Sitka Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain

Abdominal pain brought on by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It’s real. Some patients with a thoracic disc herniation will have a peculiar abdominal bulge. It is rather rare, but your Sitka chiropractor is aware of  its possibility and relationship to a thoracic disc herniation as its cause. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka recognizes the difficulty of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and offers conservative, gentle care to relieve pain for many such patients.

ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION

Thoracic radiculopathy is extremely rare fortunately, but it can cause quite a bit of pain and interesting symptoms related to the abdomen. A recent case was described in the medical literature. The patient was 52 years old who presented with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The treating physicians diagnosed her with a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians wrote about a patient with unilateral, one-sided abdominal wall bulging and thoracic spine radicular pain due to a lateral disc herniation at T11-12 that returned with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. Their case was an all the more unusual case of thoracic disc herniation according to the physicians. (2) Surgeons are prepared to do surgery for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is so inclined.

SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION

Surgery for thoracic disc herniation are complex and quite invasive due to its close proximity to the spine cord. Most thoracic disc herniations occur between T8 and L1. Surgeons explain that they would do 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, Sitka chiropractic care at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka offers such.

CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION

Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka offers the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to treat the thoracic disc herniation. Your Sitka chiropractor can be quite precise 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 describes a case of thoracic disc herniation and its relief with Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment.

CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka

Make your next Sitka chiropractic visit today. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka recognizes the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its sometimes interesting clinical presentation like an abdominal bulge. See you soon!