San Jose Non-Surgical Care Delivers Back Pain Reliefand MRI Images Show it

May 23, 2017

Back surgery. Non-surgical care. What is the best solution for back pain and leg pain?

Now, that is an age-old question for both doctors and back pain and leg pain sufferers. Chiropractic Solutions ponders it on occasion and knows that San Jose back pain and leg pain sufferers find relief with San Jose chiropractic care. Chiropractic Solutions recognizes the symptoms to look for that would send a patient to back surgery. Beyond those, Chiropractic Solutions is skilled in the conservative care of back pain and leg pain to produce the pain relief our San Jose chiropractic patients want.

Relief Possible Without Back Surgery

Medicine notices that back pain relief is possible non—surgicall! Chiropractic Solutions is enthusiastic to see this latest back pain treatment study. Researchers followed patients with lumbar disc herniations (most at L4-5 and L5-S1). These patients averaged 38 years old, just the age when that really bad back pain episode seems to come on according to spinal researchers. These patients hurt with low back pain and sciatica that went into one or both legs. Many patients had previously tried physiotherapy and other medical treatment unsuccessfully before this intervention. (1) That sounds quite familiar for San Jose back pain patients pursing relief at Chiropractic Solutions! We find that so many of the San Jose back pain patients seeking care at this chiropractic office have attempted many other approaches to get rid of their back pain. All they want is relief now. Chiropractic Solutions is prepared to give it.

Give Some Time to Treatment and Relief

These researchers share that conservative medical care (like bed rest and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants, gels) allowed enough time eased these back pain patients’ pain. They did not have to undergo back surgery. Their MRI studies even show improvement as they improved symptomatically and experienced relief of their back pain and sciatic leg pain. (1) Notice that the size of the disc herniation on MRI does not affect clinical outcome. Chiropractic Solutions says this a lot! Chiropractic Solutions has written many posts about this very topic: the size of the disc herniation doesn’t matter! Neither early back surgery nor conservative care for back pain relief showed any significant difference in outcomes. (2) The average time for patients to recover from their back pain symptoms due to lumbar disc herniation was 13.6 months (give or take 5.4 months). (1) Lucky for our San Jose back pain patients, Chiropractic Solutions pursues at least 50% relief of pain in the first 30 days and discovers that 91% of our patients get relief in 3 months. (3) The authors caution their colleagues that such relief is possible and should be considered in the decision-making process about a potential back surgery if there are no indications for immediate surgery necessity. (1) Yes! Chiropractic Solutions helps San Jose back pain and leg pain patients when they desire non-surgical care for their pain. Chiropractic Solutions delivers evidence-based chiropractic care for back pain relief with Cox Technic.

Schedule your San Jose chiropractic visit today. You’ll uncover the answer to your question - back surgery or conservative care – and the back pain relief that ensues.

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