Considerations of Concord, NC Back Surgery for a Herniated Disc
The frustration of Concord, NC back pain: It hurts. It disrupts life. It doesn’t always react positively to the best-intended care programs: back surgery or conservative. That’s the reason Pure Chiropractic exists. Pure Chiropractic is here to help Concord, NC back pain and neck pain patients find an alternative that works for their Concord, NC back pain relief goal.
BACK PAIN OPTIONS
There are lots of Concord, NC back pain relief plan options! Recent research shares some fascinating findings. Let’s consider opioids and Tylenol for back pain relief. There’s no difference in low back pain relief and radicular extremity pain (leg pain sciatica) relief between using Tylenol and using powerful opioid drugs. (1) Melatonin defends the intervertebral disc’s nucleus pulposus cells from apoptosis (cell death) and stopped disc degeneration. (2) Melatonin accomplishes this. There is hope for disc degeneration’s reversal. And what about this study? Spontaneous resorption of a lumbar herniated disc confirmed on MRI was observed in all of 9 patients who experienced back pain and sciatic leg pain, rejected back surgery, and demonstrated no motor deficit! It required a mean of about 8.7 months. Clinical relief with conservative treatment took a mean of just 5.7 weeks. (3) That is exciting news! The discs resorbed.
BACK SURGERY DECISIONS
What compels a patient to decide on Concord, NC back surgery over other options? The patient’s ideas about the treatment may be based on insufficient information. The time it takes a patient to decide may be rushed because of scheduling when the patient is one who needs time to really think about the options. The patient’s not wanting to distress the system, upset the healthcare provider by rejecting recommended treatment. The patient’s earlier experiences with treatment options as chosen by relatives or friends and the resultant good or bad outcomes. Choosing back surgery or a non-surgical treatment plan for low back and/or leg pain due to a disc herniation is a big, complex decision. (4) It is a decision-making process Pure Chiropractic understands well, that Pure Chiropractic has helped many Concord, NC chiropractic patients to make. Pure Chiropractic views each patient as a special case with many external guiding factors. Armed with knowledge of the spine, of disc conditions, of the research-supported treatment options with pleasing clinical outcomes, Pure Chiropractic can support that decision process, set up a treatment plan with goals that, should they not be met as expected, leaves the back surgery option available should it be needed. Take time to make a decision on Concord, NC back surgery for Concord, NC back and leg pain due to disc herniation. It is an important decision! Pure Chiropractic has helped may Concord, NC back pain patients with Cox Technic to avoid back surgery.
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Listen to this PODCAST by Dr. James Cox as he shares more about the decision to go forward with back surgery or not on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson.
Schedule your Concord, NC chiropractic appointment today for a Concord, NC back pain relief discussion of Concord, NC surgical and non-surgical options. Pure Chiropractic knows the frustration of back pain and is ready to help you understand the options for its relief. Pure Chiropractic is your partner in Concord, NC back pain relief no matter the road you choose.
