MRIs are cool.
MRIs display pretty pictures of the body. Chiropractors appreciate spinal MRI images. Why? The spine is where chiropractors like
your West Palm Beach chiropractor live day in and day out. Moses Chiropractic values
the MRI image study for what it is: a tool.
But MRIs are not always a clinical necessity. Can MRI help decide whether a
surgical or non-surgical approach is appropriate for back pain relief? Read on for the latest
findings.
The Usefulness
of MRI
When a
West Palm Beach patient’s back pain, neck pain, arm pain or leg pain
symptoms denote the demand for an MRI,
Moses Chiropractic requests one for such a West Palm Beach
back pain patient. MRI may add to your
West Palm Beach chiropractor’s clinical perception
of the condition oftentimes (but not always!). Pre-treatment and post-MRI studies
are intriguing. Did the disc herniation reduce
now that the pain left? West Palm Beach
chiropractic patients will often ask that of Moses Chiropractic. And researchers
will consider MRIs for their research studies on just such
a query.
The Curiosity
of MRI
Researchers are
not the only ones who curiously look at
MRI images of low back pain sufferers to ascertain if there is any correlation
between pain and no pain and the MRI pre and post treatment for back pain. Patients wonder, too. Moses Chiropractic knows our West Palm Beach back pain patients wonder!
In noticing
that doctors and patients dealing with back pain like MRIs, some
researchers planned to determine if MRI is of value in
determining how treatment outcomes will be for patients who had a herniated lumbar disc with sciatica. They questioned
if MRI could help decide whether to do back surgery now or
stay the course with conservative care. Moses Chiropractic and the
West Palm Beach chiropractic low back pain patients we care for would
love such a simple guide! Study participants were
randomized to surgery or prolonged conservative care. Two findings – a disc
extrusion and nerve root compression on MRI in patients with less severe leg
pain – signified a satisfactory outcome with either form
of care. Another noteworthy finding: the size of the disc herniation at the
beginning of caredid not affect the outcome. There
was no significant difference in outcomes between them
– surgical and conservative. (1) Moses Chiropractic sees similar
reports more and more in the back pain research. Remember the Atlas studies of
surgical and non-surgical interventions for back pain and sciatica? There was
not much variation in those classic
studies either: 50% versus 53% non-surgical versus surgical for
back pain due to spinal stenosis (2) and 69% versus 61% surgical versus non-surgical for
sciatica (3).
Moses Chiropractic
Offers Chiropractic Non-Surgical Care of Disc Herniation
Moses Chiropractic
encourages you to make a West Palm Beach chiropractic
appointment today. Trust Moses Chiropractic to provide evidence-based chiropractic
care that alleviates your spine pain many times without an MRI. Together,
we can create a non-surgical (and even potentially non-MRI!)
treatment plan to alleviate your back pain.
Schedule your
West Palm Beach chiropractic appointment now.
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