Tonawanda Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain brought on by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It’s real. Some patients with a thoracic disc herniation experience a peculiar abdominal bulge. It’s not very usual, but your Tonawanda chiropractor is attentive to its possibility and relationship to a thoracic disc herniation as its source. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation recognizes the complexity of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and delivers conservative, gentle care to ease pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is extremely rare luckily, but it can cause a lot of pain and interesting symptoms associated with the abdomen. A case that came out recently 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 caused by a lateral disc herniation at T11-12 that came back with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. This was an all the more unusual type of thoracic disc herniation according to these doctors. (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
Surgery for thoracic disc herniation are complex and quite invasive by reason of its close proximity to the spine cord. Most thoracic disc herniations occur between T8 and L1. Surgeons write that they would perform 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, Tonawanda chiropractic care at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation offers just such an option.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation offers the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to take care of the thoracic disc herniation. Your Tonawanda chiropractor can be very specific 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.
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Set your next Tonawanda chiropractic visit soon. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation understands the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its sometimes interesting clinical presentation like an abdominal bulge. See you soon!
