“What is this, doc?” A question like this is always welcome at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation. Sometimes there is a clear
answer, and sometimes there is not. It’s a terrific starting point though. These questions usually
occur in the course of
the examination but sometimes come up
during a chiropractic office visit. They always
disclose something helpful toward pain relief
that both your Carrolltown chiropractor wants for you and you want for
yourself. Curious conditions may show
themselves via interesting symptoms like this case of cervical
spine neck pain and a case of shingles.
CHIROPRACTIC EXAM AND TREATMENT
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation depends on the clinical
exam more than anything else. Your Carrolltown chiropractor
listens first, tests second, and considers imaging in light
of the first two. Each lends a piece of data
to the diagnostic puzzle. In a recent chiropractic case
report, a piece of the puzzle came from a strange
rash on a patient’s arm during his treatment plan for neck and arm pain.
His story entails coughing, fatigue, and congestion
that led him to his primary care doctor. He got an
influenza and pneumococcal vaccine. The coughing prompted
some neck pain that took this 43 year old male to his
chiropractor for the neck pain that was described as constant,
sharp neck pain on the left with an aching, tingling sensation down his left arm (radiculopathy) specifically into
his left lateral arm, forearm, thumb and index finger. Clinical symptoms indicated a diagnosis of a C5-6 disc herniation, the most common
cervical disc herniation level. Soon after, he saw
a rash on his left arm that his medical doctor diagnosed
as herpes zoster shingles. Since it was too late to take an antiviral he took ibuprofen for the shingles pain. He experienced 5 cervical spine
treatments following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management cervical spine protocols in 5 weeks to resolve
the arm pain, decrease the arm rash, and lessen
the neck pain by 50%. Another 4 treatments over 12 weeks brought
about 80% decreased neck pain, complete
resolution of left arm pain, and faint shingles rash. The patient felt he was back to normal. (1) Talk about unusual! Your Carrolltown
chiropractor is constantly looking for
the unusual and ready to respond with an exam-based diagnosis
and a relieving treatment plan for Carrolltown neck
pain and back pain!
CONTACT Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
Check out this PODCAST
with Dr. Steven Baroody on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explained
how his patient who presented to the office with severe,
long-standing shoulder pain was doctored for shoulder pain with
no relief. Dr. Baroody’s exam found a cervical disc herniation as
a cause for his pain. It’s not surprising, then, that
the other treatments resulted in no relief! Dr. Baroody treated
the patient with the pain-relieving Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Relieving care must start with the correct diagnosis!
Schedule your next Carrolltown
chiropractic visit today. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation will perform
the proper examination to come up with the
proper diagnosis to deliver the best clinical outcome likely for
usual and unusual causes of back pain and neck pain. Visit us
soon!
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