Fernandina Beach Non-Surgical Care Delivers Back Pain Reliefand MRI Images Show it

May 23, 2017

Back surgery. Non-surgical care. What’s the best solution for back pain and leg pain?

Now, there is an age-old question for back pain and leg pain sufferers and doctors alike. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic ponders it on occasion and knows that Fernandina Beach back pain and leg pain sufferers do well with Fernandina Beach chiropractic care. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic recognizes the symptoms to be alert to that would send a patient to back surgery. Beyond those, Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is experienced in the conservative care of back pain and leg pain to get the Fernandina Beach back pain patient’s desired pain relief.

Relief Possible Without Back Surgery

Medicine notices that back pain relief is achievable conservatively! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is excited to see this latest back pain treatment study. Researchers tracked patients with lumbar disc herniations (most at L4-5 and L5-S1). These patients averaged 38 years old, just the age that spinal research reports as average for back pain sufferers to have a bad case of back pain that’s been building for years. These patients hurt with low back pain and sciatica that extends into one or both legs. Several patients had already tried physiotherapy and other medical treatment unsuccessfully before this trial. (1) Fernandina Beach back pain patients at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic have heard this story before…or lived it! We find that so many of the Fernandina Beach back pain patients coming to the office have tried many other tactics to alleviate their back pain. All they want is relief now. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is ready to give it.

Give Some Time to Treatment and Relief

These researchers found that conservative medical care (like bed rest and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants, gels) given enough time eased these back pain patients’ pain. They did not have to undergo back surgery. Their MRI studies even demonstrate improvement as they improved symptomatically and felt relief of their back pain and sciatic leg pain. (1) Note that the size of the disc herniation on MRI does not affect clinical outcome. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic says this a lot! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic has written many posts about this very topic: the size of the disc herniation doesn’t matter! Neither early back surgery nor conservative care for back pain relief showed any significant difference in outcomes. (2) The average time for patients to recuperate from their back pain symptoms due to lumbar disc herniation was 13.6 months (give or take 5.4 months). (1) Lucky for our Fernandina Beach back pain patients, Amelia Chiropractic Clinic looks for at least 50% relief of pain in the first 30 days and discovers that 91% of our patients get relief in 3 months. (3) The authors caution their colleagues that such relief is possible and should be taken into account when deciding whether to do back surgery if there are no signs for immediate surgical intervention. (1) Yes! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic helps Fernandina Beach back pain and leg pain patients when they desire non-surgical care for their pain. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic delivers evidence-based chiropractic care for back pain relief with Cox Technic.

Schedule your Fernandina Beach chiropractic visit today. You’ll discover the answer to your question - back surgery or conservative care – and the back pain relief that follows.

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