MRIs are cool.
They display
some great images of the body. Chiropractors like
looking at spinal MRI images. Why? The spine is your
Fort Wayne chiropractor’s realm! Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc appreciates
the MRI image study for what it is: a tool.
But MRIs are not always clinically necessary. Can MRI help decide whether to use non-surgical care or
surgical care for back pain relief? Read on for the most recent
findings.
The Usefulness
of MRI
When a
Fort Wayne patient’s back pain, neck pain, arm pain or leg pain
symptoms indicate the need for an MRI,
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc requests one for such a Fort Wayne
back pain patient. MRI may supplement your
Fort Wayne chiropractor’s clinical understanding
of the condition oftentimes (but not always!). Pre-treatment and post-MRI images
are interesting. Did the disc herniation reduce
now that the pain left? Fort Wayne
chiropractic patients will often ask that of Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc. And researchers
will study MRIs for their research studies on just such
a query.
The Curiosity
of MRI
Researchers are
not the only ones who curiously survey
MRI images of low back pain sufferers to see if there is any connection
between pain and no pain and the MRI pre and post treatment for back pain. Patients wonder, too. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is
well aware that our Fort Wayne back pain patients wonder!
Knowing
that doctors and patients find MRI images a
curiosity when there is back pain and leg pain, some
researchers planned to determine if MRI is of value in
determining how treatment outcomes will be for patients who had a herniated lumbar disc with sciatica. They speculated whether MRI could help decide whether to do back surgery now or
stay the course with conservative care. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc and the
Fort Wayne chiropractic low back pain patients we treat would
love such a simple guide! Study participants were randomly
sent to surgical care or a course of prolonged conservative care. Two findings – a disc
extrusion and nerve root compression on MRI in patients with less severe leg
pain – indicated a satisfactory outcome with either form
of care. Another interesting finding: the size of the disc herniation at the
beginning of care didn’t affect the outcome. The two groups revealed significant difference in outcomes between them
– surgical and conservative. (1) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc reads similar
reports increasingly in the back pain research. Recall the Atlas studies of
surgical and non-surgical interventions for back pain and sciatica? There was
not much variation in those classic
studies either: 50% vs. 53% non-surgical versus surgical for
back pain due to spinal stenosis (2) and 69% vs. 61% surgical versus non-surgical for
sciatica (3).
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
Offers Chiropractic Non-Surgical Care of Disc Herniation
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
asks you to make a Fort Wayne chiropractic
appointment today. Trust Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc to provide evidence-based chiropractic
care that alleviates your spine pain many times without an MRI. Together,
we can set a non-surgical (and even potentially non-MRI!)
treatment plan to alleviate your back pain.
Schedule your
Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment today.
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