Abdominal pain brought on by a spinal
disc herniation? Yes. It is real. A few patients with a
thoracic disc herniation will have a strange
abdominal bulge. It is rather rare, but your
West Palm Beach chiropractor is attentive to its possibility and relationship to a thoracic disc herniation as its origin. Moses Chiropractic
recognizes the difficulty
of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and delivers 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 interesting
symptoms related to the abdomen. One case that came out recently was described in the medical literature. A 52 year
old patient who presented
with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The treating physicians determined she had
a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and suggested an invasive
surgery. (1) Another set of physicians describe a
patient with unilateral, one-sided abdominal wall bulging and
thoracic spine radicular pain caused by a lateral disc herniation
at T11-12 that recurred with bilateral disc prolapse
and motor deficits. This was an all the more
unusual type of thoracic disc herniation according to these
doctors. (2) Surgeons are prepared 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 by reason of its being
so close to the spinal cord. Most
thoracic disc herniations happen between T8 and L1. Surgeons write
that they would perform 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 seeking a conservative
option, West Palm Beach chiropractic care at Moses Chiropractic offers just
such an option.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Moses Chiropractic uses the gentle protocols of
Cox® Technic to address the thoracic disc herniation.
Your West Palm Beach 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 Moses Chiropractic
Set your next West Palm Beach chiropractic
visit today. Moses Chiropractic recognizes the pain
of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique
clinical presentation like an abdominal bulge. Visit
us soon!
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