“There’s a disc herniation in your spine.” doesn’t have to scare you.
Conservative care helps lessen pain and even
reduce the disc herniation. Surgery isn’t always required.
Conservative care has been shown to reduce
disc herniation and its associated back pain. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC uses
gentle spinal manipulation as part of the overall La Grande
chiropractic care treatment plan.
DISC HERNIATIONS RESORB, GO AWAY, WITH
CONSERVATIVE CARE: 70.39% WITHIN 6 MONTHS
A recent research meta-analysis report, the top-level
review of medical literature on a specific topic, detailed the spontaneous resorption of a lumbar disc herniation with conservative
treatment. In 31 studies, the researchers found that the overall
resorption rate was 70.39%. By type of disc, resorption rates
varied from 13.33% to 87.77%. The frequency
of resorption was higher for a ruptured, non-contained disc (fragment) than a contained disc. Resorption rates varied by country from
60.68% in China to 83.52% in Korea. (The US resorption
rate was 61.66%.) The report concluded that the resorption
process mainly occurred within 6 months of
conservative treatment. (1) Another study regarding patient clinical
outcomes in one treatment center were analyzed
for response to treatment of giant lumbar disc herniations. 41% of these
patients’ "giant lumbar" discs appeared on imaging to have resorbed within 6 months, 37% in 6-12 months, and 32% after a year. The timespan for resorption was 1 month to 8
years. 59% of those who underwent conservative care had more
than 30% resorption. 25% had greater than 50% resorption. The
authors of this study stated that as long as there is no sign of
progressive neurological deficit or cauda equina syndrome,
conservative care was favored since resorption was
more probable with these disc protrusions that were
in the spinal canal. (2)
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC concurs that in the
absence of nerve injury and/or cauda equina symptoms, conservative
treatment - like our gentle, safe chiropractic spinal manipulation - is effective.
Starting with the initial, thorough examination of symptoms to
the treatment at every visit, our La Grande back
pain and neck pain patients with disc herniations often find
relief and a decrease in their fear of their disc
herniation and its impact on their life.
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr Coleman Cormier on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates his use
of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help
a patient with a large disc herniation.
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic
appointment today. We’re here to lessen
your fear of a disc herniation and help you realize back pain and neck pain relief!
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