Carrolltown 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 peculiar abdominal bulge. It is rather rare, but your Carrolltown chiropractor is attentive to its possibility and affiliation with a thoracic disc herniation as its cause. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation understands 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 luckily, but it can cause quite a bit of pain and interesting symptoms associated with the abdomen. A case that came out recently was presented in the medical literature. The patient was 52 years old who came into the office with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The treating physicians determined she had a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians report on a patient with unilateral, one-sided abdominal wall bulging and thoracic spine radicular pain due to a lateral disc herniation at T11-12 that came back with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. This was an even more unusual case of thoracic disc herniation according to the physicians. (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 close proximity to the spine cord. Most thoracic disc herniations happen between T8 and L1. Surgeons explain that they would perform surgery for intractable back or radicular pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often associated with large thoracic disc herniations that occupy more than 40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients wanting a conservative option, Carrolltown chiropractic care at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation offers such.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation uses the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to treat the thoracic disc herniation. Your Carrolltown 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 Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
Schedule your next Carrolltown chiropractic visit today. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation recognizes the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical presentation like an abdominal bulge. Come by soon!
