“What is this, doc?” Such a
question is always welcome at Most Chiropractic Clinic. Sometimes there is a clear
answer, and sometimes there is not. It is a great starting point though. These inquiries usually
turn up in the course of
the examination but sometimes occur
during a chiropractic treatment visit. They most times
disclose something helpful toward pain relief
that both your Murfreesboro chiropractor wants for you and you want for
yourself. Curious conditions may reveal
themselves via interesting symptoms like this case of cervical
spine neck pain and a case of shingles.
CHIROPRACTIC EXAM AND TREATMENT
Most Chiropractic Clinic relies on the clinical
exam above anything else. Your Murfreesboro 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 piece of the puzzle came from a strange
rash on a patient’s arm during his care for neck and arm pain.
His story involves coughing, fatigue, and congestion
that guided him to his primary care doctor. He got an
influenza and pneumococcal vaccine. The coughing triggered
some neck pain that led this 43 year old man to his
chiropractor for the neck pain that was explained as constant,
sharp neck pain on the left with an aching, tingling sensation extending
into his left arm (radiculopathy) particularly into
his left lateral arm, forearm, thumb and index finger. Clinical symptoms indicated a diagnosis of a C5-6 disc herniation, a very common
cervical disc herniation level. Soon after, he saw
a rash on his left arm that his medical consultant identified
as herpes zoster shingles. Since it was too late to take an antiviral he took ibuprofen for the shingles pain. He experienced 5 cervical spine
treatments following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management cervical spine protocols in 5 weeks to ease and get rid of
the arm pain, decrease the arm rash, and decrease
the neck pain by 50%. Another 4 treatments over 12 weeks resulted in 80% decreased 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 Murfreesboro
chiropractor is constantly looking for
the unusual and ready to respond with an exam-based diagnosis
and a relieving treatment plan for Murfreesboro neck
pain and back pain!
CONTACT Most Chiropractic Clinic
Check out this PODCAST
with Dr. Steven Baroody on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described
how his patient who came to the office with severe,
long-standing shoulder pain was treated for shoulder pain with
no relief. Dr. Baroody’s exam revealed 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 proper diagnosis!
Make your next Murfreesboro
chiropractic visit soon. Most Chiropractic Clinic will perform
the proper examination to come up with the
proper diagnosis to deliver the best clinical outcome likely for
usual and unusual causes of back pain and neck pain. Visit us
soon!
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