Chiropractic Relieves Disc Herniation Related Pain Often Without MRI
MRIs are cool. MRIs display pretty pictures of the body. Chiropractors appreciate spinal MRI images. Why? The spine is where chiropractors like your Fernandina Beach chiropractor live day in and day out. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic values the MRI image study for what it is: a a piece of the diagnostic puzzle. But MRIs are not always a clinical necessity. Can MRI help determine whether a surgical or non-surgical approach is appropriate for back pain relief? Read on for the latest findings.
The Usefulness of MRI
When a Fernandina Beach patient’s back pain, neck pain, arm pain or leg pain symptoms signal the need for an MRI, Amelia Chiropractic Clinic orders one for such a Fernandina Beach back pain patient. MRI may enhance your Fernandina Beach chiropractor’s clinical knowledge of the condition oftentimes (but not always!). Pre-treatment and post-MRI studies are intriguing. Did the disc herniation reduce now that the pain is gone? Fernandina Beach chiropractic patients will often ask that of Amelia Chiropractic Clinic. And researchers will study MRIs for their research studies on just such a query.
The Curiosity of MRI
Researchers aren’t the only ones who curiously look at MRI images of low back pain sufferers to see if there is any correlation between pain and no pain and the MRI pre and post treatment for back pain. Patients wonder, too. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is well aware that our Fernandina Beach back pain patients wonder!
In noticing that doctors and patients find MRI images a curiosity when there is back pain and leg pain, some researchers planned to determine the value of MRI in predicting treatment outcomes in 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. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic and the Fernandina Beach chiropractic low back pain patients we care for would love such a simple guide! 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 – signified a satisfactory outcome with either type of care. Another interesting finding: the size of the disc herniation at the beginning of caredid not affect the outcome. The two groups revealed significant difference in outcomes between the two groups – surgical and conservative. (1) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic sees similar reports more and more in the back pain research. Recall the Atlas studies of surgical and non-surgical interventions for back pain and sciatica? There wasn’t much difference in those landmark studies either: 50% vs. 53% non-surgical versus surgical for back pain due to spinal stenosis (2) and 69% vs. 61% surgical versus non-surgical for sciatica (3).
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic Offers Chiropractic Non-Surgical Care of Disc Herniation
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic invites you to make a Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment today. Trust Amelia Chiropractic Clinic to provide evidence-based chiropractic care that relieves your spine pain many times without an MRI. Together, we can set a non-surgical (and even potentially non-MRI!) treatment plan to reduce your back pain.
Schedule your Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment now.
