Considerations of La Grande Back Surgery for a Herniated Disc
The frustration of La Grande back pain: It hurts. It disrupts life. It doesn’t always react positively to the best-intended care programs: back surgery or conservative. That is the reason Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC exists. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is here to assist La Grande back pain and neck pain patients discover an alternative that works for their La Grande back pain relief goal.
BACK PAIN OPTIONS
There are many La Grande back pain relief plan options! New research shares some fascinating findings. Let’s look at opioids and Tylenol for back pain relief. There’s no difference in low back pain relief and radicular extremity pain (leg pain sciatica) relief between taking Tylenol and taking powerful opioid drugs. (1) Melatonin guards the intervertebral disc’s nucleus pulposus cells from apoptosis (cell death) and blocked 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 seen on MRI was observed in all of 9 patients who had back pain and sciatic leg pain, declined back surgery, and demonstrated no motor deficit! It took 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 compels a patient to pick La Grande back surgery over other options? The patient’s ideas about the treatment may be based on inadequate information. The time it takes a patient to decide may be sped up because of scheduling when the patient is one who needs time to really think about the options. The patient’s not wanting to upset the system, disappoint the healthcare provider by rejecting recommended treatment. The patient’s past experiences with treatment options as undertaken by relatives or friends and the resultant 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’s a decision-making process Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC understands well, that Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC has helped many La Grande chiropractic patients to make. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC views each patient as an individual case with many external guiding factors. Equipped with knowledge of the spine, of disc conditions, of the research-supported treatment options with pleasing clinical outcomes, Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC can support that decision process, establish a treatment plan with goals that, should they not be met as expected, keeps the back surgery option open should it be required. Take time to make a decision on La Grande back surgery for La Grande back and leg pain due to disc herniation. It is an important decision! Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC has helped may La Grande 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 go forward with back surgery or not on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson.
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic appointment today for a La Grande back pain relief discussion of La Grande surgical and non-surgical options. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows the frustration of back pain and is here to help you know the options for its relief. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is your partner in La Grande back pain relief no matter the option you choose.
