Ashburn Disc Herniations Can Go Away

“There’s a disc herniation in your spine.” does not have to strike fear in you. Conservative care helps lessen pain and even shrink the disc herniation. Surgery isn’t always needed. Conservative care appeared to shrink disc herniation and its associated back pain. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn uses gentle spinal manipulation as part of the general Ashburn chiropractic care treatment plan.

DISC HERNIATIONS RESORB, GO AWAY, WITH CONSERVATIVE CARE: 70.39% WITHIN 6 MONTHS

A recent research meta-analysis report, the top-level review of medical literature on a given topic, reported on the spontaneous resorption of a lumbar disc herniation with conservative treatment. In 31 studies, the researchers revealed that the overall resorption rate was 70.39%. By type of disc, resorption rates ranged from 13.33% to 87.77%. The rate of resorption was greater for a ruptured, non-contained disc (fragment) than a contained disc. Resorption rates varied by country from 60.68% in China to 83.52% in Korea. (The US resorption rate was 61.66%.) The report concluded that the resorption process mainly happened within 6 months of conservative treatment. (1) Another study of patient clinical outcomes in one treatment center were analyzed for response to care of giant lumbar disc herniations. 41% of these patients’ "giant lumbar" discs revealed resorption within 6 months, 37% in 6-12 months, and 32% after a year. The timespan for resorption was 1 month to 8 years. 59% of those who went through conservative care had greater than 30% resorption. 25% had greater than 50% resorption. The authors of this study stated that as long as there is no sign of progressive nerve damage or cauda equina syndrome, conservative care was favored since resorption was more likely with these disc protrusions that extended into the spinal canal. (2) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn concurs that in the absence of nerve injury and/or cauda equina symptoms, conservative treatment - like our gentle, safe chiropractic spinal manipulation - is effective. Starting with the initial, complete examination of symptoms to the treatment at every visit, our Ashburn back pain and neck pain patients with disc herniations often report relief and a reduction in their fear of a disc herniation and its effect on their life.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr Coleman Cormier on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how he used The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help a patient with a large disc herniation.

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