Vancouver Disc Centers Questions The Curiosity of MRIs
MRI. What does it do for Vancouver back pain and related leg pain? That’s a curious question. Diagnosing Vancouver lumbar spinal stenosis doesn’t always need an MRI for a clear diagnosis. MRI images can be enlightening…and demanding of clinical tests to establish what those images really mean. An MRI is a familiar procedure to many Vancouver chiropractic patients wanting Vancouver back pain relief, but the MRI’s timing and outcomes need cautious thought as to when they are ordered and what they really imply for the chiropractic treatment of spinal stenosis at Vancouver Disc Centers.
HOW TO DIAGNOSE Vancouver STENOSIS
Spinal stenosis is a normal condition and the most common sign for spinal back surgery in the over-65 age set of people. With the expansion of this group, by 2025 59% of them are expected to have spinal stenosis. (1) Many times your Vancouver chiropractor can identify spinal stenosis with only a few questions and physical examination discoveries without an MRI. Your Vancouver chiropractor may order an MRI as a verifying test of the Vancouver chiropractic clinical examination diagnosis previously determined just by examining you.
WHAT THE Vancouver MRI SHOWS
In the case of a disc extrusion triggering spinal stenosis where the Vancouver herniated disc leaks out of its outer bands and seeps out into the spinal canal physically constricting and chemically irritating the spinal nerve, an MRI showing this often bodes well for the MRI’s patient. At one year later, whether treated surgically or non-surgically, the back-related leg pain patient had less leg pain. In this case an MRI does not help much in determining which patient would do better with quicker surgery or long conservative care. (2) And the healing of these Vancouver spinal stenosis related extrusions takes time and good, guided care like that from Vancouver Disc Centers.
Understand that as rates for spinal surgery increase – ten times across the US – so too do the rates of advanced spinal imaging. In a study, cities with more MRIs have more spine surgeries (and spinal stenosis surgery specifically). (3) Understand too that what a surgeon notices on MRI influences how he or she handles the spinal back surgery for stenosis. He/She studies the degree and location of nerve compression and degenerative changes at adjacent levels. Experienced surgeons agreed more with each other’s interpretations of MRI images than less experienced surgeons. (1) Experienced chiropractors like yours at Vancouver Disc Centers also are more skilled at recognizing Vancouver spinal stenosis as the diagnosis.
WHAT TO DO FOR Vancouver STENOSIS AND SCIATICA
Treat it actively. Don’t depend on passive care like bed rest. That’s old school care. Give it time. Participate in the active, conservative care your Vancouver chiropractor shares with you for at least 6-8 weeks to witness some change because there’s no sure difference between surgical (though faster relief may come) and non-surgical care after a year or two. (4) Vancouver Disc Centers uses the a href="/chiropractic-topics/spinal-stenosis-relief-with-chiropractic-cox-technic" target="_self" style="cursor: pointer;" >Cox Technic System of Spine Pain Management for Vancouver spinal stenosis and back pain relief care. The 50% Rule guides treatment frequency and treatment progress as well as decision-making as to when/if an MRI is required (if you have not had one taken) or surgical or other care consultation becomes necessary.
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
Schedule a Vancouver chiropractic appointment to see your Vancouver chiropractic back pain specialist about your Vancouver back pain and sciatica to take the curiosity out of the question about MRI’s role in your Vancouver back pain treatment plan.
