Considerations of Richmond Back Surgery for a Herniated Disc
The frustration of Richmond back pain: It hurts. It messes up life. It does not always react positively to the best-intended care programs: back surgery or conservative. That’s the reason Johnson Chiropractic exists. Johnson Chiropractic is here to assist Richmond back pain and neck pain patients uncover an alternative that works for their Richmond back pain relief goal.
BACK PAIN OPTIONS
There are lots of Richmond back pain relief plan options! Recent research shares some interesting findings. Let’s look at opioids and Tylenol for back pain relief. There is no difference in low back pain relief and radicular extremity pain (leg pain sciatica) relief between using Tylenol and using powerful opioid drugs. (1) Melatonin guards the intervertebral disc’s nucleus pulposus cells from apoptosis (cell death) and halted disc degeneration. (2) Melatonin accomplishes this. There is hope for disc degeneration’s reversal. And what about this study? Spontaneous resorption of a lumbar herniated disc confirmed on MRI was observed in all of 9 patients who experienced back pain and sciatic leg pain, rejected back surgery, and had no motor deficit! It required a mean of about 8.7 months. Clinical relief with conservative treatment took a mean of just 5.7 weeks. (3) That’s exciting news! The discs resorbed.
BACK SURGERY DECISIONS
What makes a patient pick Richmond back surgery over other options? The patient’s ideas about the treatment may be based on insufficient information. The time it takes a patient to decide may be sped up because of scheduling when the patient is one who requires time to really think about the decision. The patient’s not wanting to disturb the system, upset the healthcare provider by refusing recommended treatment. The patient’s earlier experiences with treatment options as undertaken by relatives or friends and the resulting good or bad outcomes. Choosing back surgery or a non-surgical treatment plan for low back and/or leg pain due to a disc herniation is a big, complex decision. (4) It is a decision-making process Johnson Chiropractic understands well, that Johnson Chiropractic has assisted many Richmond chiropractic patients to make. Johnson Chiropractic sees each patient as a special case with many external guiding factors. Armed with knowledge of the spine, of disc conditions, of the research-supported treatment options with pleasing clinical outcomes, Johnson Chiropractic can support that decision process, set up a treatment plan with goals that, should they not be met as expected, leaves the back surgery option open should it be needed. Take time to decide on Richmond back surgery for Richmond back and leg pain due to disc herniation. It is an important decision! Johnson Chiropractic has helped may Richmond back pain patients with Cox Technic to avoid back surgery.
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Listen to this PODCAST by Dr. James Cox as he shares more about the decision to proceed with back surgery or not on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson.
Schedule your Richmond chiropractic appointment today for a Richmond back pain relief discussion of Richmond surgical and non-surgical options. Johnson Chiropractic gets the annoyance of back pain and is here to help you understand the options for its relief. Johnson Chiropractic is your partner in Richmond back pain relief no matter the option you choose.
