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Chiropractic Care Questions The Curiosity of MRIs

MRI. What does it do for West Palm Beach back pain and related leg pain? That is a intriguing question. Diagnosing West Palm Beach lumbar spinal stenosis doesn’t always need an MRI for a clear diagnosis. MRI images can be revealing…and demanding of clinical tests to determine what those images really suggest. An MRI is a well-known procedure to many West Palm Beach chiropractic patients seeking West Palm Beach back pain relief, but the MRI’s timing and outcomes need cautious consideration as to when they’re taken and what they really imply for the chiropractic treatment of spinal stenosis at Chiropractic Care.

HOW TO DIAGNOSE West Palm Beach STENOSIS

Spinal stenosis is a normal condition and the most usual sign for spinal back surgery in the over-65 age set of people. With the growth of this group, by 2025 59% of them are expected to have spinal stenosis. (1) Often your West Palm Beach chiropractor can diagnose spinal stenosis with only a few questions and physical examination findings with no an MRI. Your West Palm Beach chiropractor may use the MRI as a verifying trial of the West Palm Beach chiropractic clinical examination diagnosis already made just by seeing you.

WHAT THE West Palm Beach MRI SHOWS

In the case of a disc extrusion triggering spinal stenosis where the West Palm Beach herniated disc leaks out of its outer bands and seeps out into the spinal canal physically compressing and chemically inflaming the spinal nerve, an MRI revealing this many times bodes well for the MRI’s owner. At one year later, whether treated with surgery or without, the back-related sciatica patient had less leg pain. In this case an MRI doesn’t help much in determining which patient would do better with early surgery or prolonged conservative care. (2) And the healing of these West Palm Beach spinal stenosis related extrusions takes time and good, guided care like that from Chiropractic Care.

HOW THE West Palm Beach MRI INFLUENCES CARE

Know that as rates for spinal surgery rise – ten times across the US – so too do the rates of advanced spinal imaging. In one study, areas with more MRIs have more spine surgeries (and spinal stenosis surgery specifically). (3) Know too that what a surgeon sees on MRI affects how he or she manages the spinal back surgery for stenosis. He/She studies the extent and location of nerve compression as well as degenerative changes at adjacent levels. Experienced surgeons agreed more with each other’s understandings of MRI images than less experienced surgeons. (1) Experienced chiropractors like yours at Chiropractic Care also are more proficient at recognizing West Palm Beach spinal stenosis as the diagnosis.

WHAT TO DO FOR West Palm Beach STENOSIS AND SCIATICA

Treat it actively. Don’t rely on passive care like bed rest. That’s old school care. Give it time. Take part in the active, conservative care your West Palm Beach chiropractor shares with you for at least 6-8 weeks to witness some change because there is no clear difference between surgical (though quicker relief may come) and non-surgical care after a year or two. (4) Chiropractic Care uses the Cox Technic System of Spine Pain Management for West Palm Beach spinal stenosis and back pain relief care. The 50% Rule guides treatment frequency and treatment progress as well as decision-making as to when/if an MRI is required (if you’ve not had one taken) or surgical or other care consultation becomes necessary.

CONTACT Chiropractic Care

Schedule a West Palm Beach chiropractic appointment to visit your West Palm Beach chiropractic back pain specialist about your West Palm Beach back pain and sciatica to take the curiosity out of the question about MRI’s role in your West Palm Beach back pain treatment plan. 

 
West Palm Beach MRIs for spinal stenosis may be revealing…or puzzling. 
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