“I don’t want this pain to worsen.”
“I want some pain relief.”
“I want pain relief.”
“I want this back pain to go away and never return.”
Back pain and neck pain patients have a tendency
to have different goals for their pain. Healthcare
policy often relates to cure. Many chronic pain patients know otherwise. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre knows
otherwise. We all want relief and some semblance of control
over how and when back pain and neck pain arise and go away. Chiropractic care is for these patients.
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre’s chiropractic care examines a problem like back and
neck pain and acknowledges that often there is no “cure,” but
there is “control.” Back pain and neck pain patients who have experienced a few episodes with either condition acknowledge
this, too. They associate their healthcare goals with their
experience: there is not always a cure, but there is often control
to avert pain episodes and relieving care to get through the pain
episodes as quickly as possible. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is the
Toronto chiropractic place for back and neck pain
patients. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is home of the Toronto back pain
specialist.
PATIENT EXPECTATIONS: HOW THEY INFLUENCE AND HOW THEY’RE MET
Chiropractic back pain specialists know their back pain and
neck pain sufferers well. A recent study of
1614 patients suffering with chronic low back pain (885) and
chronic neck pain (729) reported their goals for
chiropractic care of their conditions. About a third of them wished
for the pain to go away permanently
and tended to have had
pain for a shorter time and hold a stronger
belief in medical cure; they sought a cure. 22% of low back pain
and 16% of neck pain patients wished to
prevent their pain from returning and were
more likely to have lower pain levels. 14% of low back and 12% of neck pain
patients wished to prevent their pain from
getting worse. 31% of back pain and 41% of neck pain patients wished
temporary relief of their pain. These last two groups of patients were
more likely to have experienced pain for a longer period of time. Which group do you fall into? Like most humans, there is a discrepancy from person to person
depending on their experience that chiropractors and other
healthcare providers really should understand. (1)
Such patient expectations are documented to predict
short-term outcomes of chiropractic care for low back pain. Another study detailed
that patients with a high expectation of improvement were 58% more likely
to report an improvement at the fourth visit.
(2) Certainly, having healthcare providers of various professions working together
can raise low back pain patients’ likelihoods of
relief. (3) Today, the patient is the focus for
healthcare providers. Patient-centered care depends on
patient-reported outcomes to tell the story. The patient’s perspective needs
to always be taken into account. And as for non-pharmacological treatment of low back pain, active patient
involvement is key. (4) At Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre the
Toronto back pain patient is at the center of all
we do.
CONTACT Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ed Hutter on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson in which he details
his story of being a back pain patient desiring
pain relief and how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management
helped him.
Schedule your Toronto chiropractic visit with
your Toronto back pain specialist today. Bring your expectations of
care. We will make a treatment plan together to meet them.
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