Fernandina Beach Chiropractic and Back Pain Relief Expectations via Surgical or Conservative Care

What expectations do you have of your chiropractic care of Fernandina Beach back pain? That is a pivotal question. Research reports that that questions of expectations plays a role in back pain treatment outcome whether that treatment is surgical or conservative. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic intends to listen to you and your expectations of our Fernandina Beach back pain treatment and share what our treatment’s outcomes have been in practice and in research.

INFLUENTIAL EXPECTATIONS FOR BACK SURGERY OUTCOMES

A new research project studied patient and surgeon expectations of back surgery. Patients expected full relief and improvement of their back pain after lumbar spine surgery. Surgeons expected improvement that varied from a little to a lot depending on the patient and his/her specific issues. Can you guess whose expectations were met? The surgeons’ expectations. A couple years after the back surgery, the outcomes reported by patients met the surgeon’s expectations. The researchers emphasized that effective communication about expectations may well advance better outcomes. (1) That’s why Amelia Chiropractic Clinic devotes time to each Fernandina Beach back pain patient at the beginning of care, ensuring that the source of pain and its treatment plan are well-explained. If not, ask us!

AN ACCEPTABLE SYMPTOM STATE

If a patient doesn’t get the relief he/she desired from back surgery, what is an “acceptable symptom state” for that back pain patient? What can he/she live with? For patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (with or without active discopathy), 54% reported having an acceptable symptom state at 1 month of care. Specifically, patient-reported acceptable symptoms involved these: 47.5 for lumbar pain, 30.5 for radicular pain, 39.3 for disability, 10.0 for anxiety, and 6.7 for depression. (2) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic realizes no pain is the preferred state and is ready to talk with our Fernandina Beach chiropractic patients their options and possible outcomes.

DECIDING ON TREATMENT OPTIONS

Deciding whether to have back surgery is a big decision. Evidence-based medicine sees that the patient at the center of care. What is the patient perspective of this care? How is the patient perspective considered in treatment planning and choosing from available options? A new paper pointed out that the patient’s social, psychological, and other non-clinical characteristics must be taken into account in planning care. (3) One issue in the back-surgery decision that reportedly influences the decision and the outcome expectation is opioid use. Lower dose and shorter-time-taking opioid use patients expected more complete improvement compared with non-users. They also had higher expectations of positive outcome than higher-dose opioid patients. (4) For a lot of patients, the prospect of work is goal of back pain treatment which is encouraging according to this new report on how back pain patient recovery expectations impact clinical outcomes. A review of 60 studies reported that a patient’s recovery expectations are probably strongly associated with future work participation. (5) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic offers effective, nonsurgical treatment of back pain to meet patient expectations once the research on outcomes for other back pain sufferers is presented and absorbed. Fernandina Beach chiropractic care keeps the back pain patient at its center.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Anthony Galante on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explained how Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment assisted in the management of back pain for a patient who was adamant about not wanting back surgery.

Make your next Fernandina Beach chiropractic visit soon. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic invites you to ponder and answer the question of your expectations for our treatment so that we can both be satisfied with the outcome!

 
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic strives to meet realistic patient expectations when it comes to conservative back pain relief. 
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