Sitka Chiropractic Non-Surgical Relief for a Disc Herniation in the Neck

Guidelines are part of healthcare today. There are best-evidence guidelines for everything from how to manage arthritis to heart disease to back pain. There are best-evidence guidelines for most professions from allergy and immunology to urology. Chiropractic care is in the mix as is back pain and neck pain management. Such guidelines present a base for physicians like your Sitka chiropractor to practice and Sitka chiropractic patients to know that  they are being treated with the best evidenced care. Healthcare guidelines continue to evolve, and guidelines for neck pain due to cervical disc herniation indicate an 8 to 12 week wait before surgical intervention which is just enough time for Sitka chiropractic care at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka to potentially prevent Sitka back surgery for many.

In Europe, national guidelines for the non-surgical care of new start neck pain or cervical radiculopathy (arm pain) are presented:  Supervised exercise with manual therapy. Exercise and manual therapy before medicine for neck pain. Acupuncture for neck pain. Traction for cervical radiculopathy. NSAIDs (oral or topical) and tramadol after careful consideration for both neck pain and cervical radiculopathy.  The guidelines also advise informing the patient about warning signs, prognosis and advice to be active along with treatment.  (1) Good advice! Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is devoted to Sitka chiropractic patient education. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka makes sure Sitka patients are familiar with their spinal condition, comprehend the treatment plan to relieve the pain, and accept their role in achieving, maintaining and supporting the relief so that they don’t have to suffer with arm pain or neck pain any longer than they have to or need to undergo Sitka neck surgery.

A study of Dutch neurosurgeons shows30 that 76.3% of them utilize the anterior cervical discectomy with fusion for cervical spine disc herniation surgeries. This requires them to reach the cervical spine through the front of the neck, not the back. This surgical approach has a higher risk for complications than just an anterior cervical discectomy, but the surgeons expect it to be more effective for arm pain relief. In view of the risk, fortunately, the surgeons look for a minimum of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm pain in a patient in advance of a neck surgery. (2) That gives Sitka chiropractic care just enough time to relieve Sitka neck pain.

In 8 weeks, Sitka chiropractic care at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka with Cox Technic can do wonders! In a retrospective review of 39 patients treated with Cox Technic protocols for cervical spine in patients with cervical radiculopathy (arm pain), only 13.2 treatment visits were required to give patients arm pain relief. (3) In 10 weeks, Cox Technic produces a good clinical outcome that keeps going! A 2 year follow up with a patient who had a C6-7 cervical disc herniation with radiculopathy arm pain revealed that subjective and objective signs or relief were steady. (4) In conservative medicine, 83% patients with symptomatic cervical spine disc herniation with radiculopathy find relief in about 24 to 36 months with the most progress toward recovery occurring in the first 4 to 6 months. (5) [companyname]] embraces the challenge of Sitka neck pain with radiculopathy with this knowledge and confidently deals with neck pain and arm pain due to cervical disc herniation with pain relief as the goal. The Sitka treatment plan for cervical spine pain is ready for you!

Schedule a Sitka chiropractic appointment today at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka for neck pain and arm pain evaluation and Sitka neck pain relieving non-surgical chiropractic treatment.