Plainville Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain caused by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It’s real. A few patients with a thoracic disc herniation experience a peculiar abdominal bulge. It is not very usual, but your Plainville chiropractor is attentive to its possibility and relationship to a thoracic disc herniation as its source. Layden Chiropractic is familiar with the difficulty of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and offers conservative, gentle care to relieve pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is quite rare fortunately, but it can provoke a lot of pain and unique symptoms associated with the abdomen. One recent case was presented in the medical literature. The patient was 52 years old who presented with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The physicians taking care of this patient determined she had a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians describe a patient with unilateral, one-sided abdominal wall bulging and thoracic spine radicular pain caused by a lateral disc herniation at T11-12 that recurred with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. This was an even more unusual case of thoracic disc herniation according to these doctors. (2) Surgeons are prepared to do surgery for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is so inclined.
SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Surgery for thoracic disc herniation are complex and quite invasive due to its close proximity to the spine cord. Most thoracic disc herniations happen between T8 and L1. Surgeons write that they would perform surgery for intractable back or radicular pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often related to large thoracic disc herniations that occupy greater than 40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients seeking a conservative option, Plainville chiropractic care at Layden Chiropractic offers just such an alternative.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Layden Chiropractic uses the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to take care of the thoracic disc herniation. Your Plainville chiropractor can be quite precise in hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes a case of thoracic disc herniation and its relief with Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment.
CONTACT Layden Chiropractic
Make your next Plainville chiropractic visit soon. Layden Chiropractic recognizes the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical presentation like an abdominal bulge. Visit us soon!
