"When Should I Seek Severna Park chiropractic Care for My Back Pain?"

Have you ever contemplated how quickly after you acquire Severna Park back pain you should look for care? If you have back pain and haven't looked for help, without a doubt you will at some point in your life. 80% of us will experience back pain at some point in our lives. So, what does the research tell us about when to look for care for lower back pain, neck pain, arm pain, or leg pain?

Not surprisingly, the quicker the better. The success of relieving your pain is heightened with early intervention by a back pain specialist like your Severna Park chiropractor who provides spinal manipulation.

Image of woman relieved of back painWhy? A new investigation discovered that patients who at first looked for care for acute lower back pain still experienced some pain and disability at one year, but it was minimal. The usual improvement in pain intensity was about 90%. By comparison, those who at first showed with persistent lower back pain experienced moderate levels of pain and disability at one year. The usual improvement in their pain was about 50%. (1)

So from this study, you can see that the sooner 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 Back And Neck Care Center with your Severna Park back pain sooner than later!  Your Severna Park 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 Severna Park chiropractor!

Contact Back And Neck Care Center today for your Severna Park chiropractic treatment plan.

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