Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC Relieves Chronic Neck and Back Pain
“How many visits will I have to make, doc?” A conventional question for your La Grande chiropractor. Chiropractic care at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC follows an evidence-based algorithm of care supported by clinical research that stretches back to the 1970’s: The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Recent research bears out the system and its goals in which La Grande chiropractic patients can find calm as they heal.
CHIROPRACTIC USE
La Grande chiropractic patients wouldn’t be chiropractic patients if it did not help. The latest study of who uses chiropractic was done in Malaysia: 35% of Malayasians visited chiropractic. Though it was very lower than traditional and complementary medicine care usage there, it is a good number! (1) Approximately 25% of U.S. residents pursued chiropractic for neck and back pain treatment. 35 million U.S. adults saw a chiropractor in the past year. (2) That number is growing as more people seek and find a non-surgical, conservative approach to pain relief in chiropractic knowing that it may take a few visits to obtain results. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is committed to setting a realistic treatment plan for optimal outcome.
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE AT 3 MONTHS
Curious about how many chiropractic visits patients use and the outcomes? A recent study reported that in 1,362 chronic low back pain patients and 1,214 chronic neck pain patients’ function improved and back and neck pain reduced with chiropractic care in three months. Those who reported worse pain initially had more chiropractic visits. Chronic low back pain sufferers who went to the chiropractor more than once a week benefitted more. At 3 months, chronic neck and back pain patients were improving slowly, may have even attained maximum improvement, and were potentially managing their chronic pain with a variety of chiropractic visit frequencies. (3) That’s our goal, too, at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC: educate our La Grande back pain and neck pain patients about how they can help themselves with pain management and prevention! With Cox® Technic, 12 visits and 29 days were the mean days and visits to improvement in a study of 1000 patients. Disc herniations took a little longer and needed more visits than sprain/strains. (4) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC shares statistics like this to help our chiropractic patients form realistic expectations.
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
La Grande chronic neck and back pain patients are realistic. Despite health policy today that seems to want a cure for whatever is wrong, most chronic spine pain patients want pain management that they know will necessitate ongoing care rather than “cure” from their chiropractic care. (5) Cox® Technic used at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC has always shared the notion of “control not cure” when it comes to most neck pain and back pain issues. It resonates with neck pain and back pain sufferers who have pursued care from a variety of different providers that they understand it. The 50% Rule of Cox® Technic makes sense to them: 50% relief in 30 days or referral for imaging or other consultation, 50% relief decreases the visit frequency by 50%, 50% relief changes the treatment from Protocol I to Protocol II, etc. The chiropractic care system of Cox® Technic follows an established algorithm that provides patients realistic expectations.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Tony Barton on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates his care of a nurse suffering with chronic back pain that The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management relieved.
Schedule your next La Grande chiropractic appointment soon. We will work together to maximize your improvement and set your home care plan for continued pain relief and prevention in the fewest realistic visits possible!
