“increased pain, muscle stiffness, and headache…reported 50% to 67% of the time” seems to contradict the study’s conclusion that SMT results in modest improvements in pain.
That said, I’m glad this was not a study on the effectiveness of MUA. That’s a dangerous (and extremely expensive) “treatment” option I do not believe has been proven to be effective what-so-ever.
The doctor says, on a scale of 1 to 10, what is your pain level? If you are over 5, Chiropractic will not help much for relief. It does help some for more minor pain like neck adjustments. Many Chiro’s are a bit on the charlatan side and want to see the patient weekly and that gets very expensive after a while.
I’m familiar with the Pain Assessment Scale, but I think you’re oversimplifying when you say “If you’re over 5, chiro won’t help much.”
Everyone has different pain thresholds — what you rate 5, I rate a 9 and a third person rates it a 2. Can’t base treatment solely off of pain scale, which is why you see it supplemented with other things, such as range of motion measurements.
As for charlatan chiro’s – to some extent, I agree with you, but like anything else, some are good and some bad.
Requesting to see a patient 2 times a week is probably fine even if you’re there for 4-6 weeks. Having daily chiro appointments 5 days a week while referring them for daily e-stim and physical therapy modalities (sometimes all in the same place) should definitely be a red flag.
What’s your take on Manipulation Under Anesthesia??
“increased pain, muscle stiffness, and headache…reported 50% to 67% of the time” seems to contradict the study’s conclusion that SMT results in modest improvements in pain.
That said, I’m glad this was not a study on the effectiveness of MUA. That’s a dangerous (and extremely expensive) “treatment” option I do not believe has been proven to be effective what-so-ever.
The doctor says, on a scale of 1 to 10, what is your pain level? If you are over 5, Chiropractic will not help much for relief. It does help some for more minor pain like neck adjustments. Many Chiro’s are a bit on the charlatan side and want to see the patient weekly and that gets very expensive after a while.
I’m familiar with the Pain Assessment Scale, but I think you’re oversimplifying when you say “If you’re over 5, chiro won’t help much.”
Everyone has different pain thresholds — what you rate 5, I rate a 9 and a third person rates it a 2. Can’t base treatment solely off of pain scale, which is why you see it supplemented with other things, such as range of motion measurements.
As for charlatan chiro’s – to some extent, I agree with you, but like anything else, some are good and some bad.
Requesting to see a patient 2 times a week is probably fine even if you’re there for 4-6 weeks. Having daily chiro appointments 5 days a week while referring them for daily e-stim and physical therapy modalities (sometimes all in the same place) should definitely be a red flag.
What’s your take on Manipulation Under Anesthesia??
Is that like “painless Dentistry”?