MRIs are fascinating.
MRIs display pretty pictures of the body. Chiropractors appreciate spinal MRI images. Why? The spine is your
New Roads chiropractor’s realm! New Roads Chiropractic Center appreciates
the MRI image study for what it is: a a piece of the diagnostic puzzle.
But MRIs are not always a clinical necessity. Can MRI help decide whether a
surgical or non-surgical approach is appropriate for back pain relief? Read on for the latest
news.
The Usefulness
of MRI
When a
New Roads patient’s back pain, neck pain, arm pain or leg pain
symptoms indicate the demand for an MRI,
New Roads Chiropractic Center orders one for such a New Roads
back pain patient. MRI may enhance your
New Roads chiropractor’s clinical knowledge
of the condition oftentimes (but not always!). Pre-treatment and post-MRI images
are interesting. Did the disc herniation reduce
now that the pain disappeared? New Roads
chiropractic patients will often ask that of New Roads Chiropractic Center. And researchers
will consider MRIs for their research studies on just such
a question.
The Curiosity
of MRI
Researchers are
not the only ones who curiously look at
MRI images of low back pain sufferers to ascertain if there is any connection
between pain and no pain and the MRI at the beginning
and end of treatment for back pain. Patients wonder, too. New Roads Chiropractic Center knows our New Roads back pain patients wonder!
In noticing
that doctors and patients dealing with back pain like MRIs, a group of
researchers planned to determine the value of MRI in predicting treatment
outcomes in patients who had a herniated lumbar disc with sciatica. They questioned
if MRI could help decide whether to do back surgery now or
stay the course with conservative care. New Roads Chiropractic Center and the
New Roads chiropractic low back pain patients we care for would
love such a simple indicator! Study participants were
randomized to surgery or prolonged conservative care. Two findings – a disc
extrusion and nerve root compression on MRI in patients with less severe leg
pain – signified a satisfactory outcome with either type
of care. Another noteworthy finding: the size of the disc herniation at the
beginning of caredid not affect the outcome. The two groups revealed significant difference in outcomes between them
– surgical and conservative. (1) New Roads Chiropractic Center sees similar
reports more and more in the back pain research. Remember the Atlas studies of
surgical and non-surgical interventions for back pain and sciatica? There was
not much difference in those classic
studies either: 50% vs. 53% non-surgical vs. surgical for
back pain due to spinal stenosis (2) and 69% versus 61% surgical vs. non-surgical for
sciatica (3).
New Roads Chiropractic Center
Offers Chiropractic Non-Surgical Care of Disc Herniation
New Roads Chiropractic Center
invites you to make a New Roads chiropractic
appointment today. Trust New Roads Chiropractic Center to provide evidence-based chiropractic
care that relieves your spine pain many times without an MRI. Together,
we can set a non-surgical (and even potentially non-MRI!)
treatment plan to alleviate your back pain.
Schedule your
New Roads chiropractic appointment today.
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