Juneau Non-Surgical Care Delivers Back Pain Reliefand MRI Images Show it

May 23, 2017

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

Now, there is an age-old question for both doctors and back pain and leg pain sufferers. Aurora Chiropractic Center mulls it over from time to time and knows that Juneau back pain and leg pain sufferers do well with Juneau chiropractic care. Aurora Chiropractic Center knows the symptoms to be alert to that would indicate necessity for back surgery. Beyond those, Aurora Chiropractic Center is skilled in the conservative care of back pain and leg pain to get the Juneau back pain patient’s desired pain relief.

Relief Possible Without Back Surgery

Medicine notes that back pain relief is feasible conservatively! Aurora Chiropractic Center is enthusiastic to see this latest back pain treatment study. A group of medical doctors followed 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 hurt with low back pain and sciatica that went into one or both legs. Several patients had previously attempted relief with physiotherapy and other medical treatment unsuccessfully before this trial. (1) Juneau back pain patients at Aurora Chiropractic Center have heard this story before…or lived it! We find that so many of the Juneau back pain patients coming to the office have tried many other tactics to alleviate their back pain. They just want relief now. Aurora Chiropractic Center is prepared to produce it.

Give Some Time to Treatment and Relief

These researchers found that conservative medical care (like bed rest and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants, gels) allowed enough time eased these back pain patients’ pain. They did not have to have back surgery. Their MRI studies even demonstrate improvement as they improved symptomatically and felt relief of their back pain and sciatic leg pain. (1) Note that the size of the disc herniation on MRI does not affect clinical outcome. Aurora Chiropractic Center says this all the time! Aurora Chiropractic Center posted many articles about this very topic: the size of the disc herniation doesn’t matter! Neither early back surgery nor conservative care for back pain relief showed any significant difference in outcomes. (2) The average time for patients to recuperate from their back pain symptoms due to lumbar disc herniation was 13.6 months (give or take 5.4 months). (1) Lucky for our Juneau back pain patients, Aurora Chiropractic Center pursues at least 50% relief of pain in the first 30 days and finds that 91% of our patients get relief in 3 months. (3) The authors share this warning with their colleagues that such relief is possible and should be taken into account when deciding whether to do back surgery if there are no indications for immediate surgical intervention. (1) Yes! Aurora Chiropractic Center helps Juneau back pain and leg pain patients when they want non-surgical care for their pain. Aurora Chiropractic Center offers evidence-based chiropractic care for back pain relief with Cox Technic.

Schedule your Juneau chiropractic visit today. You’ll discover the answer to your question - back surgery or conservative care – and the back pain relief that ensues.

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