Abdominal pain due to a spinal
disc herniation? Yes. It’s real. Some patients with a
thoracic disc herniation will have a strange
abdominal bulge. It’s rather rare, but your
Severna Park chiropractor is aware of its possibility and affiliation
with a thoracic disc herniation as its origin. Back And Neck Care Center
recognizes the complexity
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 quite rare luckily,
but it can provoke a lot of pain and interesting
symptoms related to the abdomen. One recent
case 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 diagnosed her with
a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed an invasive
surgery. (1) Another set of physicians report on 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 all the more
unusual case 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 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 occur between T8 and L1. Surgeons write
that they would perform surgery for intractable back or radicular
pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often related to large thoracic disc herniations that occupy greater than
40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients seeking a conservative
option, Severna Park chiropractic care at Back And Neck Care Center offers just
such an alternative.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION
Back And Neck Care Center offers the gentle protocols of
Cox® Technic to treat the thoracic disc herniation.
Your Severna Park chiropractor can be quite precise in
hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Listen to 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 Back And Neck Care Center
Schedule your next Severna Park chiropractic
visit today. Back And Neck Care Center recognizes the pain
of a thoracic disc herniation and its sometimes interesting
clinical symptomatology like an abdominal bulge. Visit
us soon!
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