Back Pain Imaging and Exercise
Spinal imaging reveals much about a Plainville back pain and leg pain sufferers’ condition. Imaging must be reviewed carefully, of course, for what it shows as well as how various imaging methods compare to others. Layden Chiropractic welcomes all the input you can bring with you, the Plainville back pain patient, as well as your imaging and examination testing findings to personalize your Plainville chiropractic treatment plan for pain relief.
DISC HERNIATION AND Plainville BACK PAIN
Disc herniation and leg and/or back pain seem to come together, too, but so much more may be involved: disc degeneration, annulus fibrosus rupture, irritated and compressed nerve roots and cauda equina from the herniation itself. A newer study traced the effects of exercise on a disc herniation’s neuromechanical compression, its inflammatory chemical stimulation, and its autoimmune response. (1) Imaging visualizes nice pictures of the disc herniation…that Layden Chiropractic correlates with your symptoms!
BACK PAIN AND IMAGING
Back pain and imaging tend to go together. When someone has back pain, xrays, CTs, and MRIs come to mind. Just what do these demonstrate? A study compared images of back pain patients to asymptomatic persons. MR imaging of those with back pain showed that various measurements differed: anteroposterior diameter dimensions of the vertebral canal varied, transverse diameter was lesser, and thecal sac area was smaller. (2) Caution is necessary to compare neuroforaminal measurements from CT scans and plain film as a study found that in patients without back pain plain film measurements were bigger compared to those on CT. (3) Another imaging finding your Plainville chiropractor is very aware of is termed Modic change. It’s another imaging finding that is quite revealing in that Modic change (mainly type II) is related with abdominal aortic calcification via a lower blood supply or even poorer systemic vascularization owing to atherosclerotic disease. (4) It’s another insight we can use to determine what is going on in your spine. Finally, a spinal imaging finding that is quite usual in back pain patients is fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles, more so in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. (5) We look for that on MRI images though it’s hard to miss! Another good reason to start a good spinal exercise program!
EXERCISE & SPINE PAIN RELIEF
Exercise may be quite effective in managing the lumbar disc herniation which is why Layden Chiropractic incorporates some simple lumbar spine exercises to begin on day one. We encourage our back pain patients to keep doing these easy exercises and are happy to support anyone who wants to do more...after we talk!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates a case of degenerative spondylolisthesis that reacted well to treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Plainville chiropractic appointment now to visit us! Whether you have spinal imaging already or need it, your Plainville chiropractor can assist in making sense of its relevance to your path to back pain relief.
