Tonawanda Disc Herniations Can Go Away
“There’s a disc herniation in your spine.” does not have to strike fear in you. Conservative care helps decrease pain and even reduce the disc herniation. Surgery isn’t always required. Conservative care appeared to shrink disc herniation and its related back pain. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation utilizes gentle spinal manipulation as part of the general Tonawanda chiropractic treatment plan.
DISC HERNIATIONS RESORB, GO AWAY, WITH CONSERVATIVE CARE: 70.39% WITHIN 6 MONTHS
A new research meta-analysis report, the top-level review of medical literature on a specific topic, detailed the spontaneous resorption of a lumbar disc herniation with conservative treatment. In 31 studies, the researchers found that the overall resorption rate was 70.39%. By disc type, resorption rates ranged from 13.33% to 87.77%. The rate of resorption was greater for a ruptured, non-contained disc (fragment) than a contained disc. Resorption rates differed by country from 60.68% in China to 83.52% in Korea. (The US resorption rate was 61.66%.) The report said that the resorption process mainly occurred within 6 months of conservative treatment. (1) Another study of patient clinical outcomes in a single treatment center were evaluated for response to care of giant lumbar disc herniations. 41% of these patients’ "giant lumbar" discs revealed resorption within 6 months, 37% in 6-12 months, and 32% after 12 months. The timespan for resorption was 1 month to 8 years. 59% of those who underwent conservative care had more than 30% resorption. 25% experienced greater than 50% resorption. The authors of this study stated that as long as there is no sign of progressive nerve damage or cauda equina syndrome, conservative care was preferred as resorption was more probable with these disc protrusions that extended into the spinal canal. (2) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation agrees that in the absence of nerve injury and/or cauda equina symptoms, conservative treatment - like our gentle, safe chiropractic spinal manipulation - is effective. Starting with the initial, complete examination of symptoms to the care at each visit, our Tonawanda back pain and neck pain patients with disc herniations often get relief and a decrease in their fear of a disc herniation and its effect on their life.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr Coleman Cormier on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates how he used The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help a patient with a large disc herniation.
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