The frustration of Richmond back
pain: It hurts. It messes up life. It doesn’t always
react positively to the best-intended care programs: back surgery
or conservative. That’s the reason Johnson Chiropractic
exists. Johnson Chiropractic is here to assist Richmond back
pain and neck pain patients find an alternative that works
for their Richmond back pain relief goal.
BACK PAIN OPTIONS
There are many Richmond back pain
relief plan options! New research shares
some interesting findings. Let’s consider
opioids and Tylenol for back pain relief. There’s no difference
in low back pain relief and radicular extremity pain (leg pain sciatica) relief
between using Tylenol and using powerful opioid
drugs. (1) Melatonin protects the intervertebral disc’s
nucleus pulposus cells from apoptosis (cell death) and halted
disc degeneration. (2) Melatonin accomplishes this. There’s
hope for disc degeneration’s reversal. And what about this study? Spontaneous
resorption of a lumbar herniated disc confirmed on MRI was observed
in all of 9 patients who felt back pain and sciatic leg
pain, declined back surgery, and had
no motor deficit! It required a mean of about 8.7 months. Clinical
relief with conservative treatment took a mean of just 5.7
weeks. (3) That’s rousing news! The discs
resorbed.
BACK SURGERY DECISIONS
What compels a patient to decide
on Richmond back surgery over other options? The patient’s ideas
about the treatment may be based on insufficient
information. The time it takes a patient to make a decision
may be rushed because of scheduling when the patient is
one who requires time to really think about the decision.
The patient’s not wanting to disturb the system, disappoint
the healthcare provider by rejecting recommended treatment. The
patient’s earlier experiences with treatment options as taken
by relatives or friends and the resultant good or bad outcomes.
Choosing back surgery or a non-surgical treatment plan for low back and/or leg
pain due to a disc herniation is a big, complex decision. (4)
It’s a decision-making process Johnson Chiropractic knows
well, that Johnson Chiropractic has helped many Richmond
chiropractic patients to make. Johnson Chiropractic views each patient as
an individual case with many external guiding
factors. Armed with knowledge of the spine, of disc conditions,
of the research-supported treatment options with pleasing
clinical outcomes, Johnson Chiropractic can help with that decision
process, set up a treatment plan with goals that, should they
not be met as expected, leaves the
back surgery option open should it be needed.
Take time to make a decision on Richmond back surgery
for Richmond back and leg pain due to disc herniation. It is an
important decision! Johnson Chiropractic has helped may Richmond back pain patients with Cox Technic to avoid back surgery.
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
by Dr. James Cox as he shares more about the decision to go
forward with back surgery or not on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson.
Schedule your Richmond chiropractic appointment
today for a Richmond back pain relief discussion of Richmond
surgical and non-surgical options. Johnson Chiropractic knows the annoyance
of back pain and is here to help you know the
options for its relief. Johnson Chiropractic is your partner in Richmond back
pain relief no matter the option you choose.
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