Old Mill Chiropractic Questions The Curiosity of MRIs
MRI. What does it do for St Peters back pain and related leg pain? That is a intriguing question. Diagnosing St Peters lumbar spinal stenosis doesn’t always need an MRI for a definitive diagnosis. MRI images can be revealing…and demanding of clinical tests to establish what those images really suggest. An MRI is a familiar procedure to many St Peters chiropractic patients seeking St Peters back pain relief, but the MRI’s arranging and outcomes need careful consideration as to when they are taken and what they really imply for the chiropractic treatment of spinal stenosis at Old Mill Chiropractic.
HOW TO DIAGNOSE St Peters STENOSIS
Spinal stenosis is a normal condition and the most usual indicator 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) Often your St Peters chiropractor can identify spinal stenosis with just a few questions and physical examination findings with no an MRI. Your St Peters chiropractor may use the MRI as a confirming trial of the St Peters chiropractic clinical examination diagnosis already made just by seeing you.
WHAT THE St Peters MRI SHOWS
In the event of a disc extrusion causing spinal stenosis where the St Peters herniated disc leaks out of its outer bands and oozes into the spinal canal physically compressing and chemically inflaming the spinal nerve, an MRI revealing this many times bodes well for the MRI’s owner. 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 early surgery or long conservative care. (2) And the healing of these St Peters spinal stenosis related extrusions takes time and good, guided care like that from Old Mill Chiropractic.
Know that as rates for spinal surgery increase – ten times across the US – so too do the rates of advanced spinal imaging. In one study, cities with more MRIs saw more spine surgeries (and spinal stenosis surgery exactly). (3) Understand too that what a surgeon notices on MRI influences how he or she approaches 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 Old Mill Chiropractic also are more skilled at recognizing St Peters spinal stenosis as the diagnosis.
WHAT TO DO FOR St Peters STENOSIS AND SCIATICA
Treat it actively. Do not depend on passive care like bed rest. That’s old school care. Give it time. Take part in the active, conservative care your St Peters chiropractor shares with you for at least 6-8 weeks to witness some change because there’s no sure difference between surgical (though quicker relief may come) and non-surgical care after a year or two. (4) Old Mill Chiropractic utilizes the Cox Technic System of Spine Pain Management for St Peters 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 done) or surgical or other care consultation becomes necessary.
CONTACT Old Mill Chiropractic
Schedule a St Peters chiropractic appointment to visit your St Peters chiropractic back pain specialist about your St Peters back pain and sciatica to take the curiosity out of the question about MRI’s role in your St Peters back pain treatment plan.
