Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation welcomes
Tonawanda neck pain patients due to cervical spine disc
herniations that cause arm pain radiculopathy. Non-surgical care
of arm pain radiculopathy eases Tonawanda 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 appear as motor
change, paresthesia, reflex change, numbness 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) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation considers such guidelines in planning non-surgical treatment
for our Tonawanda chiropractic patients.
GUIDELINES FOR TREATING CERVICAL DISC HERNIATIONS
In reporting the non-surgical
guidelines, researchers described the risk-benefit ratio for
surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy as less favorable
than for non-surgical, conservative care. In looking at
care of cervical radiculopathy through its stages, the
non-surgical interventions’ guidelines move from acute/more
passive care to more active, individualized, self-managed
care in the chronic phase. 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, enhanced 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 allow them to return to living.
TIME AND THE CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION
Overall, in one systematic review study, 56.4%
of degenerative cervical radiculopathy patients - 39.1% of conservatively
treated patients and 60.5% of surgically treated patients – experienced motor deficits before treatment. (3) A
spine surgeon presented a case report of a patient headed for cervical spine discectomy/fusion surgery
for a C4-C5 disc herniation whose repeated MRI showed that the disc had resorbed, rendering surgery needless.
The researcher acknowledged that more research was accessible
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 act the same way. (4) Like the author,
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation holds out hope for our cervical disc herniation and cervical
radiculopathy patients that surgery may not be necessary. Our
conservative Tonawanda chiropractic treatment may
well help healing.
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
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.
Make your Tonawanda chiropractic
appointment soon. Cervical radiculopathy and cervical disc
herniation sufferers experience a pain-relieving partner at our
chiropractic practice.