“What’s this, doc?” Such a
question is always welcome at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.. Sometimes there is a clear
answer, and sometimes there is not. It’s a great discussion
starter though. These inquiries typically
come up at some point in
the exam but occasionally surface
during a chiropractic treatment visit. They always
tell something helpful toward pain relief
that both your Auburn chiropractor wants for you and you want for
yourself. Curious conditions may reveal
themselves via curious symptoms like this case of cervical
spine neck pain and a case of shingles.
CHIROPRACTIC EXAM AND TREATMENT
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. relies on the clinical
exam more than anything else. Your Auburn chiropractor
listens first, tests second, and considers imaging in consideration
of the first two. Each adds a piece of info
to the diagnostic puzzle. In a newly published chiropractic case
report, a piece of the puzzle arose from a peculiar
rash on a patient’s arm during his care for neck and arm pain.
His story involves coughing, fatigue, and congestion
that guided him to his primary care doctor. He received an
influenza and pneumococcal vaccine. The coughing triggered
some neck pain that led this 43 year old man to his
chiropractor for the neck pain that was explained as constant,
sharp neck pain on the left with an aching, tingling sensation extending
into his left arm (radiculopathy) particularly into
his left lateral arm, forearm, thumb and index finger. Clinical symptoms lead
to a diagnosis of a C5-6 disc herniation, the most common
cervical disc herniation level. Soon after, he noticed
a rash on his left arm that his medical consultant identified
as herpes zoster shingles. It
was too late for an antiviral, so he took ibuprofen for the shingles pain. He underwent 5 cervical spine
treatments following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management cervical spine protocols in 5 weeks to resolve
the arm pain, decrease the arm rash, and reduce
the neck pain by 50%. Another 4 treatments in 3 months resulted in 80% decreased neck pain, complete
resolution of left arm pain, and faint shingles rash. The patient felt he was back to normal. (1) Talk about unusual! Your Auburn
chiropractor is always on the lookout for
the unusual and ready to respond with an exam-based diagnosis
and a relieving treatment plan for Auburn neck
pain and back pain!
CONTACT Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.
Check out this PODCAST
with Dr. Steven Baroody on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described
how his patient who came to the office with severe,
long-standing shoulder pain was treated for shoulder pain with
no relief. Dr. Baroody’s exam found a cervical disc herniation as
a cause for his pain. It’s not surprising, then, that
the other treatments resulted in no relief! Dr. Baroody treated
the patient with the pain-relieving Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Relieving care always
starts with the correct diagnosis!
Schedule your next Auburn
chiropractic visit soon. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. will perform
the proper examination to come up with the
proper diagnosis to deliver the best clinical outcome possible for
usual and unusual causes of back pain and neck pain. See you
soon!