“What is this, doc?” A question like this is always welcome at Johnson Chiropractic. Sometimes there is a clear
answer, and sometimes there is not. It’s a great starting point though. These queries usually
turn up in the course of
the examination but occasionally surface
during a chiropractic treatment visit. They most times
disclose something useful toward pain relief
that both your Richmond chiropractor wants for you and you want for
yourself. Interesting conditions may reveal
themselves via interesting symptoms like this case of cervical
spine neck pain with a case of shingles.
CHIROPRACTIC EXAM AND TREATMENT
Johnson Chiropractic depends on the clinical
exam above anything else. Your Richmond chiropractor
listens first, tests second, and considers imaging in consideration
of the first two. Each adds a piece of information
to the diagnostic puzzle. In a newly published chiropractic case
report, a piece of the puzzle came from a strange
rash on a patient’s arm during his care for neck and arm pain.
His story encompasses coughing, fatigue, and congestion
that guided him to his primary care doctor. He got an
influenza and pneumococcal vaccine. The coughing provoked
some neck pain that took this 43 year old man to his
chiropractor for the neck pain that was explained as constant,
sharp neck pain on the left with an aching, tingling sensation extending
into his left arm (radiculopathy) particularly into
his left lateral arm, forearm, thumb and index finger. Clinical symptoms indicated a diagnosis of a C5-6 disc herniation, a very common
cervical disc herniation level. Later on, he saw
a rash on his left arm that his medical consultant diagnosed
as herpes zoster shingles. Since it was too late to take an antiviral he took ibuprofen for the pain related
to shingles. He underwent 5 cervical spine
treatments following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management cervical spine protocols in 5 weeks to resolve
the arm pain, reduce the arm rash, and reduce
the neck pain by 50%. Another 4 treatments in 3 months resulted in 80% less neck pain, complete
resolution of left arm pain, and faint shingles rash. The patient felt he was back to normal. (1) Talk about unusual! Your Richmond
chiropractor is always on the lookout for
the unusual and ready to respond with an exam-based diagnosis
and an alleviating treatment plan for Richmond neck
pain and back pain!
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
Check out this PODCAST
with Dr. Steven Baroody on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explained
how his patient who presented to the office with severe,
long-standing shoulder pain was treated for shoulder pain with
no relief. Dr. Baroody’s exam found a cervical disc herniation as
a cause for his pain. No wonder
the other treatments gave him no relief! Dr. Baroody treated
the patient with the pain-relieving Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Relieving care must start with the correct diagnosis!
Schedule your next Richmond
chiropractic visit soon. Johnson Chiropractic will perform
the proper examination to come up with the
proper diagnosis to deliver the best clinical outcome possible for
usual and unusual causes of back pain and neck pain. Visit us
soon!
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