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 shows as well as how various imaging methods contrast with others. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries welcomes all the input from 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: degenerative disc disease, ruptured annulus fibrosus, irritated and compressed nerve roots and cauda equina from the herniation itself. A recent study tracked the effects of exercise on a disc herniation’s neuromechanical compression, its inflammatory chemical stimulation, and its autoimmune response. (1) Imaging demonstrates pretty pictures of the disc herniation…that Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries links with your symptomatology!
BACK PAIN AND IMAGING
Back pain and imaging tend to go together. When someone experiences back pain, xrays, CTs, and MRIs come to mind. Just what do these demonstrate? A study analyzed images of back pain patients to asymptomatic persons. MR imaging of those with back pain showed that a variety of measurements differed: anteroposterior diameter measures of the vertebral canal varied, transverse diameter was lesser, and thecal sac area was smaller. (2) Caution is warranted in comparing neuroforaminal measurements from CT scans and plain film as a study found that in patients without back pain plain film measurements were bigger 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 quite revealing in that Modic change (mainly type II) is associated with abdominal aortic calcification via a lower blood supply or even poorer systemic vascularization owing to atherosclerotic disease. (4) It’s another insight we can utilize to determine what’s going on in your spine. Finally, a spinal imaging finding that is quite common 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 miss! Another good reason to begin a good spinal exercise program!
EXERCISE & SPINE PAIN RELIEF
Exercise may be quite valuable in managing the lumbar disc herniation which is why Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries incorporates some simple lumbar spine exercises to begin on day one. We inspire our back pain patients to continue performing these simple exercises and are happy to back anyone who wants to do more...after we talk!
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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 reacted well to treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Manchester chiropractic appointment now to visit us! Whether you have spinal imaging already or need it, your Manchester chiropractor can help make sense of its relevance to your path to back pain relief.
