St Peters Non-Surgical Care Provides Back Pain Reliefand MRI Images Show it

Name: Old Mill Chiropractic
Address: USA

May 23, 2017

Back surgery. Non-surgical care. What is best for back pain and leg pain?

Now, that is an age-old question for both doctors and back pain and leg pain sufferers. Old Mill Chiropractic ponders it on occasion and often concludes that St Peters back pain and leg pain sufferers find relief with St Peters chiropractic care. Old Mill Chiropractic knows the symptoms to look for that would indicate necessity for back surgery. Beyond those, Old Mill Chiropractic is experienced in the conservative care of back pain and leg pain to deliver the St Peters back pain patient’s desired pain relief.

Relief Possible Without Back Surgery

Medicine notices that back pain relief is achievable conservatively! Old Mill Chiropractic is enthusiastic to see this latest back pain treatment study. Researchers monitored patients with lumbar disc herniations (most at L4-5 and L5-S1). These patients averaged 38 years old, just the age that spinal research reports as average for back pain sufferers to have a bad case of back pain that’s been building for years. These patients hurt with low back pain and sciatica that extends into one or both legs. Many patients had already attempted relief with physiotherapy and other medical treatment to no avail before this intervention. (1) That sounds quite familiar for St Peters back pain patients seeking care at Old Mill Chiropractic! We find that so many of the St Peters back pain patients seeking care at this chiropractic office have tried many other approaches to get rid of their back pain. They just want relief now. Old Mill Chiropractic is poised 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) given enough time helped these back pain patients’ pain. They did not have to have 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 influence clinical outcome. Old Mill Chiropractic says this all the time! Old Mill Chiropractic posted many articles about this very topic: the size of the disc herniation doesn’t matter! Neither early back surgery nor conservative care for back pain relief showed any significant outcome differences. (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 St Peters back pain patients, Old Mill Chiropractic seeks 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 caution their colleagues that such relief is conceivable and should be considered in the decision-making process about a potential back surgery if there are no indications for immediate surgery necessity. (1) Yes! Old Mill Chiropractic helps St Peters back pain and leg pain patients when they want non-surgical care for their pain. Old Mill Chiropractic delivers evidence-based chiropractic care for back pain relief with Cox Technic.

Schedule your St Peters 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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