MRIs are cool.
They display
some great images of the body. Chiropractors like
looking at spinal MRI images. Why? The spine is where chiropractors like
your Auburn chiropractor live day in and day out. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. values
the MRI image study for what it is: a tool.
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 most recent
news.
The Usefulness
of MRI
When a
Auburn patient’s back pain, neck pain, arm pain or leg pain
symptoms denote the need for an MRI,
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. arranges 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 intriguing. Did the disc herniation reduce
now that the pain disappeared? Auburn
chiropractic patients will often ask that of Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.. And researchers
will examine MRIs for their research studies on just such
a question.
The Curiosity
of MRI
Researchers aren’t the only ones who curiously survey
MRI images of low back pain sufferers to see if there is any correlation
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, a group of
researchers set out to determine if MRI is of value in
determining how treatment outcomes will be for patients who had a herniated lumbar disc with sciatica. They speculated whether MRI could help decide 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 treat would
love such a simple indicator! 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 – indicated a satisfactory outcome with either form
of care. Another interesting finding: the size of the disc herniation at the
beginning of care didn’t affect the outcome. There
was no significant difference in outcomes between them
– surgical and conservative. (1) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. reads 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% versus 53% non-surgical versus surgical for
back pain due to spinal stenosis (2) and 69% versus 61% surgical versus 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.
invites 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.
Schedule your
Auburn chiropractic appointment today.
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