Abdominal pain brought on by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It’s real. Some patients with a thoracic disc herniation will have a strange abdominal bulge. It is rather rare, but your Southern New Hampshire chiropractor is attentive to its possibility and affiliation with a thoracic disc herniation as its cause. New Hampshire Spine and Sport understands the intricacy of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and offers conservative, gentle care to ease pain for many such patients.
ABDOMINAL PAIN WITH THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Thoracic radiculopathy is quite rare fortunately, but it can cause quite a bit of pain and unique symptoms related to the abdomen. One case that came out recently was described in the medical literature. The patient was 52 years old who came into the office with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The treating physicians determined she had a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed 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. Their case 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 happen between T8 and L1. Surgeons explain that they would perform surgery for intractable back or radicular pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often associated with large thoracic disc herniations that occupy more than 40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients seeking a conservative option, Southern New Hampshire chiropractic care at New Hampshire Spine and Sport offers just such an alternative.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
New Hampshire Spine and Sport offers the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to treat the thoracic disc herniation. Your Southern New Hampshire 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.
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Schedule your next Southern New Hampshire chiropractic visit today. New Hampshire Spine and Sport recognizes the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical symptomatology like an abdominal bulge. Come by soon!