Sitka Disc Herniations Can Go Away
“You have a disc herniation.” does not have to strike fear in you. Conservative care helps reduce pain and even reduce the disc herniation. Surgery is not always required. Conservative care appeared to reduce disc herniation and its related back pain. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka utilizes gentle spinal manipulation as part of the overall Sitka chiropractic treatment plan.
DISC HERNIATIONS RESORB, GO AWAY, WITH CONSERVATIVE CARE: 70.39% WITHIN 6 MONTHS
A recent research meta-analysis report, the top-level review of medical literature on a specific topic, reported on the spontaneous resorption of a lumbar disc herniation with conservative treatment. In 31 studies, the researchers found that the overall resorption rate was 70.39%. By type of disc, resorption rates varied from 13.33% to 87.77%. The rate of resorption was greater for a ruptured, non-contained disc (fragment) than a contained disc. Resorption rates varied by country from 60.68% in China to 83.52% in Korea. (In the US, the resorption rate was 61.66%.) The report concluded that the resorption process primarily happened within 6 months of conservative treatment. (1) Another study regarding patient clinical outcomes in a single treatment center were analyzed for response to care of giant lumbar disc herniations. 41% of these patients’ "giant lumbar" discs appeared on imaging to have resorbed within 6 months, 37% in 6-12 months, and 32% after 12 months. The timespan for resorption was 1 month to 8 years. 59% of those who underwent conservative care had greater than 30% resorption. 25% had greater than 50% resorption. The authors of this study wrote that as long as there is no sign of progressive neurological deficit or cauda equina syndrome, conservative care was favored as resorption was more probable with these disc protrusions that extended into the spinal canal. (2) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka agrees that in the absence of nerve injury and/or cauda equina symptoms, conservative treatment - like our gentle, safe chiropractic spinal manipulation - is helpful. Starting with the initial, thorough examination of symptoms to the care at every visit, our Sitka back pain and neck pain patients with disc herniations often find relief and a decrease in their fear of their disc herniation and its impact on their life.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr Coleman Cormier on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates his use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to relieve a patient with a large disc herniation.
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