Abdominal pain brought on by a spinal
disc herniation? Yes. It’s real. Some patients with a
thoracic disc herniation experience a strange
abdominal bulge. It’s not very usual, but your
Vancouver chiropractor is aware of its possibility and affiliation
with a thoracic disc herniation as its origin. Vancouver Spine Care Centre
is familiar with the complexity
of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and offers conservative,
gentle care to ease pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is quite rare fortunately,
but it can cause a lot of pain and unique
symptoms related to the abdomen. A case that came out recently was presented in the medical literature. The patient was 52 years old who came into the office
with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The treating physicians diagnosed her with
a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed an invasive
surgery. (1) Another set of physicians report on a
patient with unilateral, one-sided abdominal wall bulging and
thoracic spine radicular pain caused by a lateral disc herniation
at T11-12 that returned with bilateral disc prolapse
and motor deficits. This was an all the more
unusual case of thoracic disc herniation according to these
doctors. (2) Surgeons are ready to do surgery
for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is so
inclined.
SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Surgical procedures for thoracic disc
herniation are complex and quite invasive due to its close proximity to the spine cord. Most
thoracic disc herniations occur between T8 and L1. Surgeons explain
that they would do surgery for intractable back or radicular
pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often associated
with large thoracic disc herniations that occupy greater than
40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients wanting a conservative
option, Vancouver chiropractic care at Vancouver Spine Care Centre offers such.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Vancouver Spine Care Centre uses the gentle protocols of
Cox® Technic to take care of the thoracic disc herniation.
Your Vancouver chiropractor can be very specific in
hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt
Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as he describes a case of thoracic disc
herniation and its relief with Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment.
CONTACT Vancouver Spine Care Centre
Make your next Vancouver chiropractic
visit today. Vancouver Spine Care Centre recognizes the pain
of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique
clinical symptomatology like an abdominal bulge. Come by soon!
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