Back Pain Imaging and Exercise
Spinal imaging reveals much about a Toronto back pain and leg pain sufferers’ condition. Imaging must be reviewed carefully, of course, for what it reveals in addition to how various imaging methods compare to others. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre appreciates all the input from you, the Toronto back pain patient, as well as your imaging and examination testing findings to individualize your Toronto chiropractic treatment plan for pain relief.
DISC HERNIATION AND Toronto BACK PAIN
Disc herniation and leg and/or back pain seem to go together, too, but so much more may be involved: disc degeneration, annulus fibrosus rupture, irritated and compressed nerve roots and cauda equina from the herniation itself. A newer study tracked the effects of exercise on a disc herniation’s neuromechanical compression, its inflammatory chemical stimulation, and its autoimmune response. (1) Imaging visualizes pretty pictures of the disc herniation…that Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre links with your symptomatology!
BACK PAIN AND IMAGING
Back pain and imaging tend to go together. When someone experiences back pain, xrays, CTs, and MRIs come to mind. Just what do these demonstrate? A study analyzed images of symptomatic patients to asymptomatic persons. MR imaging of those with back pain showed that a variety of measurements were different: anteroposterior diameter measures of the vertebral canal varied, transverse diameter was smaller, and thecal sac area was less. (2) Caution is warranted in comparing neuroforaminal measurements from CT scans and plain film as a study found that in patients who didn’t have back pain plain film measurements were larger compared to those on CT. (3) Another imaging finding your Toronto chiropractor is quite aware of is termed Modic change. It’s another imaging finding that is very revealing in that Modic change (mainly type II) is related with abdominal aortic calcification by way of a lower blood supply or even poorer systemic vascularization owing to atherosclerotic disease. (4) It’s another insight we can use to determine what is going on in your spine. Finally, a spinal imaging finding that is quite usual in back pain patients is fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles, more so in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. (5) We look for that on MRI images though it’s hard to miss! Another good reason to start a good spinal exercise program!
EXERCISE & SPINE PAIN RELIEF
Exercise may be quite helpful in dealing with the lumbar disc herniation which is why Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre incorporates some simple lumbar spine exercises to begin on day one. We encourage our back pain patients to keep doing these simple exercises and are happy to support anyone who wants to do more...after we talk!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes a case of degenerative spondylolisthesis that responded well to treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Toronto chiropractic appointment now to visit us! Whether you have spinal imaging already or need it, your Toronto chiropractor can help make sense of its relevance to your journey to back pain relief.
