Executive Chiropractic of Iowa Cares for Cervical Disc Herniations and Related Radiculopathy
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa cares for West Des Moines neck pain patients with cervical spine disc herniations that cause arm pain radiculopathy. Non-surgical care of arm pain radiculopathy helps West Des Moines neck pain and arm pain sufferers find some relief without surgery.
CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY
In managing for cervical spine-related arm pain known as cervical radiculopathy, research guidelines state conservative management as a first-line treatment alternative over surgery. Clinically, cervical radiculopathy can pose as motor change, paresthesia, reflex change, numbness and/or sensory change. Researchers have been collaborating to set guidelines for its non-surgical management and treatment at various stages of pain including acute, subacute, and chronic. (1) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa considers such guidelines in planning non-surgical treatment for our West Des Moines chiropractic patients.
GUIDELINES FOR TREATING CERVICAL DISC HERNIATIONS
In presenting the non-surgical guidelines, researchers explained the risk-benefit ratio for surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy as less favorable than for non-surgical, conservative care. In looking at care of cervical radiculopathy through its stages, the non-surgical interventions’ guidelines move from acute/more passive care to more active, individualized, self-managed care in the chronic phase. Specifically, for the acute stage, multimodal management involving spinal manipulation, patient education, exercise, and positioning that relieves the pain were beneficial. For subacute cervical radiculopathy, increased specific exercises, supervised motor control motions and/or mobilization may be added. For chronic pain, general aerobic exercise and strength training, postural instruction, and ergonomic assessment of job-related activities may be added}29}. (2) We understand that our neck and arm pain patients are ready for activities like this that get them back to doing what they want to do.
TIME AND THE CERVICAL DISC HERNIATION
Overall, in one systematic review study, 56.4% of degenerative cervical radiculopathy patients - 39.1% of conservatively treated patients and 60.5% of surgically treated patients – described motor deficits before treatment. (3) A spine surgeon presented a case report of a patient who was ready to undergo cervical spine discectomy/fusion surgery for a C4-C5 disc herniation whose disc resorbed on a confirming repeat MRI, rendering surgery needless. The researcher conceded that more research was available on lumbar disc herniations’ reducing as seen on MRI by 34.7% to 95% over 6 to 17 months and total resolution of the disc in 43% to 75% yet contended that cervical disc herniations were apt to do the same. (4) Like the author, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa holds out hope for our cervical disc herniation and cervical radiculopathy patients that surgery may not be necessary. Our conservative West Des Moines chiropractic treatment will quite possibly help in relieving the symptoms and pain.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Umar Ellahie on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes cervical radiculopathy and its relieving care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment today. Cervical radiculopathy and cervical disc herniation sufferers experience a pain-relieving partner at our clinic.
