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Murfreesboro Thoracic Disc Herniation and Abdominal Pain

Abdominal pain brought on by a spinal disc herniation? Yes. It is real. A few patients with a thoracic disc herniation experience a strange abdominal bulge. It’s not very usual, but your Murfreesboro chiropractor is aware of  its possibility and relationship to a thoracic disc herniation as its cause. Most Chiropractic Clinic is familiar with the difficulty of a thoracic disc herniation surgery and offers 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 cause quite a bit of pain and unique symptoms related to the abdomen. A recent case was described 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 determined she had a T9-10 thoracic disc herniation and proposed an invasive surgery. (1) Another set of physicians report on a patient with unilateral, one-sided abdominal wall bulging and thoracic spine radicular pain due to a lateral disc herniation at T11-12 that returned with bilateral disc prolapse and motor deficits. This was an all the more unusual type of thoracic disc herniation according to the physicians. (2) Surgeons are ready to do surgery for usual and unusual cases of thoracic disc herniation if the patient is so inclined.

SURGERY FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION

Surgery for thoracic disc herniation are complex and quite invasive due to its close proximity to the spine cord. Most thoracic disc herniations happen between T8 and L1. Surgeons explain that they would do surgery for intractable back or radicular pain, neurological deficits and myelopathy signs (often associated with large thoracic disc herniations that occupy more than 40% of the spinal canal. (3) For patients wanting a conservative option, Murfreesboro chiropractic care at Most Chiropractic Clinic offers such.

CHIROPRACTIC FOR THORACIC DISC HERNIATION

Most Chiropractic Clinic uses the gentle protocols of Cox® Technic to take care of the thoracic disc herniation. Your Murfreesboro chiropractor can be very specific in hand contact and relief with chiropractic care. Check out this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding  on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes a case of thoracic disc herniation and its relief with Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and chiropractic treatment.

CONTACT Most Chiropractic Clinic

Make your next Murfreesboro chiropractic visit today. Most Chiropractic Clinic recognizes the pain of a thoracic disc herniation and its unique clinical presentation like an abdominal bulge. Come by soon!

 
Most Chiropractic Clinic cares for thoracic disc herniation that for some patients prompts abdominal pain. 
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