Old Mill Chiropractic Sees the Spine in Many Ways to Diagnose and Relieve Back Pain

There are so many ways to “see” the spine. Imaging, ultrasound, clinical testing. What’s best? That depends. Your St Peters chiropractic spinal pain doctor at Old Mill Chiropractic uses the test(s) that are most useful to “see’’ the spine best to create the best treatment plan for treatment and relief.

KNOWING WHAT MAY UNDERLIE PAIN: What Chiropractors Look For

Chiropractors in addition to general practitioners and other healthcare providers must be on the look out for all sorts of underlying causes of back pain from fractures, infections, tumors, radiculopathy, axial spondylarthritis, and extravertebral causes. These may require imaging, lab tests, etc., to help identify. 20% of back pain bouts may have these types of underlying issues that really should be discovered in a timely manner. (1) Sometimes, knee osteoarthritis and lumbar spondylosis occur together in a patient. Having one or the other condition significantly raised the odds of having the other. (2) Though they’re not likely in your vocabulary, they are in your chiropractor’s! Schmorl’s nodes. Seen on imaging, these are seen in 33% of low back pain patients and in only 11.5% of subjects without symptoms. Body weight seems to influence the number of these viewed on imaging. (3) Your St Peters chiropractor is familiar with with and more issues.

WHAT ELSE DOES YOUR CHIROPRACTOR LOOK FOR

Reduced balance capability could potentially impact recovery from low back pain. (4) Old Mill Chiropractic looks for depressive symptoms as they tend to contribute to more primary care appointments in acute low back pain patients, higher pain intensity, more disability, and less recovery in acute and chronic back pain patients. (5) Each of our St Peters patients is a whole person! Your chiropractic team sees you that way. So what else do we look for? All that may slow down your recovery.

WHAT DOES YOUR CHIROPRACTOR DO FOR SPINE-RELATED PAIN

Whether you have low back pain or neck pain or low back or neck related leg or arm pain, your St Peters chiropractor will direct your care be it just for a diagnosis and referral to the appropriate healthcare colleague or for the establishment of an in-house treatment plan leading to pain relief. We’re here for you. We analyze the spine research to keep abreast of all the latest in diagnostic tips and tools. And we deliver pain-relieving spinal manipulation via The Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Decompression System of Spinal Pain Mangement. Spinal manipulation has shown itself through research to be effective in managing low back pain as quickly as immediately. Stiffness and tone were documented to increase right after treatment while elasticity decreased. (6)

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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Joseph D’Angiollilo on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how he discovered a spinal tumor in his careful clinical exam of a man with back pain. Infrequent, yes, but such a cause of pain can be revealed by a well-trained and experienced chiropractor like your St Peters chiropractor. You’re in good hands!

Make your next St Peters chiropractic appointment with Old Mill Chiropractic. With so many ways available to “see” your spine, know that we’ll find what’s going on and a way to get you some pain relief. See you at your up-coming chiropractic visit!