Have you ever wondered how promptly after you develop Carrolltown back pain you should inquire about care? If you haven't yet, you surely will at some point in your life. 80% of us will have to deal with back pain at some point in our lives. So, what does the medical literature declare about when to seek care for lower back pain, neck pain, arm pain, or leg pain?
To no one's surprise, the faster the better. The success of relieving your pain is improved with early intervention by a back pain specialist like your Carrolltown chiropractor who offers spinal manipulation.
Why? A new observed that patients who initially sought care for acute lower back pain still experienced some pain and disability at one year, but it was minimal. The conventional improvement in pain intensity was about 90%. In contrast, those who initially exhibited with persistent lower back pain experienced moderate levels of pain and disability at one year. The normal improvement in their pain was about 50%. (1)
So from this study, you can see that the quicker your back pain is treated, the less the chance of it becoming long-standing, or chronic. This is the goal! You don't want to deal with chronic back pain. The longer you wait to seek care, the chance of having pain at the end of one year from the onset of your pain which is 50% to 80%. (1,2) Also remember that one spine problem invites another. For example, if you have lower back pain, you may well develop neck pain as well as degeneration is systemic, not isolated. (4)
So trust the back pain specialist at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation with your Carrolltown back pain sooner than later! Your Carrolltown chiropractor is trained in the earlier detection and correction of potential spine pain conditions long before they have the opportunity to become chronic and embedded in your health care condition. And with primary care physicians being least likely to feel confident in managing musculoskeletal pain and neuropathic pain (3), you are doing yourself a great service by choosing care with your Carrolltown chiropractor!
Contact Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation today for your Carrolltown chiropractic treatment plan.
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