West Des Moines Non-Surgical Care Gives Back Pain Reliefand MRI Images Show it

May 23, 2017

Back surgery. Non-surgical care. What’s the best solution for back pain and leg pain?

Now, that’s an age-old question for both doctors and back pain and leg pain sufferers. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa mulls it over from time to time and often concludes that West Des Moines back pain and leg pain sufferers do well with West Des Moines chiropractic care. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows the symptoms to be alert to that would send a patient to back surgery. Beyond those, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is experienced in the conservative care of back pain and leg pain to produce the pain relief our West Des Moines chiropractic patients are seeking.

Relief Possible Without Back Surgery

Medicine notes that back pain relief is possible conservatively! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is excited to see this latest back pain treatment study. Researchers monitored patients with lumbar disc herniations (most at L4-5 and L5-S1). These patients averaged 38 years old, just the age when that really bad back pain episode seems to come on according to spinal researchers. These patients hurt with low back pain and sciatica that extends into one or both legs. Many patients had already attempted relief with physiotherapy and other medical treatment without relief before this trial. (1) West Des Moines back pain patients at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa have read this story before…or lived it! We notice that so many of the West Des Moines back pain patients coming to the office have attempted many other means to get rid of their back pain. They just want relief now. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is prepared to produce it.

Give Some Time to Treatment and Relief

These researchers share that conservative medical care (like bed rest and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants, gels) given enough time improved these back pain patients’ pain. They didn’t have to have back surgery. Their MRI studies even show improvement as they improved symptomatically and experienced relief of their back pain and sciatic leg pain. (1) Notice that the size of the disc herniation on MRI doesn’t influence clinical outcome. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa says this a lot! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa posted many articles about this very topic: the size of the disc herniation doesn’t matter! Neither early back surgery nor conservative care for back pain relief showed any significant difference in outcomes. (2) The average time for patients to recuperate from their back pain symptoms due to lumbar disc herniation was 13.6 months (give or take 5.4 months). (1) Lucky for our West Des Moines back pain patients, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa seeks at least 50% relief of pain in the first 30 days and discovers that 91% of our patients get relief in 3 months. (3) The authors advise their colleagues that such relief is possible and should be taken into account in the decision-making process about a potential back surgery if there are no indications for immediate surgical intervention. (1) Yes! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa helps West Des Moines back pain and leg pain patients when they want non-surgical care for their pain. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa delivers evidence-based chiropractic care for back pain relief with Cox Technic.

Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic visit today. You’ll uncover the answer to your question - back surgery or conservative care – and the back pain relief that results.

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