Back Pain Imaging and Exercise
Spinal imaging reveals much about a Largo back pain and leg pain sufferers’ condition. Imaging must be reviewed carefully, of course, for what it shows in addition to how various imaging methods contrast with others. Hollstrom & Associates Inc appreciates all the input from you, the Largo back pain patient, as well as your imaging and exam findings to individualize your Largo chiropractic treatment plan for pain relief.
DISC HERNIATION AND Largo BACK PAIN
Disc herniation and leg and/or back pain seem to go together, too, but so much more may be involved: degenerative disc disease, annulus fibrosus rupture, irritation and compression of nerve roots and cauda equina from the herniation itself. A newer study tracked the effects of exercise on a disc herniation’s neuromechanical compression, its inflammatory chemical stimulation, and its autoimmune response. (1) Imaging shows pretty pictures of the disc herniation…that Hollstrom & Associates Inc correlates with your symptomatology!
BACK PAIN AND IMAGING
Back pain and imaging seem to go together. When someone experiences back pain, xrays, CTs, and MRIs come to mind. Just what do these show? A study compared images of symptomatic patients to asymptomatic persons. MR imaging of those with back pain revealed that a variety of measurements differed: anteroposterior diameter measures of the vertebral canal varied, transverse diameter was smaller, and thecal sac area was less. (2) Caution is warranted in comparing neuroforaminal measurements from CT scans and plain film as a study found that in patients without back pain plain film measurements were larger compared to those on CT. (3) Another imaging finding your Largo chiropractor is quite aware of is termed Modic change. It’s another imaging finding that is very revealing in that Modic change (mainly type II) is related with abdominal aortic calcification by way of a lower blood supply or even poorer systemic vascularization due to atherosclerotic disease. (4) It’s another insight we can use to determine what’s going on in your spine. Finally, a spinal imaging finding that is quite common in back pain patients is fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles, more so in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. (5) We check the MRI images for that though it’s hard to miss! Another good reason to start a good spinal exercise program!
EXERCISE & SPINE PAIN RELIEF
Exercise may be quite helpful in dealing with the lumbar disc herniation which is why Hollstrom & Associates Inc incorporates some simple lumbar spine exercises to begin on day one. We inspire our back pain patients to keep doing these simple exercises and are happy to back anyone who wants to do more...after we talk!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes a case of degenerative spondylolisthesis that reacted well to treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Largo chiropractic appointment today to see us! Whether you have spinal imaging already or need it, your Largo chiropractor can help make sense of its relevance to your journey to back pain relief.
