Back Pain Imaging and Exercise
Spinal imaging reveals much about a Montreal back pain and leg pain sufferers’ condition. Imaging must be carefully considered, of course, for what it shows in addition to how various imaging methods contrast with others. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic welcomes all the input from you, the Montreal back pain patient, as well as your imaging and exam findings to personalize your Montreal chiropractic treatment plan for pain relief.
DISC HERNIATION AND Montreal BACK PAIN
Disc herniation and leg and/or back pain seem to go together, too, but so much more may be incorporated: degenerative disc disease, ruptured annulus fibrosus, irritation and compression of nerve roots and cauda equina from the herniation itself. A recent study traced the effects of exercise on a disc herniation’s neuromechanical compression, its inflammatory chemical stimulation, and its autoimmune response. (1) Imaging shows pretty pictures of the disc herniation…that Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic associates with your symptoms!
BACK PAIN AND IMAGING
Back pain and imaging tend to go together. When someone experiences back pain, xrays, CTs, and MRIs come to mind. Just what do these demonstrate? A study analyzed images of back pain patients to asymptomatic persons. MR imaging of those with back pain showed that various measurements differed: anteroposterior diameter measures of the vertebral canal varied, transverse diameter was smaller, and thecal sac area was smaller. (2) Caution is necessary to compare neuroforaminal measurements from CT scans and plain film as a study found that in patients who didn’t have back pain plain film measurements were bigger compared to those on CT. (3) Another imaging finding your Montreal chiropractor is quite aware of is termed Modic change. It’s another imaging finding that is quite revealing in that Modic change (mainly type II) is related with abdominal aortic calcification by way of a lower blood supply or even poorer systemic vascularization because of atherosclerotic disease. (4) It’s another insight we can use to determine what is going on in your spine. Finally, a spinal imaging finding that is quite usual in back pain patients is fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles, more so in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. (5) We look for that on MRI images though it’s hard to miss! Another good reason to begin a good spinal exercise program!
EXERCISE & SPINE PAIN RELIEF
Exercise may be quite helpful in dealing with the lumbar disc herniation which is why Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic includes some simple lumbar spine exercises to start on day one. We encourage our back pain patients to continue performing these simple exercises and are happy to support anyone who wants to do more...after we talk!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates a case of degenerative spondylolisthesis that reacted well to treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Montreal chiropractic appointment soon to visit us! Whether you have spinal imaging already or need it, your Montreal chiropractor can assist in making sense of its significance in your journey to back pain relief.
