Pensacola Disc Herniations Can Go Away

“You have a disc herniation.” doesn’t have to strike fear in you. Conservative care helps decrease pain and even shrink the disc herniation. Surgery isn’t always needed. Conservative care has been shown to shrink disc herniation and its related back pain. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center uses gentle spinal manipulation as part of the overall Pensacola chiropractic care treatment plan.

DISC HERNIATIONS RESORB, GO AWAY, WITH CONSERVATIVE CARE: 70.39% WITHIN 6 MONTHS

A new research meta-analysis report, the top-level review of medical literature on a specific topic, reported on the spontaneous resorption of a lumbar disc herniation with conservative treatment. In 31 studies, the researchers revealed that the overall resorption rate was 70.39%. By disc type, resorption rates varied from 13.33% to 87.77%. The frequency of resorption was greater for a ruptured, non-contained disc (fragment) than a contained disc. Resorption rates varied by country from 60.68% in China to 83.52% in Korea. (In the US, the resorption rate was 61.66%.) The report said that the resorption process mainly happened within 6 months of conservative treatment. (1) Another study of patient clinical outcomes in a single treatment center were analyzed for response to care of giant lumbar disc herniations. 41% of these patients’ "giant lumbar" discs appeared on imaging to have resorbed within 6 months, 37% in 6-12 months, and 32% after a year. The range of time for resorption was 1 month to 8 years. 59% of those who underwent conservative care had greater than 30% resorption. 25% experienced greater than 50% resorption. The authors of this study wrote that as long as there is no sign of progressive neurological deficit or cauda equina syndrome, conservative care was favored since resorption was more probable with these disc protrusions that were in the spinal canal. (2) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center agrees that when there is no sign of nerve injury and/or cauda equina symptoms, conservative treatment - like our gentle, safe chiropractic spinal manipulation - is effective. Starting with the initial, thorough examination of symptoms to the treatment at each visit, our Pensacola back pain and neck pain patients with disc herniations often get relief and a reduction in their fear of their disc herniation and its impact on their life.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr Coleman Cormier on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how he used The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help a patient with a large disc herniation.

Make your Pensacola chiropractic appointment today. We’re here to reduce your fear of a disc herniation and help you realize back pain and neck pain relief!