Groton Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain brought on by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It is real. Some patients with a thoracic disc herniation experience a peculiar abdominal bulge. It is not very usual, but your Groton chiropractor is attentive to its possibility and affiliation with a thoracic disc herniation as its cause. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office recognizes the complexity 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 luckily, but it can cause quite a bit of pain and unique symptoms associated with the abdomen. A case that came out recently was presented 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 suggested 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 returned with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. Their case was an even more unusual type of thoracic disc herniation according to these doctors. (2) Surgeons are ready to do surgery for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is so inclined.
SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Surgical procedures for thoracic disc herniation are complex and quite invasive by reason of its close proximity to the spine cord. Most thoracic disc herniations happen between T8 and L1. Surgeons write 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 seeking a conservative option, Groton chiropractic care at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office offers just such an option.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office offers the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to address the thoracic disc herniation. Your Groton chiropractor can be very specific 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 shares a case of thoracic disc herniation and its relief with Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment.
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Set your next Groton chiropractic visit today. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office understands the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical symptomatology like an abdominal bulge. Come by soon!
