Carrolltown Disc Herniations Can Go Away
“There’s a disc herniation in your spine.” doesn’t have to scare you. Conservative care helps reduce pain and even shrink the disc herniation. Surgery is not always necessary. Conservative care appeared to shrink disc herniation and its related back pain. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation utilizes gentle spinal manipulation as part of the overall Carrolltown chiropractic treatment plan.
DISC HERNIATIONS RESORB, GO AWAY, WITH CONSERVATIVE CARE: 70.39% WITHIN 6 MONTHS
A new research meta-analysis report, the top-level review of medical literature on a given topic, detailed 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 disc type, resorption rates varied from 13.33% to 87.77%. The frequency 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 said that the resorption process mainly occurred within 6 months of conservative treatment. (1) Another study regarding patient clinical outcomes in one care center were analyzed for response to treatment of giant lumbar disc herniations. 41% of these patients’ "giant lumbar" discs showed resorption within 6 months, 37% in 6-12 months, and 32% after a year. The range of time for resorption was 1 month to 8 years. 59% of those who underwent conservative care had more 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 preferred as resorption was more likely with these disc protrusions that extended into the spinal canal. (2) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation agrees that when there is no sign of nerve injury and/or cauda equina symptoms, conservative treatment - like our gentle, safe chiropractic spinal manipulation - is effective. Starting with the initial, thorough examination of symptoms to the care at every visit, our Carrolltown 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 help a patient with a large disc herniation.
Make your Carrolltown chiropractic appointment today. We’re here to contain your fear of a disc herniation and help you find relief of neck and back pain!
