Back surgery. Non-surgical care. What’s best for back pain and leg pain?
Now, that’s
an age-old question for both
doctors and back pain and leg pain sufferers. Vancouver Spine Care Centre mulls
it over on occasion and often concludes
that Vancouver back pain and leg pain sufferers do well
with Vancouver
chiropractic care. Vancouver Spine Care Centre knows
the symptoms to be alert to that would indicate
necessity for back surgery. Beyond those, Vancouver Spine Care Centre is skilled
in the conservative care of back pain and leg pain to get the Vancouver back pain patient’s desired
pain relief.
Relief Possible Without Back Surgery
Medicine notices that back pain relief is achievable
non—surgicall! Vancouver Spine Care Centre is happy
to see this latest back pain treatment study. A group of medical
doctors tracked patients with lumbar disc
herniations (most at L4-5 and L5-S1). These patients averaged 38 years old, just the age that spinal research
reports as average for back pain sufferers to have a bad case of back pain that’s
been building for years. These patients suffered with low back
pain and sciatica that extends into one or both legs. Several
patients had previously tried physiotherapy
and other medical treatment unsuccessfully
before this trial. (1) Vancouver back pain patients at
Vancouver Spine Care Centre have heard this story before…or lived it! We notice
that so many of the Vancouver back pain patients coming to the office have tried many other tactics
to get rid of their back pain. All they
want is relief now. Vancouver Spine Care Centre is poised
to give it.
Give Some Time to Treatment and Relief
These researchers found that conservative
medical care (like bed rest and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle
relaxants, gels) granted enough time helped
these back pain patients’ pain. They didn’t have to go
through back surgery. Their MRI studies even show
improvement as they improved symptomatically and experienced relief of their back pain and sciatic leg pain. (1)
Note that the size of the disc herniation on MRI does not
affect clinical outcome. Vancouver Spine Care Centre says this continuously! Vancouver Spine Care Centre has written
many posts about this very topic: the size of the disc herniation does
not matter! Not early back surgery or conservative care for back pain relief showed any
significant outcome differences. (2) The average time for patients to recuperate
from their back pain symptoms due to lumbar disc herniation was 13.6 months
(give or take 5.4 months). (1) Fortunately
for our Vancouver back pain patients, Vancouver Spine Care Centre looks
for at least 50% relief of pain in the first 30 days and discovers
that 91% of our patients get relief in 3 months. (3) The authors
advise their colleagues that such relief
is possible and should be taken into account
when deciding a potential back surgery if there are no indications
for immediate surgery necessity. (1) Yes!
Vancouver Spine Care Centre helps Vancouver back pain and leg pain patients when
they desire non-surgical care for their pain. Vancouver Spine Care Centre offers
evidence-based chiropractic care for back pain relief with Cox Technic.
Schedule your Vancouver chiropractic visit today.
You’ll discover the answer to your question - back surgery
or conservative care – and the back pain relief that results.
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