Fernandina Beach Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain due to a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It is real. A few patients with a thoracic disc herniation will have a strange abdominal bulge. It is rather rare, but your Fernandina Beach chiropractor is aware of its possibility and relationship to a thoracic disc herniation as its cause. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is familiar with the complexity of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and offers conservative, gentle care to ease pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is quite rare fortunately, but it can provoke a lot of pain and interesting symptoms related to the abdomen. A recent case was presented in the medical literature. The patient was 52 years old who presented with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The physicians taking care of this patient diagnosed her with a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and suggested 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 returned 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 being so close to the spinal cord. Most thoracic disc herniations occur between T8 and L1. Surgeons explain that they would do surgery for intractable back or radicular pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often related to large thoracic disc herniations that occupy more than 40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients seeking a conservative option, Fernandina Beach chiropractic care at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic offers just such an alternative.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic uses the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to take care of the thoracic disc herniation. Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor can be quite precise in hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Listen to 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.
CONTACT Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
Make your next Fernandina Beach chiropractic visit today. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic recognizes the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its sometimes interesting clinical presentation like an abdominal bulge. See you soon!
