MRIs are cool.
MRIs display pretty pictures of the body. Chiropractors appreciate spinal MRI images. Why? The spine is where chiropractors like
your Malverne chiropractor live day in and day out. Malverne Health & Wellness values
the MRI image study for what it is: a tool.
But MRIs are not always a clinical necessity. Can MRI help decide whether to use non-surgical care or
surgical care for back pain relief? Read on for the most recent
findings.
The Usefulness
of MRI
When a
Malverne patient’s back pain, neck pain, arm pain or leg pain
symptoms indicate the need for an MRI,
Malverne Health & Wellness requests one for such a Malverne
back pain patient. MRI may supplement your
Malverne chiropractor’s clinical understanding
of the condition oftentimes (but not always!). Pre-treatment and post-MRI images
are intriguing. Did the disc herniation reduce
now that the pain is gone? Malverne
chiropractic patients will often ask that of Malverne Health & Wellness. And researchers
will consider MRIs for their research studies on just such
a query.
The Curiosity
of MRI
Researchers aren’t the only ones who curiously look at
MRI images of low back pain sufferers to check if there is any connection
between pain and no pain and the MRI at the beginning
and end of treatment for back pain. Patients wonder, too. Malverne Health & Wellness knows our Malverne back pain patients wonder!
Knowing
that doctors and patients dealing with back pain like MRIs, a group of
researchers planned to determine the value of MRI in predicting treatment
outcomes in patients with sciatic
leg pain due to a herniated lumbar disc. They questioned
if MRI could help determine whether to do back surgery now or
stay the course with conservative care. Malverne Health & Wellness and the
Malverne chiropractic low back pain patients we care for would
love such a simple guide! Study participants were
randomized to surgery or prolonged conservative care. Two findings – a disc
extrusion and nerve root compression on MRI in patients with less severe leg
pain – indicated a satisfactory outcome with either type
of care. Another interesting finding: the size of the disc herniation at the
beginning of caredid not affect the outcome. The two groups revealed significant difference in outcomes between the two groups
– surgical and conservative. (1) Malverne Health & Wellness sees similar
reports more and more in the back pain research. Recall the Atlas studies of
surgical and non-surgical interventions for back pain and sciatica? There wasn’t much variation in those classic
studies either: 50% versus 53% non-surgical vs. surgical for
back pain due to spinal stenosis (2) and 69% vs. 61% surgical versus non-surgical for
sciatica (3).
Malverne Health & Wellness
Offers Chiropractic Non-Surgical Care of Disc Herniation
Malverne Health & Wellness
invites you to make a Malverne chiropractic
appointment today. Trust Malverne Health & Wellness to provide evidence-based chiropractic
care that alleviates your spine pain many times without an MRI. Together,
we can set a non-surgical (and even potentially non-MRI!)
treatment plan to lessen your back pain.
Schedule your
Malverne chiropractic appointment today.
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