San Jose Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain caused by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It’s real. Some patients with a thoracic disc herniation will have a peculiar abdominal bulge. It is rather rare, but your San Jose chiropractor is attentive to its possibility and relationship to a thoracic disc herniation as its origin. Chiropractic Solutions is familiar with the difficulty of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and offers conservative, gentle care to relieve pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is quite rare luckily, but it can cause quite a bit of pain and unique symptoms related to the abdomen. One recent case was described in the medical literature. A 52 year old patient who presented with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The physicians taking care of this patient determined she had a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians wrote about a patient with unilateral, single-sided abdominal wall bulging and thoracic spine radicular pain due to a lateral disc herniation at T11-12 that recurred with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. This was an even more unusual case of thoracic disc herniation according to the physicians. (2) Surgeons are prepared to do surgery for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is ready.
SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Surgical procedures for thoracic disc herniation are complex and quite invasive by reason of its being so close to the spinal cord. Most thoracic disc herniations occur between T8 and L1. Surgeons explain that they would do surgery for intractable back or radicular pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often associated with large thoracic disc herniations that occupy greater than 40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients wanting a conservative option, San Jose chiropractic care at Chiropractic Solutions offers just such an alternative.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Chiropractic Solutions uses the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to address the thoracic disc herniation. Your San Jose chiropractor can be quite precise in hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares a case of thoracic disc herniation and its relief with Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment.
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Schedule your next San Jose chiropractic visit soon. Chiropractic Solutions recognizes the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical presentation like an abdominal bulge. Come by soon!
