Neck pain anytime is not welcome. Neck pain after
neck surgery is especially unwelcome…by the patient and the
treating physician! Gentle manual treatment of post-surgical neck pain and any
adjacent-to-the-surgical-level-segment spinal pain issues at
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center helps many Pensacola neck pain sufferers get
neck pain relief.
DDD
Degenerative disc disease (DDD) - the wear and tear
of one or more spinal discs – shows itself as low back pain
and neck and arm pain. 40% of people over 40 years old
have degenerative disc disease while 80% of those over 80 years of age
have it. 10% to 20% of people with disc degeneration in the lumbar spine and up to 30% of those with cervical disc degeneration will not respond
to non-surgical treatments. (1) Degenerative disc disease is documented
to start as early as in the second decade of life. (2)
The artificial disc replacement has existed for a
while. An early review of its use and efficacy stated
that about 5% of DDD patients were appropriate for it. Further,
the review reported that lumbar artificial disc replacement was
79% better than lumbar spine fusion with a major complication
rate of 0% to 13% per implanted device. The rate of major complications at 2
years post-surgery varied from 0% to 8.1% per implant. Adjacent
segment disease was said to be 2% in an
11-year-follow-up study, but not definitive in the clinical
trial data. (1) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center finds that post-surgical neck pain
patients experiencing such adjacent segment disease seek
our Pensacola chiropractic care not uncommonly.
ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE AFTER CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY
Spine literature has recently addressed
the concern conveyed in the study above about
adjacent segment disease, degenerative changes at spinal segments immediately
next to a spinal fusion or disc implant region. The cause for such
pain is explained as potentially arising
from altered stresses on the adjoining levels after
such procedures. In an article written for an audience of primary
care practitioners who see post-surgical patients with spinal
pain, one such patient who presently had neck pain and cervical
arm pain radiculopathy with a history of having
undergone anterior cervical disectomy and spinal fusion surgery 30 years earlier
for DDD. This patient underwent 34 sessions of chiropractic care – a combination
of cervical manipulation, flexion distraction decompression, soft-tissue mobilization
and therapeutic ultrasound – reported
relief. (3) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center uses flexion distraction decompression procedures
to gently address post-surgical Pensacola neck pain.
POST-CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY NECK PAIN
Researchers wrote that cervical spine surgeries for
degenerative cervical spine conditions are rising quickly
and leaving in their wake post-surgical pain syndromes: chronic
pain, adjacent segment disease, recurrent disc herniation, facet join pain,
and/or epidural scarring. Repeat surgeries may be advised
though some patients are unable to or don’t
want to go through another surgery. Such patients may then turn to manual therapy for hoped
relief. Due to the fact that the clinical practice guidelines are
composed but not very distinctly for post-cervical
spine surgery management, researchers reviewed published papers
to determine a path of care.
Of 12 articles, 10 studies on conservative care reported favorable clinical outcomes.
(4) That is hopeful! Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center shares this hope with our
Pensacola neck pain patients who have had cervical
spine surgery for degenerative disease and other issues causing neck pain. Our
gentle spinal manipulation approach called Cox® Technic provides
relieving, doctor-monitored treatment of your cervical spine.
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Chris Osterlitz on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
how he treated a patient who found relief of his neck
pain after a cervical spine surgery following the Cox® Technic System
of Spinal Pain Management which may include nutritional advice to slow the degenerative disc disease.
Schedule your Pensacola
chiropractic appointment today. Unwelcomed neck pain as a
result of degenerative disc disease and/or adjacent segment disease
after a cervical spine surgery may well find desired relief
in the hands of your chiropractor.