Baton Rouge Conservative Care Provides Back Pain Reliefand MRI Images Show it

May 23, 2017

Back surgery. Non-surgical care. What is best for back pain and leg pain?

Now, that’s an age-old question for both doctors and back pain and leg pain sufferers. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers ponders it from time to time and knows that Baton Rouge back pain and leg pain sufferers do well with Baton Rouge chiropractic care. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers recognizes the symptoms to be alert to that would send a patient to back surgery. Beyond those, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is experienced in the conservative care of back pain and leg pain to get the Baton Rouge back pain patient’s desired pain relief.

Relief Possible Without Back Surgery

Medicine notes that back pain relief is feasible non—surgicall! Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is happy to see this latest back pain treatment study. A group of medical doctors followed patients with lumbar disc herniations (most at L4-5 and L5-S1). These patients were 38 years old on average, just the age that spinal research reports as average for back pain sufferers to have a bad case of back pain that’s been building for years. These patients hurt with low back pain and sciatica that extends into one or both legs. Several patients had already attempted relief with physiotherapy and other medical treatment to no avail before this intervention. (1) Baton Rouge back pain patients at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers have read this story before…or lived it! We learn that so many of the Baton Rouge back pain patients coming to the office have tried many other ways to get rid of their back pain. They just want relief now. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is poised to give it.

Give Some Time to Treatment and Relief

These researchers share that conservative medical care (like bed rest and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants, gels) given enough time eased these back pain patients’ pain. They did not have to go through back surgery. Their MRI studies even demonstrate improvement as they improved symptomatically and experienced back pain and sciatica relief. (1) Note that the size of the disc herniation on MRI does not influence clinical outcome. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers says this a lot! Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers has written many posts about this very topic: the size of the disc herniation does not matter! Neither early back surgery nor conservative care for back pain relief showed any significant difference in outcomes. (2) The average time for patients to recuperate from their back pain symptoms due to lumbar disc herniation was 13.6 months (give or take 5.4 months). (1) Fortunately for our Baton Rouge back pain patients, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers seeks at least 50% relief of pain in the first 30 days and discovers that 91% of our patients get relief in 3 months. (3) The authors share this warning with their colleagues that such relief is possible and should be taken into account when deciding whether to do back surgery if there are no indications for immediate surgery necessity. (1) Yes! Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers helps Baton Rouge back pain and leg pain patients when they want non-surgical care for their pain. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers delivers evidence-based chiropractic care for back pain relief with Cox Technic.

Schedule your Baton Rouge chiropractic visit today. You’ll uncover the answer to your question - back surgery or conservative care – and the back pain relief that results.

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