Best to See Your Toronto Chiropractor As Long As You Need
“Do I have to see my chiropractor forever?” is a familiar question Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre responds to when Toronto folks talk about chiropractic. Toronto chiropractic patients are a assorted group. Some Toronto chiropractic patients come for a specific spinal pain relief issue and quit. Some Toronto 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 keeps these issues at bay for many!). Some Toronto chiropractic patients find that coming for a Toronto chiropractic spinal manipulation visit on a regular schedule after pain relief is attained benefits them: feeling better and keeping that better feeling when reminded to keep doing healthy things like exercising, eating right and being adjusted. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is grateful for every Toronto chiropractic patient who entrusts their spine’s healing and on-going health to this Toronto chiropractic practice.
Now, just how often a Toronto chiropractic patient can profit from Toronto chiropractic care visits is a well-researched answer for chronic low back pain patients. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre shares a new project in which participants with chronic low back pain were treated three times a week for 6 weeks. Some visits were with spinal manipulation; some were with light massage; some not treatment at all. Finally, 12 chiropractic spinal manipulation treatments created the most positive outcomes for chronic low back pain patients. At one year follow up, the 18 visits patients showed greatest outcomes for disability and pain relief. (1) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre uses the Cox Technic System of Spinal Pain Management which has studied and reported about other specific spinal conditions the number of visits and days to maximum improvement. Such evidence permits Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre to really aid our Toronto back pain patients’ understanding of what to expect with Toronto 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 documented the types of conditions treated, the days, visits and patient outcomes. Globally35, 12 visits in 29 days were the mean results for maximum improvement. For particular conditions like spondylolisthesis, disc herniation (even L4 vs L5 disc herniation), sprain/strain, etc., the days and visits differed. There is a difference in treating a disc herniation versus a sprain understandably. One presents a greater challenge to treat than the other. 91% of patients found low back and leg pain relief on average in less than 90 days (when the condition becomes "chronic") and 12 visits. (2)
Whatever your underlying condition of spinal pain, a Toronto chiropractic treatment plan can be planned for its relief with a recommendation for on-going chiropractic care if that is wanted. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is at your service!
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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 Toronto chiropractic appointment with Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre to figure out just how many visits it may take to help you get relief and to consider if you would want to see your chiropractor forever on a periodic follow-up schedule!
