Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn Treats Back Pain and Neck Pain Cost and Pain-Reducing Effectively
Have you heard it said that numbers don’t lie? With all the numbers out there about back and neck pain costs and outcomes, we can put that to the test. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn shares a few of the latest ones that are really interesting and reassuring of our Ashburn and Herndon 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% got steroid injections and 66% used prescribed pain meds (57% opioids, 38% muscle relaxants). Were guidelines followed? Not exactly. Contrary to low back pain treatment guidelines, most patients were prescribed opioids while several non-drug treatments were utilized 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-drug treatment choice for frequently referred problems like low back pain and osteoarthritis. (2) The healthcare costs of these patients were very substantial. (1) Ashburn and Herndon back pain treatment costs don’t vary that much.
COSTS OF BACK PAIN CARE
A review of Humana healthcare claims resulted in these findings: the pre-operative costs of conservative treatment options for cervical spine radiculopathy were only 37.7% of the total non-operative expenses for this condition. Injection costs were the highest, coming in at $988 on average per patient. Other expenses were – in order of cost expenditure - physical therapy ($510), medications (narcotics, gabapentin, NSAIDs), bracing ($193), then chiropractic services ($193). 62% of overall costs for care of cervical radiculopathy went to diagnostic tests and such. (3) Ashburn and Herndon neck and back pain sufferers have an experienced chiropractic option in their chiropractor at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn.
INTERPROFESSIONAL REFERRAL FOR BACK PAIN CARE
New data showed 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 unsuccessful outpatient conservative treatment. The study that talked about this finding ended with the suggestion that patients who are most likely to need surgery would meet with a surgeon as their first subspecialty referral visit. Further, patients who are less likely to need surgery would meet with a non-surgical spine specialist or primary care physician. (4) Your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is ready to be the Ashburn and Herndon non-surgical spine specialist this article suggests for our Ashburn and Herndon 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 reduction in disability - at one year follow-up. (5) Chiropractors using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management seek at minimum a 50% reduction of pain non-surgically in a month. In a 1000 cases study of Cox® Technic treatment outcomes, leg pain radicular patients improved significantly more with Cox® Technic flexion distraction therapy than with physical therapy. (6) In a study of post-surgical continued back pain patients, 81% of them reported 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 Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor provides just such relief and understands when to refer if necessary.
CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
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 relieving post-surgical continued back pain.
Make your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment soon. Don’t let numbers concern you. Let them enlighten your path to pain relief. See you soon!
