Manchester Conservative Care Provides Back Pain Reliefand MRI Images Show it

May 23, 2017

Back surgery. Non-surgical care. What’s the best solution for back pain and leg pain?

Now, that’s an age-old question for back pain and leg pain sufferers and doctors alike. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries mulls it over from time to time and often concludes that Manchester back pain and leg pain sufferers do well with Manchester chiropractic care. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries recognizes the symptoms to look for that would indicate necessity for back surgery. Beyond those, Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is experienced in the conservative care of back pain and leg pain to get the Manchester back pain patient’s desired pain relief.

Relief Possible Without Back Surgery

Medicine notices that back pain relief is viable non—surgicall! Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is happy to see this latest back pain treatment study. Researchers tracked patients with lumbar disc herniations (most at L4-5 and L5-S1). These patients were 38 years old on average, just the age when that really bad back pain episode seems to come on according to spinal researchers. These patients hurt with low back pain and sciatica that extends into one or both legs. Several patients had already attempted relief with physiotherapy and other medical treatment without relief before this trial. (1) Manchester back pain patients at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries have read this story before…or lived it! We notice that so many of the Manchester back pain patients coming to the office have tried many other approaches to free themselves from their back pain. All they want is relief now. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is prepared to give it.

Give Some Time to Treatment and Relief

These researchers share that conservative medical care (like bed rest and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants, gels) given enough time eased these back pain patients’ pain. They did not have to go through back surgery. Their MRI studies even show improvement as they improved symptomatically and felt relief of their back pain and sciatic leg pain. (1) Note that the size of the disc herniation on MRI doesn’t affect clinical outcome. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries says this all the time! Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries posted many articles about this very topic: the size of the disc herniation doesn’t 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) Fortunately for our Manchester back pain patients, Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries looks for at least 50% relief of pain in the first 30 days and finds that 91% of our patients get relief in 3 months. (3) The authors advise their colleagues that such relief is possible and should be taken into account when deciding whether to do back surgery if there are no indications for immediate surgical intervention. (1) Yes! Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries helps Manchester back pain and leg pain patients when they desire non-surgical care for their pain. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries offers evidence-based chiropractic care for back pain relief with Cox Technic.

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

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