Patient | Chronicity Years | Other Tx | # treatments | # weeks | Pain in 0-10 VAS | Pain out 0-10 VAS |
RB | .5 | MD,PT | 15 | 12* | 9.5 | 4-5 * |
DB | 1 | MD,PT,ND, BOWEN | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
SC | 5 | MD,ND | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
MC | 2 | MD,DC,PT | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
SC | DC,PT | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
AC | ACUTE | DC,MD | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
RD | .25 | DC,MD,PT,LAc | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
KD | .75 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
CD | 2.5 | MD,DC,PT,ND,LAc | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
LD | 4 | MD,PT,DC,LAc | 25 | 12 | 8.5 | 1-3 |
FE | 10 | MD,PT,LAc | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0-3 |
MF | 7 | MD,PT | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
FG | 28 | DC,LAc | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2-3 |
SH | 1 | DC | 5 | 3 | 5-7 | 3-4 |
RH | 10 | MD | 5 | 3 | 3-8 | 1-2 |
KL | 8 | MD,PT,DC | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
JL | 6 | DC,LMT | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
LL | .75 | DC | 15 | 10 | 7 | 0-3 |
SL | new | DO | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1-2 |
RL | 10 | DO,ND | 7 | 8 | 5-7 | 0 |
LL | 1 | DC | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3-4 |
DMC | 20 | LMT,DC,MD | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
MM | NEW | MD | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
RM | NEW | MD | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
FN | .25 | DC | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
VN | 2 | MD,DC | 8 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-2 |
JP | 2 | MD | 24 | 20 | 8 | 0 |
DP | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | |
MP | 2 | DDS,DC,MD | 28 | 20 | 10 | 3 |
CP | .6 | DC | 8 | 6 | 6-10 | 0-4 |
AP | .5 | MD,PT | 13 | 8 | 4-5 | 1-2 |
CP | 4 | MD,PT | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
GP | 20 | MD,PT | 12 | 8 | 4-8 | 0-2 |
KR | 2 | MD,DC | 34 | 20 | 6 | 1-3 |
KR | N/A | 1 | 1 DAY | 3-5 | 0-1 | |
LS | 10 | MD,PT,DC | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0-2 |
SS | 6 | MD,PT,DC | 16 | 12 | 6-7 | 0-2 |
BJS | NEW | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | |
RS | 1 | MD,DC | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
LS | .5 | ND,DC | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0-3 |
CS | 4 | MD,DC | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
LT | 4 | MD,DC,PT | 33 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
MT | .5 | MD | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
TT | 3 | MD,DO | 1 | 1 DAY | 5 | 0 |
KT | 5 | MD | 8 | 4 | 5-7 | 0-2 |
LT | 2 | MD | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
LW | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0-4 | |
CW | 5 | MD,PT | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 |
SW | 5 | MD,PT,DC,DDS | 31 | 24 | 8 | 0-2 |
DW | 3 | MD,DC | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0-1 |
Averages | 4.7 years | 11.2 | 7.9 weeks | 6.8/10 | 1.5/10 |
All but two of the patients with chronic cervical pain experienced significant and lasting pain reduction. Six of them return for occasional maintenance two to three times a year.
The chronic cervical patients required an average of 11.2 treatments, minimum of 1 and maximum of 34.
The average duration of treatment was 7.9 weeks, minimum of one day, maximum of five months.
The pain was reduced from an average of 6.8 to an average of 1.5.
The average length of chronicity was 4.7 years, minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 28 years. A large number of these patients had pain chronicity of 2 to 5 years.
The one patient who didn't benefit significantly had her pain reduced from an 8 to a 5/10 during treatment but the improvement wouldn't hold. After 33 treatments in twelve weeks, treatment was abandoned. Her injury was four years old and she had been refractory to all other methods of treatment including injections and other mechanical and electro-therapies.
Range of motion was increased in all of these patients but we didn't pull this information from the charts. Increases in flexion/extension of 20º to 30º after the first twenty-minute session were and are common. Approximately 80% of this increase persists until the patient is seen again four days later and eventually becomes permanent.
88% (44/50) of these patients had failed with some other therapy.
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