Vancouver Non-Surgical Care Provides 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, that’s an age-old question for back pain and leg pain sufferers and doctors alike. Vancouver Disc Centers mulls it over on occasion and often concludes that Vancouver back pain and leg pain sufferers find relief with Vancouver chiropractic care. Vancouver Disc Centers knows the symptoms to be alert to that would indicate necessity for back surgery. Beyond those, Vancouver Disc Centers is skilled in the conservative care of back pain and leg pain to get the Vancouver back pain patient’s desired pain relief.

Relief Possible Without Back Surgery

Medicine notices that back pain relief is achievable non—surgicall! Vancouver Disc Centers is enthusiastic 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 tried physiotherapy and other medical treatment unsuccessfully before this intervention. (1) Vancouver back pain patients at Vancouver Disc Centers have heard this story before…or lived it! We find that so many of the Vancouver back pain patients coming to the office have tried many other ways to alleviate their back pain. They just want relief now. Vancouver Disc Centers is ready to give 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 helped these back pain patients’ pain. They did not have to have back surgery. Their MRI studies even demonstrate improvement as they improved symptomatically and experienced back pain and sciatica relief. (1) Note that the size of the disc herniation on MRI does not affect clinical outcome. Vancouver Disc Centers says this all the time! Vancouver Disc Centers has written many posts about this very topic: the size of the disc herniation does not matter! Not early back surgery or 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 Vancouver back pain patients, Vancouver Disc Centers 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 possible and should be taken into account when deciding a potential back surgery if there are no indications for immediate surgery necessity. (1) Yes! Vancouver Disc Centers helps Vancouver back pain and leg pain patients when they want non-surgical care for their pain. Vancouver Disc Centers delivers evidence-based chiropractic care for back pain relief with Cox Technic.

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

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