Manchester Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain brought on by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It is real. A few patients with a thoracic disc herniation experience a strange abdominal bulge. It’s not very usual, but your Manchester chiropractor is attentive to its possibility and relationship to a thoracic disc herniation as its origin. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries understands the difficulty of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and delivers conservative, gentle care to relieve pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is quite rare luckily, but it can cause quite a bit of pain and unique symptoms associated with the abdomen. A case that came out recently was described in the medical literature. The patient was 52 years old who presented with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The physicians taking care of this patient diagnosed her with a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and suggested an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians wrote about a patient with unilateral, one-sided abdominal wall bulging and thoracic spine radicular pain caused by a lateral disc herniation at T11-12 that came back with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. This was an all the more unusual type of thoracic disc herniation according to these doctors. (2) Surgeons are ready to do surgery for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is so inclined.
SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Surgery for thoracic disc herniation are complex and quite invasive by reason of its close proximity to the spine cord. Most thoracic disc herniations happen between T8 and L1. Surgeons explain that they would do surgery for intractable back or radicular pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often related to large thoracic disc herniations that occupy greater than 40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients wanting a conservative option, Manchester chiropractic care at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries offers just such an alternative.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries uses the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to treat the thoracic disc herniation. Your Manchester chiropractor can be quite precise in hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Check out this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes a case of thoracic disc herniation and its relief with Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment.
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
Make your next Manchester chiropractic visit today. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries understands the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical symptomatology like an abdominal bulge. See you soon!
