Easley Chiropractic Non-Surgical Relief for a Disc Herniation in the Neck

July 04, 2017

Guidelines are the way of healthcare today. There are best-evidence guidelines for everything from how to manage psoriasis to kidney disease to back pain. There are best-evidence guidelines for most professions from allergy and immunology to urology. Chiropractic care is in the mix as is back pain and neck pain management. Such guidelines offer a base for physicians like your Easley chiropractor to practice and Easley chiropractic patients to recognize that  they are being treated with the best evidenced care. Healthcare guidelines continue to evolve, and guidelines for neck pain due to cervical disc herniation indicate an 8 to 12 week wait before surgical intervention which is just enough time for Easley chiropractic care at Young Chiropractic to potentially thwart Easley back surgery for many.

In Europe, national guidelines for the non-surgical care of recent onset neck pain or cervical radiculopathy (arm pain) are shared:  Supervised exercise with manual therapy. Exercise and manual therapy before medicine for neck pain. Acupuncture for neck pain. Traction for cervical radiculopathy. NSAIDs (oral or topical) and tramadol after careful consideration for both neck pain and cervical radiculopathy.  The guidelines also recommend telling the patient about warning signs, prognosis and advice to be active along with treatment.  (1) Good advice! Young Chiropractic is devoted to Easley chiropractic patient education. Young Chiropractic wants to be sure Easley patients know their spinal condition, understand the treatment plan to reduce pain, and embrace their role in getting, maintaining and holding onto the relief so that they do not have to suffer with arm pain or neck pain any longer than they have to or have to undergo Easley neck surgery.

A study of Dutch neurosurgeons reveals that 76.3% of them utilize the anterior cervical discectomy with fusion for cervical spine disc herniation surgeries. This means that they get at the cervical spine via the front of the neck, not the back. This surgical approach has more risk for complications than just an anterior cervical discectomy, but the surgeons believe it to be more effective for arm pain relief. In view of the risk, luckily, the surgeons seek a minimum of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm pain in a patient before they operate. (2) That offers Easley chiropractic care just enough time to lessen Easley neck pain.

In 8 weeks, Easley chiropractic care at Young Chiropractic with Cox Technic can do wonders! In a retrospective review of 39 patients treated with Cox Technic protocols for cervical spine in patients with cervical radiculopathy (arm pain), 13.2 treatments was the mean number of treatments to deliver arm pain relief. (3) In 10 weeks, Cox Technic delivers a good clinical outcome that lasts! A 2 year follow up with a patient who had a C6-7 cervical disc herniation with radiculopathy arm pain revealed that subjective and objective signs or relief were steady. (4) In conservative medicine, 83% patients with symptomatic cervical spine disc herniation with radiculopathy find relief in about 24 to 36 months with the most progress toward pain relief occurring in the first 4 to 6 months. (5) [companyname]] invites the challenge of Easley neck pain with radiculopathy with this knowledge and confidently approaches neck pain and arm pain due to cervical disc herniation with pain relief as the end result. The Easley treatment plan for cervical spine pain is ready for you!

Schedule a Easley chiropractic appointment today at Young Chiropractic for neck pain and arm pain evaluation and Easley neck pain relieving non-surgical chiropractic treatment.