Concord, NC Conservative Care Gives Back Pain Reliefand MRI Images Show it

May 23, 2017

Back surgery. Non-surgical care. What is the best solution for back pain and leg pain?

Now, that is an age-old question for back pain and leg pain sufferers and doctors alike. Pure Chiropractic ponders it on occasion and often concludes that Concord, NC back pain and leg pain sufferers do well with Concord, NC chiropractic care. Pure Chiropractic knows the symptoms to look for that would indicate necessity for back surgery. Beyond those, Pure Chiropractic is skilled in the conservative care of back pain and leg pain to deliver the pain relief our Concord, NC chiropractic patients are seeking.

Relief Possible Without Back Surgery

Medicine notices that back pain relief is achievable conservatively! Pure Chiropractic is happy to see this latest back pain treatment study. Researchers tracked patients with lumbar disc herniations (most at L4-5 and L5-S1). These patients averaged 38 years old, just the age when that really bad back pain episode seems to come on according to spinal researchers. These patients suffered with low back pain and sciatica that extends into one or both legs. Many patients had previously attempted relief with physiotherapy and other medical treatment unsuccessfully before this trial. (1) That sounds quite familiar for Concord, NC back pain patients looking for relief at Pure Chiropractic! We notice that so many of the Concord, NC back pain patients coming to the office have attempted many other tactics to get rid of their back pain. All they want is relief now. Pure Chiropractic is poised to produce it.

Give Some Time to Treatment and Relief

These researchers share that conservative medical care (like bed rest and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants, gels) given enough time eased these back pain patients’ pain. They did not have to undergo back surgery. Their MRI studies even show improvement as they improved symptomatically and felt relief of their back pain and sciatic leg pain. (1) Notice that the size of the disc herniation on MRI doesn’t affect clinical outcome. Pure Chiropractic says this a lot! Pure Chiropractic has written many posts about this very topic: the size of the disc herniation doesn’t matter! Not early back surgery or conservative care for back pain relief showed any significant outcome differences. (2) The average time for patients to recover from their back pain symptoms due to lumbar disc herniation was 13.6 months (give or take 5.4 months). (1) Fortunately for our Concord, NC back pain patients, Pure Chiropractic looks for at least 50% relief of pain in the first 30 days and discovers that 91% of our patients get relief in 3 months. (3) The authors caution their colleagues that such relief is conceivable and should be taken into account when deciding whether to do back surgery if there are no indications for immediate surgery necessity. (1) Yes! Pure Chiropractic helps Concord, NC back pain and leg pain patients when they want non-surgical care for their pain. Pure Chiropractic offers evidence-based chiropractic care for back pain relief with Cox Technic.

Schedule your Concord, NC chiropractic visit today. You’ll find the answer to your question - back surgery or conservative care – and the back pain relief that results.

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