Montreal Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain caused by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It is real. Some patients with a thoracic disc herniation experience a strange abdominal bulge. It’s not very usual, but your Montreal chiropractor is aware of its possibility and relationship to a thoracic disc herniation as its cause. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is familiar with the difficulty of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and offers conservative, gentle care to ease pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is extremely rare luckily, but it can cause quite a bit of pain and interesting symptoms related to the abdomen. A case that came out recently was presented in the medical literature. A 52 year old patient who presented with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The physicians taking care of this patient diagnosed her with a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians report on a patient with unilateral, one-sided abdominal wall bulging and thoracic spine radicular pain caused by a lateral disc herniation at T11-12 that came back with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. Their case was an all the more unusual case of thoracic disc herniation according to these doctors. (2) Surgeons are prepared to do surgery for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is so inclined.
SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Surgical procedures for thoracic disc herniation are complex and quite invasive by reason of its close proximity to the spine cord. Most thoracic disc herniations occur between T8 and L1. Surgeons write that they would do surgery for intractable back or radicular pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often related to large thoracic disc herniations that occupy greater than 40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients seeking a conservative option, Montreal chiropractic care at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic offers such.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic uses the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to take care of the thoracic disc herniation. Your Montreal chiropractor can be quite precise in hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Check out this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares a case of thoracic disc herniation and its relief with Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment.
CONTACT Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
Schedule your next Montreal chiropractic visit soon. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic recognizes the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical symptomatology like an abdominal bulge. See you soon!
