Back Pain Imaging and Exercise

Spinal imaging reveals much about a Manchester back pain and leg pain sufferers’ condition. Imaging must be carefully considered, of course, for what it reveals in addition to how various imaging methods contrast with others. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries appreciates all the input you can bring with you, the Manchester back pain patient, as well as your imaging and examination testing findings to personalize your Manchester chiropractic treatment plan for pain relief.

DISC HERNIATION AND Manchester BACK PAIN

Disc herniation and leg and/or back pain seem to come together, too, but so much more may be involved: disc degeneration, ruptured annulus fibrosus, 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 visualizes nice pictures of the disc herniation…that Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries associates with your symptoms!

BACK PAIN AND IMAGING

Back pain and imaging tend to go together. When someone has back pain, xrays, MRIs, and CTs 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 showed that a variety of measurements differed: anteroposterior diameter dimensions of the vertebral canal varied, transverse diameter was smaller, and thecal sac area was smaller. (2) Caution is necessary to compare neuroforaminal measurements from CT scans and plain film as a study found that in patients who didn’t have back pain plain film measurements were larger compared to those on CT. (3) Another imaging finding your Manchester chiropractor is quite aware of is called Modic change. It’s another imaging finding that is very revealing in that Modic change (mainly type II) is associated with abdominal aortic calcification via a lower blood supply or even poorer systemic vascularization because of atherosclerotic disease. (4) It’s another insight we can utilize to determine what is going on in your spine. Finally, a spinal imaging finding that is quite usual 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 not see! Another good reason to begin a good spinal exercise program!

EXERCISE & SPINE PAIN RELIEF

Exercise may be quite helpful in managing the lumbar disc herniation which is why Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries includes some simple lumbar spine exercises to begin on day one. We encourage our back pain patients to keep doing these easy exercises and are happy to support anyone who wants to do more...after we talk!

CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen  on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates a case of degenerative spondylolisthesis that responded well to treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Make your Manchester chiropractic appointment now to see us! Whether you have spinal imaging already or need it, your Manchester chiropractor can help make sense of its significance to your path to back pain relief.

 
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