Back Pain Imaging and Exercise
Spinal imaging reveals much about a Elgin 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 contrast with others. Connected Chiropractic welcomes all the input from you, the Elgin back pain patient, as well as your imaging and examination testing findings to personalize your Elgin chiropractic treatment plan for pain relief.
DISC HERNIATION AND Elgin BACK PAIN
Disc herniation and leg and/or back pain tend to go together, too, but so much more may be involved: disc degeneration, annulus fibrosus rupture, irritated and compressed nerve roots and cauda equina from the herniation itself. A newer study traced the effects of exercise on a disc herniation’s neuromechanical compression, its inflammatory chemical stimulation, and its autoimmune response. (1) Imaging demonstrates nice pictures of the disc herniation…that Connected Chiropractic links with your symptomatology!
BACK PAIN AND IMAGING
Back pain and imaging tend 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 a variety of measurements differed: anteroposterior diameter dimensions of the vertebral canal varied, transverse diameter was smaller, and thecal sac area was smaller. (2) Caution is warranted in comparing neuroforaminal measurements from CT scans and plain film as a study found that in patients without back pain plain film measurements were larger compared to those on CT. (3) Another imaging finding your Elgin chiropractor is very aware of is termed Modic change. It’s another imaging finding that is very revealing in that Modic change (mainly type II) is associated with abdominal aortic calcification by way of a lower blood supply or even poorer systemic vascularization due to atherosclerotic disease. (4) It’s another insight we can utilize to determine what is going on in your spine. Finally, a spinal imaging finding that is quite common in back pain patients is fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles, more so in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. (5) We look for that on MRI images though it’s hard to not see! Another good reason to start a good spinal exercise program!
EXERCISE & SPINE PAIN RELIEF
Exercise may be quite valuable in managing the lumbar disc herniation which is why Connected Chiropractic includes some simple lumbar spine exercises to start 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!
CONTACT Connected Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates a case of degenerative spondylolisthesis that reacted well to treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Elgin chiropractic appointment now to visit us! Whether you have spinal imaging already or need it, your Elgin chiropractor can assist in making sense of its significance in your journey to back pain relief.
