Chiropractic Reduces Disc Herniation Related Pain Often Without MRI
MRIs are fascinating. MRIs display pretty pictures of the body. Chiropractors appreciate spinal MRI images. Why? The spine is your Auburn chiropractor’s realm! Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. values the MRI image study for what it is: a a piece of the diagnostic puzzle. But MRIs are not always a clinical necessity. Can MRI help decide whether to use non-surgical care or surgical care for back pain relief? Read on for the latest findings.
The Usefulness of MRI
When a Auburn patient’s back pain, neck pain, arm pain or leg pain symptoms indicate the need for an MRI, Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. orders one for such a Auburn back pain patient. MRI may supplement your Auburn chiropractor’s clinical perception of the condition oftentimes (but not always!). Pre-treatment and post-MRI studies are interesting. Did the disc herniation reduce now that the pain left? Auburn chiropractic patients will often ask that of Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.. And researchers will consider MRIs for their research studies on just such a question.
The Curiosity of MRI
Researchers are not the only ones who curiously look at MRI images of low back pain sufferers to check if there is any connection between pain and no pain and the MRI at the beginning and end of treatment for back pain. Patients wonder, too. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is well aware that our Auburn back pain patients wonder!
In noticing that doctors and patients find MRI images a curiosity when there is back pain and leg pain, some researchers planned to determine the value of MRI in predicting treatment outcomes in patients with sciatic leg pain due to a herniated lumbar disc. They questioned if MRI could help determine whether to do back surgery now or stay the course with conservative care. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. and the Auburn chiropractic low back pain patients we care for would love such a simple guide! Study participants were randomly sent to surgical care or a course of prolonged conservative care. Two findings – a disc extrusion and nerve root compression on MRI in patients with less severe leg pain – signified a satisfactory outcome with either form of care. Another interesting finding: the size of the disc herniation at the beginning of caredid not affect the outcome. The two groups revealed significant difference in outcomes between them – surgical and conservative. (1) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. sees similar reports increasingly in the back pain research. Recall the Atlas studies of surgical and non-surgical interventions for back pain and sciatica? There was not much difference in those classic studies either: 50% vs. 53% non-surgical versus surgical for back pain due to spinal stenosis (2) and 69% vs. 61% surgical vs. non-surgical for sciatica (3).
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. Offers Chiropractic Non-Surgical Care of Disc Herniation
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. asks you to make a Auburn chiropractic appointment today. Trust Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. to provide evidence-based chiropractic care that relieves your spine pain many times without an MRI. Together, we can create a non-surgical (and even potentially non-MRI!) treatment plan to lessen your back pain.
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