La Grande Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain

Abdominal pain due to a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It’s real. A few patients with a thoracic disc herniation will have a peculiar abdominal bulge. It’s not very usual, but your La Grande chiropractor is attentive to  its possibility and affiliation with a thoracic disc herniation as its cause. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC understands the difficulty of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and delivers conservative, gentle care to relieve pain for many such patients.

ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION

Thoracic radiculopathy is quite rare luckily, but it can provoke quite a bit of pain and interesting symptoms related to the abdomen. A recent case was presented in the medical literature. The patient was 52 years old who presented with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The physicians taking care of this patient diagnosed her with a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians describe a patient with unilateral, one-sided abdominal wall bulging and thoracic spine radicular pain due to a lateral disc herniation at T11-12 that came back with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. This was an even more unusual case of thoracic disc herniation according to the physicians. (2) Surgeons are prepared to do surgery for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is so inclined.

SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION

Surgical procedures for thoracic disc herniation are complex and quite invasive due to its being so close to the spinal cord. Most thoracic disc herniations happen between T8 and L1. Surgeons explain that they would do surgery for intractable back or radicular pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often related to large thoracic disc herniations that occupy greater than 40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients wanting a conservative option, La Grande chiropractic care at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC offers just such an alternative.

CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION

Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC offers the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to treat the thoracic disc herniation. Your La Grande chiropractor can be quite precise in hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding  on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes a case of thoracic disc herniation and its relief with Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment.

CONTACT Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC

Schedule your next La Grande chiropractic visit soon. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC recognizes the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical symptomatology like an abdominal bulge. Come by soon!