Back Pain Imaging and Exercise
Spinal imaging shows us much about a Manahawkin back pain and leg pain sufferers’ condition. Imaging must be reviewed carefully, of course, for what it reveals in addition to how various imaging methods compare to others. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center welcomes all the input you can bring with you, the Manahawkin back pain patient, as well as your imaging and exam findings to personalize your Manahawkin chiropractic treatment plan for pain relief.
DISC HERNIATION AND Manahawkin BACK PAIN
Disc herniation and leg and/or back pain tend to go together, too, but so much more may be incorporated: degenerative disc disease, annulus fibrosus rupture, irritation and compression of nerve roots and cauda equina from the herniation itself. A newer study tracked the effects of exercise on a disc herniation’s neuromechanical compression, its inflammatory chemical stimulation, and its autoimmune response. (1) Imaging visualizes pretty pictures of the disc herniation…that Manahawkin Chiropractic Center associates with your symptoms!
BACK PAIN AND IMAGING
Back pain and imaging seem to go together. When someone has back pain, xrays, MRIs, and CTs come to mind. Just what do these show? A study analyzed images of back pain patients to asymptomatic persons. MR imaging of those with back pain showed that various measurements differed: anteroposterior diameter dimensions of the vertebral canal varied, transverse diameter was smaller, and thecal sac area was less. (2) Caution is warranted in comparing neuroforaminal measurements from CT scans and plain film as a study found that in patients who didn’t have back pain plain film measurements were bigger compared to those on CT. (3) Another imaging finding your Manahawkin chiropractor is quite aware of is termed Modic change. It’s another imaging finding that is quite revealing in that Modic change (mainly type II) is associated with abdominal aortic calcification via a lower blood supply or even poorer systemic vascularization due to atherosclerotic disease. (4) It’s another insight we can use to determine what’s going on in your spine. Finally, a spinal imaging finding that is quite usual in back pain patients is fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles, more so in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. (5) We check the MRI images for that though it’s hard to miss! Another good reason to begin a good spinal exercise program!
EXERCISE & SPINE PAIN RELIEF
Exercise may be quite helpful in managing the lumbar disc herniation which is why Manahawkin Chiropractic Center includes some simple lumbar spine exercises to begin on day one. We encourage our back pain patients to keep doing these easy exercises and are happy to back anyone who wants to do more...after we talk!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes a case of degenerative spondylolisthesis that reacted well to treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Manahawkin chiropractic appointment soon to see us! Whether you have spinal imaging currently or need it, your Manahawkin chiropractor can help make sense of its relevance to your path to back pain relief.
