Back surgery. Non-surgical care. What is best for back pain and leg pain?
Now, there is
an age-old question for both
doctors and back pain and leg pain sufferers. Layden Chiropractic ponders it on occasion and often concludes
that Plainville back pain and leg pain sufferers do well
with Plainville
chiropractic care. Layden Chiropractic knows
the symptoms to look for that would send a patient to back surgery. Beyond those, Layden Chiropractic is skilled
in the conservative care of back pain and leg pain to get the Plainville back pain patient’s desired
pain relief.
Relief Possible Without Back Surgery
Medicine notices that back pain relief is possible
non—surgicall! Layden Chiropractic is enthusiastic
to see this latest back pain treatment study. A group of medical
doctors tracked patients with lumbar disc
herniations (most at L4-5 and L5-S1). These patients were 38 years old on
average, just the age when that really bad back
pain episode seems to come on according to spinal researchers. These patients hurt with low back
pain and sciatica that extends into one or both legs. Many
patients had previously attempted relief with physiotherapy
and other medical treatment without relief
before this intervention. (1) Plainville back pain patients at
Layden Chiropractic have read this story before…or lived it! We find
that so many of the Plainville back pain patients coming to the office have tried many other ways
to get rid of their back pain. They just want relief now. Layden Chiropractic is prepared
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 show
improvement as they improved symptomatically and felt back
pain and sciatica relief. (1)
Note that the size of the disc herniation on MRI doesn’t
influence clinical outcome. Layden Chiropractic says this all
the time! Layden Chiropractic posted many articles about this very topic: the size of the disc herniation does
not matter! Not early back surgery or conservative care for back pain relief showed any
significant difference in outcomes. (2) The average time for patients to recover
from their back pain symptoms due to lumbar disc herniation was 13.6 months
(give or take 5.4 months). (1) Lucky
for our Plainville back pain patients, Layden Chiropractic pursues 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 conceivable and should be considered
in the decision-making process about a potential back surgery if there are no indications
for immediate surgery necessity. (1) Yes!
Layden Chiropractic helps Plainville back pain and leg pain patients when
they want non-surgical care for their pain. Layden Chiropractic delivers
evidence-based chiropractic care for back pain relief with Cox Technic.
Schedule your Plainville chiropractic visit today.
You’ll uncover the answer to your question - back surgery
or conservative care – and the back pain relief that follows.
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