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Richmond Chiropractic Non-Surgical Relief for a Disc Herniation in the Neck

Guidelines are the way of healthcare today. There are best-evidence guidelines for everything from how to manage arthritis to heart disease to back pain. There are best-evidence guidelines for most professions from allergy and immunology to urology. Chiropractic care is in the mix as is back pain and neck pain management. Such guidelines present a base for physicians like your Richmond chiropractor to practice and Richmond chiropractic patients to realize that  they are being treated with the best evidenced care. Healthcare guidelines keep evolving, and guidelines for neck pain due to cervical disc herniation indicate an 8 to 12 week wait before surgical intervention which is just enough time for Richmond chiropractic care at Johnson Chiropractic to potentially prevent Richmond back surgery for many.

In Europe, national guidelines for the non-surgical care of recent start neck pain or cervical radiculopathy (arm pain) are shared:  Supervised exercise with manual therapy. Exercise and manual therapy before medicine for neck pain. Acupuncture for neck pain. Traction for cervical radiculopathy. NSAIDs (oral or topical) and tramadol after careful consideration for both neck pain and cervical radiculopathy.  The guidelines also propose telling the patient about warning signs, prognosis and advice to keep active along with treatment.  (1) Good advice! Johnson Chiropractic is devoted to Richmond chiropractic patient education. Johnson Chiropractic makes sure Richmond patients know their spinal condition, comprehend the treatment plan to relieve the pain, and accept their role in achieving, maintaining and supporting the relief so that they do not have to suffer with arm pain or neck pain any longer than they have to or need to undergo Richmond neck surgery.

A study of Dutch neurosurgeons reveals that 76.3% of them implement the anterior cervical discectomy with fusion for cervical spine disc herniation surgeries. This requires them to reach the cervical spine via the front of the neck, not the back. This surgical approach has more risk for complications than just an anterior cervical discectomy, but the surgeons expect it to be more effective for arm pain relief. Considering the risk, fortunately, the surgeons look for a minimum of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm pain in a patient before they operate. (2) That offers Richmond chiropractic care just enough time to lessen Richmond neck pain.

In 8 weeks, Richmond chiropractic care at Johnson Chiropractic with Cox Technic can amaze! In a retrospective review of 39 patients treated with Cox Technic protocols for cervical spine in patients with cervical radiculopathy (arm pain), 13.2 treatments was the mean number of treatments to deliver arm pain relief. (3) In 10 weeks, Cox Technic delivers a good clinical outcome that keeps going! A 2 year follow up with a patient who had a C6-7 cervical disc herniation with radiculopathy arm pain revealed that subjective and objective signs or relief were steady. (4) In conservative medicine, 83% patients with symptomatic cervical spine disc herniation with radiculopathy find relief in about 24 to 36 months with the most progress toward recovery happening in the first 4 to 6 months. (5) [companyname]] welcomes the challenge of Richmond neck pain with radiculopathy with this knowledge and positively approaches neck pain and arm pain due to cervical disc herniation with pain relief as the goal. The Richmond treatment plan for cervical spine pain is ready for you!

Schedule a Richmond chiropractic appointment today at Johnson Chiropractic for neck pain and arm pain evaluation and Richmond neck pain relieving non-surgical chiropractic treatment.

 
 
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