“What’s this, doc?” Such a
question is always welcome at Back And Neck Care Center. Sometimes there is a clear
answer, and sometimes there is not. It’s a terrific starting point though. These queries usually
turn up at some point in
the examination but sometimes come up
during a chiropractic treatment visit. They most times
reveal something useful toward pain relief
that both your Severna Park chiropractor wants for you and you want for
yourself. Interesting conditions may reveal
themselves via curious symptoms like this case of cervical
spine neck pain and a case of shingles.
CHIROPRACTIC EXAM AND TREATMENT
Back And Neck Care Center depends on the clinical
exam above anything else. Your Severna Park chiropractor
listens first, tests second, and considers imaging in consideration
of the first two. Each lends a piece of data
to the diagnostic puzzle. In a recent chiropractic case
report, a part of the puzzle arose from a strange
rash on a patient’s arm during his treatment plan for neck and arm pain.
His story entails coughing, fatigue, and congestion
that led him to his primary care doctor. He received an
influenza and pneumococcal vaccine. The coughing provoked
some neck pain that led this 43 year old male to his
chiropractor for the neck pain that was described as constant,
sharp neck pain on the left with an aching, tingling sensation down his left arm (radiculopathy) specifically into
his left lateral arm, forearm, thumb and index finger. Clinical symptoms lead
to a diagnosis of a C5-6 disc herniation, the most common
cervical disc herniation level. Later on, he noticed
a rash on his left arm that his medical doctor identified
as herpes zoster shingles. Since it was too late to take an antiviral he took ibuprofen for the pain related
to shingles. He underwent 5 cervical spine
treatments following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management cervical spine protocols in 5 weeks to resolve
the arm pain, decrease the arm rash, and lessen
the neck pain by 50%. Another 4 treatments in 3 months brought
about 80% reduced neck pain, complete
resolution of left arm pain, and faint shingles rash. The patient felt he was back to normal. (1) Talk about unusual! Your Severna Park
chiropractor is always on the lookout for
the unusual and ready to respond with an exam-based diagnosis
and an alleviating treatment plan for Severna Park neck
pain and back pain!
CONTACT Back And Neck Care Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Steven Baroody on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explained
how his patient who came to the office with severe,
long-standing shoulder pain was doctored for shoulder pain with
no relief. Dr. Baroody’s exam found a cervical disc herniation causing pain. No wonder
the other treatments gave him no relief! Dr. Baroody treated
the patient with the pain-relieving Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Relieving care always
starts with the correct diagnosis!
Make your next Severna Park
chiropractic visit today. Back And Neck Care Center will do
the proper examination to suitable the
proper diagnosis to deliver the best clinical outcome possible for
usual and unusual causes of back pain and neck pain. Visit us
soon!
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