Aaron Chiropractic Clinic cares for
Fort Wayne neck pain patients due to cervical spine disc
herniations that trigger arm pain radiculopathy. Non-surgical care
of arm pain radiculopathy eases Fort Wayne neck pain and arm pain
non-surgically.
CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY
In caring for
cervical spine-related arm pain known as cervical radiculopathy, research guidelines state conservative
management as a first-line treatment alternative over surgery.
Clinically, cervical radiculopathy can pose as numbness, paresthesia, motor
change, reflex change and/or sensory change. Researchers have been working
to establish guidelines for its non-surgical management and treatment
at different stages of pain including acute, subacute, and
chronic. (1) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic uses such guidelines in planning non-surgical treatment
for our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients.
GUIDELINES FOR TREATING CERVICAL DISC HERNIATIONS
In writing the non-surgical
guidelines, researchers described the risk-benefit ratio for
surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy as less beneficial
than for non-surgical, conservative care. When studying the
care of cervical radiculopathy through its stages, the
non-surgical interventions’ guidelines move from more passive care in the acute phase to chronic/more active,
individualized, self-managed care. Specifically, for the acute
stage, multimodal management involving spinal manipulation, patient
education, exercise, and positioning that alleviates the
pain were helpful. For subacute cervical
radiculopathy, increased specific exercises, supervised motor
control motions and/or mobilization may be incorporated. For chronic pain, general aerobic exercise and
strength training, postural instruction, and ergonomic assessment of
job-related activities may be included}29}. (2) We understand
that our neck and arm pain patients are ready for activities
like this that get them back to doing what
they want to do.
TIME AND THE CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION
Overall, in a recent systematic review study, 56.4%
of degenerative cervical radiculopathy patients - 39.1% of conservatively
treated patients and 60.5% of surgically treated patients – reported motor deficits before treatment. (3) A
spine surgeon presented a case report of a patient who
was ready to undergo cervical spine discectomy/fusion surgery
for a C4-C5 disc herniation whose repeated MRI showed that the disc had resorbed, making surgery unnecessary.
The researcher acknowledged that more research was available
on the reduction
of lumbar disc herniations seen on MRI by 34.7% to 95% over 6 to 17 months
and total resolution of the disc in 43% to 75% yet postulated
that cervical disc herniations were likely to do
the same. (4) Like the author,
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic holds out hope for our cervical disc herniation and cervical
radiculopathy patients that surgery may not be required. Our
conservative Fort Wayne chiropractic treatment may
well help healing.
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Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Umar Ellahie on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates cervical radiculopathy and its relieving care with
The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Fort Wayne chiropractic
appointment today. Cervical radiculopathy and cervical disc
herniation sufferers find a pain-relieving partner at our
chiropractic practice.