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Considerations of Baton Rouge Back Surgery for a Herniated Disc

January 22, 2019

The aggravation of Baton Rouge back pain: It hurts. It messes up life. It doesn’t always respond to the best-intended care programs: back surgery or conservative. That is why Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers exists. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is here to assist Baton Rouge back pain and neck pain patients uncover an alternative that works for their Baton Rouge back pain relief goal.

BACK PAIN OPTIONS

There are lots of Baton Rouge back pain relief plan options! Recent research discloses some interesting findings. Let us look at opioids and Tylenol for back pain relief. There is no difference in low back pain relief and radicular extremity pain (leg pain sciatica) relief between taking Tylenol and taking powerful opioid drugs. (1) Melatonin defends the intervertebral disc’s nucleus pulposus cells from apoptosis (cell death) and halted disc degeneration. (2) Melatonin accomplishes this. There is hope for disc degeneration’s reversal. And what about this study? Spontaneous resorption of a lumbar herniated disc seen on MRI was seen in all of 9 patients who experienced back pain and sciatic leg pain, refused back surgery, and demonstrated no motor deficit! It took a mean of about 8.7 months. Clinical relief with conservative treatment came about in a mean of just 5.7 weeks. (3) That is rousing news! The discs resorbed.

BACK SURGERY DECISIONS

What makes a patient decide on Baton Rouge back surgery over other options? The patient’s ideas about the treatment may potentially based on inadequate information. The time required for a patient to decide may be sped up because of scheduling when the patient is one who requires time to really think about the options. The patient’s not wanting to distress the system, disappoint the healthcare provider by refusing recommended treatment. The patient’s earlier experiences with treatment options as chosen by relatives or friends and the resulting good or bad outcomes. Choosing back surgery or a non-surgical treatment plan for low back and/or leg pain due to a disc herniation is a considerably complex decision. (4) It is a decision-making process Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers understands well, that Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers has helped many Baton Rouge chiropractic patients to make. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers views each patient as an individual case with many outside influencing factors. Armed with knowledge of the spine, of disc conditions, of the research-supported treatment options with desirable clinical outcomes, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers can support that decision process, set up a treatment plan with goals that, should they not happen as anticipated, leaves the back surgery option open should it be needed. Take time to make a decision on Baton Rouge back surgery for Baton Rouge back and leg pain due to disc herniation. It is an important decision! Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers has helped may Baton Rouge back pain patients with Cox Technic to avoid back surgery.

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Listen to this PODCAST by Dr. James Cox as he shares more about the decision to proceed with back surgery or not on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson.

Schedule your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment today for a Baton Rouge back pain relief discussion of Baton Rouge surgical and non-surgical options. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers gets the frustration of back pain and is here to help you know the options for its relief. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is your partner in Baton Rouge back pain relief no matter the road you choose.

 
Baton Rouge back surgery for a disc herniation is an option to be carefully studied before a decision is made to proceed.