Ashburn and Herndon Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Relief at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
Chiropractic alleviates conditions like spinal stenosis. Spinal stenosis is everywhere today. Why? An aging population. We are all aging, and when we get to a certain age, our bodies compensate us with conditions like spinal stenosis. There is no problem, though! Chiropractic care is a solution for many spinal stenosis pain patients. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn offers gentle, evidence-based chiropractic care in the form of Cox Technic to help control and relieve back pain due to spinal stenosis.
Lumbar spinal stenosis may result from a variety of issues like a disc herniation, disc bulge or contained disc, synovial cyst. Anything that shrinks the spinal canal area resulting in reduced space for the spinal nerves and other elements may bring about spinal stenosis and pain. Surgeons and medical device companies look for surgical means to reduce spinal stenosis and open the spinal canal area. Conservative care back pain specialists like chiropractors and your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn offer non-surgical means - like Ashburn and Herndon spinal manipulation and mobilization which reportedly positively affect the water flow and diffusion into the disc, keeping it healthy (1) - to do the same thing: diminish spinal stenosis and open the spinal canal area.
A comparison of surgical and conservative treatments of spinal stenosis shows that conservative care is better. At 6 months post-care – surgical or non-surgical – no significant differences are presented in the spinal stenosis patients. At 12 and 24 months post-care, the surgical spinal stenosis patients report higher disability scores. Surgical spinal stenosis patients underwent higher complication rates than the conservative care spinal stenosis patients. Based on their reviews of the published data, the researchers still don’t feel that there is conclusive evidence to recommend surgical or non-surgical care to lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers. (2) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn suggests that a trial of 30 days looking for 50% improvement for most Ashburn and Herndon back pain patients with research-documented chiropractic care following the protocols of the Cox Technic System of Care. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is a good place to start!
Those spinal stenosis patients who show 33% to 50% improvement in pain at 2 weeks of care have increased odds of 6 to 7 times higher to have 50% improvement at their 6 months’ disability follow up. (3) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn seeks Ashburn and Herndon pain relief as early as possible, and the treatment plan is established with this in mind. With some patients, a small number of patients, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn may visit with a Ashburn and Herndon spinal stenosis patient daily at the start of care. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn takes good care of our Ashburn and Herndon lumbar spinal stenosis patients!
And lastly Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn relies on its experienced clinical judgment and evidence of a patient’s not improving as expected to order more imaging or schedule a surgical consultation as needed. (4) It’s fully outlined in the algorithms of decision making that guide our Cox Technic system of spine pain management and lumbar spinal stenosis.
Schedule your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment today. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn offers experience in relieving Ashburn and Herndon back pain due to spinal stenosis.
