Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers Calmly Considers MRIs Modic Changes
“There are some Modic changes on your MRI report.” Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers says “Don’t fret too much.” Our Baton Rouge back pain and neck pain patients are in good company when it comes to MRI reports talking about Modic changes. The research is evolving about just what MRI-documented Modic changes mean for a patient..and what they do not. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers creates some perspective about these usual MRI findings.
WHAT ARE MODIC CHANGES?
“Modic changes” is a term used to describe the changes of the spine’s vertebral endplates which are related to spinal degeneration. Modic type I changes are essentially regarded as bone marrow edema and inflammation signifying acute degenerative changes. Modic type II changes represent fatty degeneration of the bone marrow. Modic III changes are the replacement of bone with bony sclerosis with little bone marrow left. (1) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers likes the opportunity to treat a painful back earlier in this cascade of change whenever possible. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers treats disc degeneration and spinal degenerative changes.
WHAT MODIC CHANGES REVEAL ABOUT THE SPINE?
Modic changes are frequent findings on MRI. Modic changes on MRI appear in spinal degenerative diseases and are strongly related to low back pain. (1) They are age-related degenerative findings that accompany disc degeneration. Greater Modic changes were tied to higher age, higher body mass index, and adjacent disc degeneration. (2) Lifestyle and occupational factors like cigarette smoking, regular exercise, and nonappearance of daily vehicle vibration seemed to have minor effects, if any, on the development of Modic changes in the lumbar spine. (3) Clearly, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers encourages proper lifestyle choices for optimal health!
WHAT MODIC CHANGES REVEAL ABOUT RECOVERY?
What is unclear is the research regarding just what Modic changes imply for back pain patients. New research showed that Modic changes were not found to be negatively associated with long-term pain, disability, or sick leave. The research stated that low back pain patients with Modic changes had much less disability and sick-leave at long-term follow-up. (4) This is hopeful info to our Baton Rouge chiropractic back pain patients!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Rudy on The Back Doctors’ Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who described his treatment plan with the Cox® Technic System for their back pain relief to his patients so they understand.
Schedule your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment today. Bring your MRIs with you. Together, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers and you will look at them for information and create a treatment plan for Baton Rouge back pain relief that will keep us both from panicking!
