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Toronto Chiropractic and Back Pain Relief Expectations via Surgical or Conservative Care

What do you expect from your Toronto chiropractic care of back pain? That is a key question. Research reports that that questions of expectations plays a role in back pain treatment outcome whether that treatment is surgical or conservative. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre intends to hear your expectations of our Toronto back pain treatment and share the outcomes of our treatment documented in practice and in research.

INFLUENTIAL EXPECTATIONS FOR BACK SURGERY OUTCOMES

A recent research project scrutinized patient and surgeon expectations of back surgery. Patients expected complete relief and improvement of their back pain after lumbar spine surgery. Surgeons expected improvement that ranged from a little to a lot dependant on the patient and his/her specific issues. 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 stressed that effective communication about expectations may well foster better outcomes. (1) That’s why Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre devotes time to each Toronto back pain patient at the beginning of care, making sure the source of pain and its treatment plan are well-described. If not, tell us!

AN ACCEPTABLE SYMPTOM STATE

If original patient expectations aren’t  met with 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 included: 47.5 for lumbar pain, 30.5 for radicular pain, 39.3 for disability, 10.0 for anxiety, and 6.7 for depression. (2) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre appreciates that no pain is the preferred state and is prepared to discuss with our Toronto chiropractic patients their options and possible outcomes.

DECIDING ON TREATMENT OPTIONS

Deciding whether to have back surgery is a big decision. Evidence-based medicine views the patient as being 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 considered in planning care. (3) One factor 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 positive according to a new report on how back pain patient recovery expectations influence clinical outcomes. A review of 60 studies found that a patient’s recovery expectations are probably strongly associated with future work participation. (5) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre employs effective, nonsurgical care of back pain to meet patient expectations once the research on outcomes for other back pain sufferers is presented and understood. Toronto 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 helped manage back pain for a patient who was absolutely positive about not wanting back surgery.

Make your next Toronto chiropractic visit today. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre wants to know your answer to the question of your expectations for our treatment so that we can both be satisfied with the outcome!

 
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre strives to meet realistic patient expectations when it comes to conservative back pain relief. 
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