St Peters Disc Herniations Can Go Away
“You have a disc herniation.” doesn’t have to scare you. Conservative care helps reduce pain and even reduce the disc herniation. Surgery is not always necessary. Conservative care appeared to reduce disc herniation and its associated back pain. Old Mill Chiropractic utilizes gentle spinal manipulation as part of the general St Peters chiropractic 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 found that the overall resorption rate was 70.39%. By type of disc, resorption rates ranged from 13.33% to 87.77%. The frequency of resorption was higher 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 stated that the resorption process mainly happened within 6 months of conservative treatment. (1) Another study of patient clinical outcomes in a single treatment center were analyzed for response to treatment of giant lumbar disc herniations. 41% of these patients’ "giant lumbar" discs appeared on imaging to have resorbed 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% had greater than 50% resorption. The authors of this study wrote that as long as there is no sign of progressive neurological deficit or cauda equina syndrome, conservative care was favored as resorption was more likely with these disc protrusions that were in the spinal canal. (2) Old Mill Chiropractic agrees that in the absence of nerve injury and/or cauda equina symptoms, conservative treatment - like our gentle, safe chiropractic spinal manipulation - is helpful. Starting with the initial, thorough examination of symptoms to the care at every visit, our St Peters back pain and neck pain patients with disc herniations often get relief and a reduction in their fear of their 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 his use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to relieve a patient with a large disc herniation.
Make your St Peters chiropractic appointment soon. We’re here to contain your fear of a disc herniation and help you find back pain and neck pain relief!
