosing and managing low back pain and knows when to refer for specialized treatment like advanced imaging, surgery, etc.
STATS ON CHIROPRACTIC BACK PAIN PATIENT CARE
In the chiropractic realm of healthcare, Care Response is a packed database of details from chiropractic patients around the world. It has been collecting data for over 10 years about patient satisfaction. Two main points of feedback were on what chiropractic patients thought was good about their care and what could be improved. The good comprised clinical outcomes (decreased pain, improved function, being understood as having pain and its cause), examination and description of the condition and its treatment, professionalism, friendliness, feeling valued as a person, safety, comfort, and punctuality. There is always room for improvement, and patients reported that they wanted to not be rushed during the visit, wanted to feel understood, wanted good outcomes, etc. (3) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries strives to concentrate on you during your time at our Manchester chiropractic office.
CHIROPRACTIC IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE
As your Manchester chiropractor, Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries works to deliver the ‘good’! And we take it one step further to increase quality of life for our low back pain patients. The most recent series of questions to assist us in evaluating patients for these outcomes is known as PROMIS that encompasses function, pain interference, pain intensity, fatigue, sleep, depression, anxiety, satisfaction in social life, mental health, etc. The final word from all the collected data found that patients (1) improved significantly and felt they did, (2) improved significantly but did not think they did, (3) didn’t improve significantly but felt they did, (4) didn’t improve significantly or report feeling better. (4) We strive for the ideal #1 outcome described above, and we want you to tell us how you feel you are.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Coleman Cormier on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief of low back pain in a patient with a disc herniation using The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Manchester chiropractic appointment soon. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries studies the data to best deliver quality of life-improving care for our Manchester low back pain patients.
