Oxford Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain due to a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It is real. A few patients with a thoracic disc herniation will have a peculiar abdominal bulge. It’s not very usual, but your Oxford chiropractor is aware of its possibility and affiliation with a thoracic disc herniation as its origin. Satterwhite Chiropractic is familiar with the difficulty of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and delivers 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 a lot of pain and unique symptoms associated with the abdomen. One case that came out recently was presented in the medical literature. A 52 year old patient who presented with severe right flank pain and abdominal pain. The physicians taking care of this patient diagnosed her with a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians describe 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. This was an even more unusual type of thoracic disc herniation according to the physicians. (2) Surgeons are ready to do surgery for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is ready.
SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Surgery for thoracic disc herniation are complex and quite invasive due to its being so close to the spinal cord. Most thoracic disc herniations occur 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 wanting a conservative option, Oxford chiropractic care at Satterwhite Chiropractic offers just such an option.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Satterwhite Chiropractic offers the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to address the thoracic disc herniation. Your Oxford 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 Satterwhite Chiropractic
Make your next Oxford chiropractic visit soon. Satterwhite Chiropractic recognizes the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its sometimes interesting clinical symptomatology like an abdominal bulge. Visit us soon!
