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Chiropractic Solutions Treats Disc Herniation Pain

Disc herniations cause back pain and leg pain for some. Chiropractic Solutions welcomes those back pain sufferers due to a disc herniation. Gentle, relieving treatment without surgery is what we deliver. San Jose back pain patients find relief when they find us!

DISC HERNIATION: Size, Weight, Sleep

What matters when a disc produces back pain? Its size? Its weight? Its effect on quality of life? Spinal researchers have produced data and published that what the pain-producing disc looks like on imaging doesn’t really matter. The shape and size of an intervertebral spinal disc’s protruded nucleus pulposus has no tie to a what a patient’s symptoms may be or how a patient feels. (1) The weight of a disc fragment did not relate to the amount of time the symptoms lasted or severity of pre- or post-operative leg pain nor post-operative leg pain or back pain improvement, the percentage of space the disc occupied in the spinal canal, herniation classification, or vertebral level. The size of the lumbar disc herniation did not have much effect on clinical outcomes. (2) Chronic lower back pain and sciatica due to lumbar disc herniation negatively impacted sleep quality. Treatment positively impacted patient perception of pain in visual analog scale (VAS) scores as well as in the PSQI Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index scores. (3) Pain lessening chiropractic treatment of a pain-producing disc necessitates reducing the risk of recurrent back pain episodes as well as decreasing the pain of the current episode.

MANAGING BACK PAIN AND RISK OF ITS RECURRENCE

Once you have experienced a disc herniation and its resulting back pain, you do not want it again! Chiropractic Solutions gets that and shares that managing - as conservatively as possible - the disc herniation is more accurate than curing it. 6.05% of lumbar discectomy surgery patients had a re-current disc herniation. What prompted this? On their own, factors like age, BMI, current smoking status, heavy lifting, degenerative facet joint disease, operation time, and the ambulation time after surgery influenced the risk of recurrent disc herniation. Combined, older age, male sex, high body mass index (BMI), and early ambulation were significant factors in the experience of a recurrent lumbar disc herniation. Controlling weight, not lifting heavy items, and exercising were proposed risk reducers. (4) One new study reported that the amount of sedentary time probably did not increase the chance of a new episode of low back pain as much as the amount and type of physical activity. (5) Pain relief comes more as a roller coaster than a straight hill to no pain. A disc herniation is like a bruise on an apple rendering the apple (and by comparison, the spine) never quite the same again. That’s where Chiropractic Solutions comes in with a treatment plan that makes sure you understand the disc herniation, how to feed it nutritionally, how to get it back to being strong with exercise and keeping it that way, and how to do activities of daily living to prevent (re)injury. A newer systematic review of ways to approach the management of back pain listed 10 approaches: manipulation/mobilization, psychological/behavioral, advice to stay active/bed rest, reassurance, antidepressants, NSAIDS, opioids, muscle relaxants, and paracetamol. (6) Chiropractic Solutions encourages walking, moving, careful lifting, and especially being treated with gentle, safe, effective Cox® Technic spinal manipulation!

CONTACT Chiropractic Solutions

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the realistic expectations back pain patients can expect with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Schedule your San Jose chiropractic appointment today. Disc herniation sufferers are welcomed to our practice for relief and a plan for controlling its future effect on life. 

Chiropractic Solutions uses non-surgical treatment for relief of disc herniation related back pain.  
 
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