Georgetown Chiropractic Patients Want to Know "How Long Until I Feel Better?"

Your experience with pain is unique to you, so your relief time is individual as well. All things considered, published clinical outcomes can give you an idea of what to expect with Georgetown chiropractic care.

General Healing Time

• Bones heal rather quickly if they have a steady blood supply: 5-6 weeks.
• Ligament and tendons take a little longer: 6-8 weeks.
• Discs and cartilage take the longest: 3 months or more.

If you have a mixture of these factors, it may take some time. If you smoke, drink alcohol or have a surgical procedure, your healing time may be a bit more time intensive as well.

Disc Healing Time

It takes 3 months to heal a disc before you assume to go about your activities of daily living like an extended amount of sitting, bending, lifting and twisting. (1) Like a broken arm that stops hurting after a few days in a cast, you still have to wear the cast for many weeks to allow healing. Your back will also quit hurting early on in the treatment care plan, but you will have to allow your disc to heal for at least 3 months before testing it with more demanding activities. "Allowing the disc to heal" chiropractic activities may include simply keeping in mind that you are healing even though you don't hurt, doing your exercises, avoiding bending/lifting/twisting, not sitting for extended periods of time, etc.

Your Expected Healing Time

Cox Technic chiropractic protocols follow a "Rule of 50%" and emphasize "Control, Not Cure" for spine pain relief:

• At each point that you demonstrate 50% relief of pain (objectively and subjectively -- mind you it may come within the first visit or two), your chiropractic treatment sessions are cut in half. (ex: If you are seen daily, you would be seen once every two days.) Link to Frequency of Visits
• If you don't have 50% pain alleviation within 30 days of care, you will be referred for more testing or consultation. 91% of patients reported alleviation within 90 days. Link to Expectations
• Cox Technic Flexion Distraction and Decompression protocols also embrace the phrase "Control, Not Cure" when handling spine pain conditions. So often the underlying source of pain doesn't just go away. For example, a transitional segment is with you for life. Cox Technic chiropractic procedures work hard to help your understanding of your pain condition and its triggers in order to avoid pain episodes.