“What is this, doc?” Such a
question is always welcome at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries. Sometimes there is a clear
answer, and sometimes there is not. It is a terrific discussion
starter though. These questions typically
come up during
the exam but sometimes surface
during a chiropractic treatment visit. They always
disclose something useful toward pain relief
that both your Manchester chiropractor wants for you and you want for
yourself. Curious conditions may present
themselves via interesting symptoms like this case of cervical
spine neck pain concurrent with a case of shingles.
CHIROPRACTIC EXAM AND TREATMENT
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries relies on the clinical
exam above anything else. Your Manchester chiropractor
listens first, tests second, and considers imaging in light
of the first two. Each provides a bit of data
to the diagnostic puzzle. In a newly published chiropractic case
report, a part of the puzzle came from a peculiar
rash on a patient’s arm during his care for neck and arm pain.
His story encompasses coughing, fatigue, and congestion
that guided him to his primary care doctor. He received an
influenza and pneumococcal vaccine. The coughing provoked
some neck pain that led this 43 year old male to his
chiropractor for the neck pain that was described as constant,
sharp neck pain on the left with an aching, tingling sensation extending
into his left arm (radiculopathy) particularly into
his left lateral arm, forearm, thumb and index finger. Clinical symptoms indicated a diagnosis of a C5-6 disc herniation, a very common
cervical disc herniation level. Soon after, he noted
a rash on his left arm that his medical doctor identified
as herpes zoster shingles. Since it was too late to take an antiviral he took ibuprofen for the pain related
to shingles. He underwent 5 cervical spine
treatments following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management cervical spine protocols in 5 weeks to ease and get rid of
the arm pain, reduce the arm rash, and decrease
the neck pain by 50%. Another 4 treatments in 3 months resulted in 80% reduced neck pain, complete
resolution of left arm pain, and faint shingles rash. The patient felt he was back to normal. (1) Talk about unusual! Your Manchester
chiropractor is always on the lookout for
the unusual and ready to respond with an exam-based diagnosis
and an alleviating treatment plan for Manchester neck
pain and back pain!
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
Check out this PODCAST
with Dr. Steven Baroody on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described
how his patient who presented to the office with severe,
long-standing shoulder pain was doctored for shoulder pain with
no relief. Dr. Baroody’s exam revealed a cervical disc herniation causing pain. It’s not surprising, then, that
the other treatments resulted in no relief! Dr. Baroody treated
the patient with the pain-relieving Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Relieving care always
starts with the proper diagnosis!
Set your next Manchester
chiropractic visit today. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries will perform
the appropriate examination to come up with the
proper diagnosis to deliver the best clinical outcome possible for
usual and unusual causes of back pain and neck pain. See you
soon!
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