Fort Wayne Disc Herniations Can Go Away

“There’s a disc herniation in your spine.” does not have to strike fear in you. Conservative care helps decrease pain and even shrink the disc herniation. Surgery isn’t always needed. Conservative care has been shown to shrink disc herniation and its associated back pain. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic utilizes gentle spinal manipulation as part of the overall Fort Wayne chiropractic care 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, reported on the spontaneous resorption of a lumbar disc herniation with conservative treatment. In 31 studies, the researchers revealed that the overall resorption rate was 70.39%. By type of disc, resorption rates varied from 13.33% to 87.77%. The resorption rate 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. (The US 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 care of giant lumbar disc herniations. 41% of these patients’ "giant lumbar" discs revealed resorption within 6 months, 37% in 6-12 months, and 32% after 12 months. The timespan for resorption was 1 month to 8 years. 59% of those who underwent conservative care had greater than 30% resorption. 25% experienced greater than 50% resorption. The authors of this study stated that as long as there is no sign of progressive neurological deficit or cauda equina syndrome, conservative care was favored since resorption was more likely with these disc protrusions that extended into the spinal canal. (2) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic agrees that in the absence 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 treatment at every visit, our Fort Wayne back pain and neck pain patients with disc herniations often get relief and a decrease in their fear of a disc herniation and its effect 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 how he used The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help a patient with a large disc herniation.

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