Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic Treats Back Pain and Neck Pain Cost and Pain-Reducing Effectively

They say numbers don’t lie. There are lots of numbers available in the world of back pain and neck pain statistics regarding costs and outcomes. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic presents a few of the latest ones that are quite interesting and supportive of our Montreal chiropractic method using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

OPTIONS USED FOR BACK PAIN VS BACK PAIN GUIDELINE RECOMMENDATIONS

Treatment guidelines for back pain are well-published.  Are they observed? Of 100 million patient healthcare insurance claims, 56,000 had persistent low back pain. These patients weren’t surgical candidates and had experienced conventional medical care. Of those 56,000, 60% underwent physical therapy, 50% underwent chiropractic, 26% received steroid injections and 66% took prescribed pain meds (57% opioids, 38% muscle relaxants). Were guidelines followed? Not exactly. Contrary to guidelines for low back pain treatment, most patients were prescribed opioids while several non-drug treatments were used by only a few. (1) Another report stated that 775,893 general practitioner visits resulted in 6,904 referrals (just 0.89%) to physiotherapy, a non-pharmacological treatment choice for frequently referred problems like low back pain and osteoarthritis. (2) The healthcare costs of these patients were quite large. (1) Montreal back pain treatment costs don’t vary that much.

COSTS OF BACK PAIN CARE

According to a review of Humana insurance claims, the pre-operative costs of conservative treatment options for cervical spine radiculopathy were just 37.7% of the overall non-surgical expenses for this condition. Injection costs were the greatest, costing $988 on average per patient. Other costs were – in order of cost expenditure - physical therapy ($510), medications (narcotics, gabapentin, NSAIDs), bracing ($193), and chiropractic services ($193). 62% of overall costs for care of cervical radiculopathy were for diagnostic modalities.  (3) Montreal neck and back pain sufferers have an experienced chiropractic option in their chiropractor at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic.

INTERPROFESSIONAL REFERRAL FOR BACK PAIN CARE

New data revealed a 106% rise in the number of physician visits for low back pain and extremity pain that resulted in referral to another physician partly because of ineffective outpatient conservative treatment. The study that presented this finding ended with the suggestion that patients who are most likely to need surgery would see a surgeon as their first subspecialty referral visit. Further, patients who are less likely to need surgery would meet with a non-operative spine specialist or primary care physician. (4) Your Montreal chiropractor at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is ready to be the Montreal non-surgical spine specialist this article describes for our Montreal low back pain and neck pain and arm pain and leg pain sufferers!

CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF TREATMENT

Of 609 patients with sciatica and back-related leg pain visiting primary care physicians, only 55% reported ‘improvement’ – just 30% or more decrease in disability - at one year follow-up. (5) Chiropractors using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management strive for at least 50% decrease of pain non-surgically in a month. In a 1000 cases study of Cox® Technic treatment outcomes, leg pain radicular patients improved significantly better with Cox® Technic flexion distraction therapy than with physical therapy. (6) In a study of post-surgical continued back pain patients, 81% of them scored greater than 50% relief of pain in 11 visits in 49 days (mean). At two your follow-up, 78.6% of them still had more than 50% relief of pain. Mean relief of pain was continued: 71.6% at the end of active care and 70% at 2-year follow-up. (7) Your Montreal chiropractor provides just such relief and knows when to refer if needed.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Byron Folwell on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integration for reducing post-surgical continued back pain.

Schedule your Montreal chiropractic appointment soon. Don’t let numbers scare you. Let them enlighten your path to pain relief. See you soon!