Fort Wayne Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain caused by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It’s real. Some patients with a thoracic disc herniation will have a peculiar abdominal bulge. It’s rather rare, but your Fort Wayne chiropractor is aware of its possibility and relationship to a thoracic disc herniation as its cause. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is familiar with the complexity of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and delivers conservative, gentle care to relieve pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is quite rare fortunately, but it can provoke a lot of pain and unique symptoms related to the abdomen. A recent case was described in the medical literature. A 52 year old patient who came into the office with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The treating physicians diagnosed her with a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and suggested an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians describe a patient with unilateral, single-sided abdominal wall bulging and thoracic spine radicular pain caused by a lateral disc herniation at T11-12 that came back with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. This was an all the more unusual type of thoracic disc herniation according to these doctors. (2) Surgeons are prepared to do surgery for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is ready.
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 perform 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 wanting a conservative option, Fort Wayne chiropractic care at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic offers such.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic uses the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to take care of the thoracic disc herniation. Your Fort Wayne chiropractor can be very specific in hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Check out 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 Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
Make your next Fort Wayne chiropractic visit today. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic recognizes the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical symptomatology like an abdominal bulge. See you soon!
