Considerations of Fernandina Beach Back Surgery for a Herniated Disc
The aggravation of Fernandina Beach back pain: It hurts. It messes up life. It doesn’t always respond to the best-intended care programs: back surgery or conservative. That is why Amelia Chiropractic Clinic exists. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is here to help Fernandina Beach back pain and neck pain patients find an alternative that works for their Fernandina Beach back pain relief goal.
BACK PAIN OPTIONS
There are lots of Fernandina Beach back pain relief plan options! Recent research discloses some fascinating findings. Let’s consider opioids and Tylenol for back pain relief. There’s no difference in low back pain relief and radicular extremity pain (leg pain sciatica) relief between taking Tylenol and taking powerful opioid drugs. (1) Melatonin guards the intervertebral disc’s nucleus pulposus cells from apoptosis (cell death) and stopped disc degeneration. (2) Melatonin does this. There is hope for disc degeneration’s reversal. And what about this report? Spontaneous resorption of a lumbar herniated disc confirmed on MRI was seen in all of 9 patients who had back pain and sciatic leg pain, declined back surgery, and demonstrated no motor deficit! It took a mean of about 8.7 months. Clinical relief with conservative treatment took a mean of just 5.7 weeks. (3) That’s rousing news! The discs resorbed.
BACK SURGERY DECISIONS
What makes a patient decide on Fernandina Beach back surgery over other options? The patient’s ideas about the treatment may be based on insufficient information. The time required for a patient to decide may be hurried because of scheduling when the patient is one who needs time to really think about the options. The patient’s not wanting to upset the system, upset the healthcare provider by refusing recommended treatment. The patient’s past experiences with treatment options as taken by relatives or friends and the resulting good or bad outcomes. Choosing back surgery or a non-surgical treatment plan for low back and/or leg pain due to a disc herniation is a big, complex decision. (4) It is a decision-making process Amelia Chiropractic Clinic knows well, that Amelia Chiropractic Clinic has assisted many Fernandina Beach chiropractic patients to make. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic sees each patient as an individual case with many outside influencing factors. Equipped with knowledge of the spine, of disc conditions, of the research-supported treatment options with pleasing clinical outcomes, Amelia Chiropractic Clinic can support that decision process, set up a treatment plan with goals that, should they not happen as anticipated, leaves the back surgery option open should it be necessary. Take time to make a decision on Fernandina Beach back surgery for Fernandina Beach back and leg pain due to disc herniation. It is an important decision! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic has helped may Fernandina Beach back pain patients with Cox Technic to avoid back surgery.
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Listen to this PODCAST by Dr. James Cox as he discusses more about the decision to proceed with back surgery or not on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson.
Schedule your Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment today for a Fernandina Beach back pain relief discussion of Fernandina Beach surgical and non-surgical options. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic knows the frustration of back pain and is ready to help you understand the options for its relief. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is your partner in Fernandina Beach back pain relief no matter the road you choose.
