Jeff Langmaid explains maintenance care in chiropractic, which starts after active treatment ends. It reduces relapse risk and preserves function, especially for patients who don't change their habits. Gravity and time work against you, so maintenance helps manage problems long-term.
Two to four weeks.
In chiropractic practice, patients are often recommended maintenance care by definition. That's after the optimal benefit is achieved from the active care plan. And such a care plan usually lasts two to four weeks. And the goal of maintenance care is a couple different things. It's of course to reduce the risk of relapse, to maintain optimal daily function. And that's really what we look at when we look at maintenance care. I think there was a alliteration in one of the research studies that was the prevention and proper preparation to avoid future issues. And I believe that that really case with maintenance care. Here's the deal and this is what I say with patients all the time. Gravity and time are undefeated. If you come into the practice that I have and we see that you have an issue, we very likely can take care of that issue most of the time, especially if it's neuromusculoskeletal related. However, gravity and time are undefeated and many people don't change their behaviors and lifestyles. That's where maintenance care is a really good idea. As we've talked about on, I think more maybe this year on this podcast than in any other previous years.
