Aaron Chiropractic Clinic Offers Relieving Care for Post-Surgical Neck Pain

Neck pain anytime isn’t 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 Aaron Chiropractic Clinic helps many Fort Wayne neck pain sufferers attain neck pain relief.

DDD

Degenerative disc disease (DDD) - the wear and tear of a or multiple spinal discs – shows itself as low back pain and neck and arm pain. 40% of people over age 40 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 disc degeneration in the cervical spine will not get relief from non-surgical treatments. (1) Degenerative disc disease is documented as starting in the second decade of life. (2) The artificial disc replacement has existed for a while. An early analysis of its use and efficacy stated that about 5% of DDD patients were appropriate for it. Additionally, the review stated that lumbar artificial disc replacement was 79% superior to 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 went from 0% to 8.1% per implant. Adjacent segment disease was reported to be 2% in an 11-year-follow-up study, but not definitive in the clinical trial data. (1) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic finds that post-surgical neck pain patients with such adjacent segment disease pursue our Fort Wayne chiropractic care not uncommonly.

ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE AFTER CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY

Spine literature has recently published studies regarding the concern expressed 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 possibly arising from altered stresses on the adjoining levels after such procedures. In an article written for an audience of primary care practitioners who care for 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 ago for DDD. This patient underwent 34 sessions of chiropractic care – a mix of cervical manipulation, flexion distraction decompression, soft-tissue mobilization and therapeutic ultrasound – reported relief. (3) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic uses flexion distraction decompression procedures to gently address post-surgical Fort Wayne neck pain.

POST-CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY NECK PAIN

Researchers wrote that cervical spine surgeries for degenerative cervical spine conditions are increasing quickly and creating 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 not able to or unwilling to undergo another surgery. Such patients may then consult with a practitioner who offers manual therapy for desired relief. Because the clinical practice guidelines are written but not very distinctly for post-cervical spine surgery management, researchers analyzed published papers to determine a path of care. Of 12 articles, 10 studies on conservative care reported favorable clinical outcomes. (4) That is hopeful! Aaron Chiropractic Clinic imparts this hope with our Fort Wayne neck pain patients who have undergone cervical spine surgery for degenerative disease and other issues causing neck pain. Our gentle spinal manipulation approach called Cox® Technic provides relieving, doctor-controlled treatment of your cervical spine.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Chris Osterlitz on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses how he helped a patient find relief of his neck pain after a cervical spine surgery using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management which may include nutritional advice to slow the degenerative disc disease.

Make your Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment now. Unwelcomed neck pain due to degenerative disc disease and/or adjacent segment disease after a cervical spine surgery may well find desired relief in your chiropractor’s hands.

Aaron Chiropractic Clinic offers gentle care for neck pain after neck surgery.
 
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