Auburn Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain caused by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It is real. A few patients with a thoracic disc herniation will have a strange abdominal bulge. It is not very usual, but your Auburn chiropractor is aware of its possibility and relationship to a thoracic disc herniation as its source. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. recognizes the complexity of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and offers conservative, gentle care to relieve pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is quite rare luckily, but it can cause quite a bit of pain and interesting symptoms associated with the abdomen. A case that came out recently was described in the medical literature. The patient was 52 years old who presented with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The treating physicians determined she had a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians describe 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. Their case was an all the more unusual type of thoracic disc herniation according to these doctors. (2) Surgeons are ready to do surgery for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is so inclined.
SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Surgery for thoracic disc herniation are complex and quite invasive due to its close proximity to the spine cord. Most thoracic disc herniations occur between T8 and L1. Surgeons write that they would do 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, Auburn chiropractic care at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. offers just such an alternative.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. uses the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to address the thoracic disc herniation. Your Auburn chiropractor can be very specific in hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Check out 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.
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Set your next Auburn chiropractic visit soon. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. understands the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical symptomatology like an abdominal bulge. Come by soon!
