“What is this, doc?” Such a
question is always welcome at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. Sometimes there is a clear
answer, and sometimes there is not. It’s a terrific discussion
starter though. These inquiries usually
surface at some point in
the examination but sometimes occur
during a chiropractic treatment visit. They always
tell something helpful toward pain relief
that both your Sitka chiropractor wants for you and you want for
yourself. Curious conditions may show
themselves via interesting symptoms like this case of cervical
spine neck pain with a case of shingles.
CHIROPRACTIC EXAM AND TREATMENT
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka depends on the clinical
exam above anything else. Your Sitka chiropractor
listens first, tests second, and considers imaging in consideration
of the first two. Each provides a piece of info
to the diagnostic puzzle. In a recent chiropractic case
report, a part of the puzzle came from a strange
rash on a patient’s arm during his care for neck and arm pain.
His story involves coughing, fatigue, and congestion
that guided him to his primary care doctor. He got an
influenza and pneumococcal vaccine. The coughing triggered
some neck pain that led this 43 year old man to his
chiropractor for the neck pain that was explained as constant,
sharp neck pain on the left with an aching, tingling sensation down his left arm (radiculopathy) particularly into
his left lateral arm, forearm, thumb and index finger. Clinical symptoms lead
to a diagnosis of a C5-6 disc herniation, a very common
cervical disc herniation level. Later on, he noted
a rash on his left arm that his medical doctor identified
as herpes zoster shingles. Since it was too late to take an antiviral he took ibuprofen for the pain related
to shingles. He experienced 5 cervical spine
treatments following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management cervical spine protocols in 5 weeks to ease and get rid of
the arm pain, reduce the arm rash, and lessen
the neck pain by 50%. Another 4 treatments in 3 months resulted in 80% less neck pain, complete
resolution of left arm pain, and faint shingles rash. The patient felt he was back to normal. (1) Talk about unusual! Your Sitka
chiropractor is always looking for
the unusual and prepared to respond with an exam-based diagnosis
and an alleviating treatment plan for Sitka neck
pain and back pain!
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Steven Baroody on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described
how his patient who came to the office with severe,
long-standing shoulder pain was treated for shoulder pain with
no relief. Dr. Baroody’s exam found a cervical disc herniation causing pain. It’s not surprising, then, that
the other treatments resulted in no relief! Dr. Baroody treated
the patient with the pain-relieving Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Relieving care always
starts with the correct diagnosis!
Schedule your next Sitka
chiropractic visit soon. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka will perform
the proper examination to come up with the
proper diagnosis to deliver the best clinical outcome likely for
usual and unusual causes of back pain and neck pain. See you
soon!