Abdominal pain caused by a spinal
disc herniation? Yes. It’s real. Some patients with a
thoracic disc herniation experience a peculiar
abdominal bulge. It’s not very usual, but your
Orchard Park, NY chiropractor is attentive to its possibility and affiliation
with a thoracic disc herniation as its cause. Novelli Wellness Center
is familiar with the difficulty
of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and offers conservative,
gentle care to relieve pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is extremely rare fortunately,
but it can provoke quite a bit of pain and interesting
symptoms associated with the abdomen. A recent
case was presented in the medical literature. The patient was 52 years old who came into the office
with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The physicians taking care
of this patient diagnosed her with
a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and suggested an invasive
surgery. (1) Another set of physicians report on a
patient with unilateral, single-sided abdominal wall bulging and
thoracic spine radicular pain due to a lateral disc herniation
at T11-12 that came back with bilateral disc prolapse
and motor deficits. This was an even more
unusual case of thoracic disc herniation according to the physicians. (2) Surgeons are prepared to do surgery
for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is so
inclined.
SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Surgical procedures for thoracic disc
herniation are complex and quite invasive due to its being
so close to the spinal cord. Most
thoracic disc herniations occur between T8 and L1. Surgeons write
that they would do surgery for intractable back or radicular
pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often related to large thoracic disc herniations that occupy more than
40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients seeking a conservative
option, Orchard Park, NY chiropractic care at Novelli Wellness Center offers just
such an alternative.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Novelli Wellness Center uses the gentle protocols of
Cox® Technic to take care of the thoracic disc herniation.
Your Orchard Park, NY chiropractor can be quite precise in
hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt
Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as he shares a case of thoracic disc
herniation and its relief with Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment.
CONTACT Novelli Wellness Center
Set your next Orchard Park, NY chiropractic
visit soon. Novelli Wellness Center understands the pain
of a thoracic disc herniation and its sometimes interesting
clinical presentation like an abdominal bulge. Visit
us soon!
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