Largo Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain brought on by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It’s real. A few patients with a thoracic disc herniation experience a peculiar abdominal bulge. It’s rather rare, but your Largo chiropractor is aware of its possibility and affiliation with a thoracic disc herniation as its source. Hollstrom & Associates Inc is familiar with the intricacy of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and delivers conservative, gentle care to ease pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is extremely rare luckily, but it can provoke a lot of pain and unique symptoms related to the abdomen. One recent case was described in the medical literature. A 52 year old patient who presented with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The treating physicians diagnosed her with a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and suggested an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians wrote about a patient with unilateral, single-sided abdominal wall bulging and thoracic spine radicular pain due to a lateral disc herniation at T11-12 that returned with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. This was an all the more unusual type of thoracic disc herniation according to the physicians. (2) Surgeons are ready 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 associated with large thoracic disc herniations that occupy greater than 40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients wanting a conservative option, Largo chiropractic care at Hollstrom & Associates Inc offers such.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Hollstrom & Associates Inc offers the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to take care of the thoracic disc herniation. Your Largo chiropractor can be very specific in hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Check out this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares a case of thoracic disc herniation and its relief with Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment.
CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc
Set your next Largo chiropractic visit soon. Hollstrom & Associates Inc understands the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical presentation like an abdominal bulge. See you soon!
