Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office Calmly Considers MRIs Modic Changes
“Your MRI shows some Modic changes.” Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office says “Do not panic too much.” Our Groton back pain and neck pain patients have good company concerning MRI reports reporting Modic changes. The research is developing about just what MRI-documented Modic changes suggest for a patient..and what they don’t mean. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office puts perspective around these common MRI findings.
WHAT ARE MODIC CHANGES?
“Modic changes” is a term used to explain the degenerative changes to the vertebral endplates. Modic type I changes are basically regarded as bone marrow edema and inflammation signifying acute degenerative changes. Modic type II changes represent fatty degeneration of the bone marrow. Modic III changes are the replacement of bone with bony sclerosis with minimal bone marrow remaining. (1) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office likes the opportunity to treat a painful back as early in this flow of change as possible. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office treats disc degeneration and spinal degenerative changes.
WHAT MODIC CHANGES REVEAL ABOUT THE SPINE?
Modic changes are common findings on MRI. Modic changes on MRI appear in spinal degenerative diseases and are greatly associated with low back pain. (1) They are age-related degenerative findings that come with disc degeneration. Greater Modic changes were linked to higher age, higher body mass index, and adjacent disc degeneration. (2) Lifestyle and occupational factors like cigarette smoking, regular exercise, and nonappearance of daily vehicle vibration seemed to have slight effects, if any, on the development of Modic changes in the lumbar spine. (3) Clearly, Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office encourages proper lifestyle choices for optimal health!
WHAT MODIC CHANGES SUGGEST ABOUT RECOVERY?
What is unclear is the research regarding just what Modic changes suggest about back pain patients. New research showed that Modic changes were not found to be negatively affiliated with long-term pain, disability, or sick leave. The research stated that low back pain patients who had Modic changes had significantly less disability and sick-leave at long-term follow-up. (4) This is encouraging news to our Groton chiropractic back pain patients!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Rudy on The Back Doctors’ Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who detailed his Cox® Technic treatment plan for their back pain relief to his patients so they understand.
Schedule your Groton chiropractic appointment today. Bring any MRIs with you. Together, Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office and you will look at them for information and create a treatment plan for Groton back pain relief that will keep us both from panicking!
