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Largo Chiropractic Non-Surgical Relief for a Disc Herniation in the Neck

Guidelines are the way of healthcare today. There are best-evidence guidelines for everything from how to manage arthritis to heart disease to back pain. There are best-evidence guidelines for most professions from allergy and immunology to urology. Chiropractic care is in the mix as is back pain and neck pain management. Such guidelines offer a base for physicians like your Largo chiropractor to practice and Largo chiropractic patients to realize that  they are being treated with the best evidenced care. Healthcare guidelines keep evolving, and guidelines for neck pain due to cervical disc herniation point to an 8 to 12 week wait before surgical intervention which is just enough time for Largo chiropractic care at Hollstrom & Associates Inc to potentially thwart Largo back surgery for many.

In Europe, national guidelines for the non-surgical care of new onset neck pain or cervical radiculopathy (arm pain) are shared:  Supervised exercise with manual therapy. Exercise and manual therapy before medicine for neck pain. Acupuncture for neck pain. Traction for cervical radiculopathy. NSAIDs (oral or topical) and tramadol after careful consideration for both neck pain and cervical radiculopathy.  The guidelines also suggest informing the patient about warning signs, prognosis and advice to be active along with treatment.  (1) Good advice! Hollstrom & Associates Inc is devoted to Largo chiropractic patient education. Hollstrom & Associates Inc wants to be sure Largo patients know their spinal condition, comprehend the treatment plan to reduce pain, and embrace their role in achieving, maintaining and supporting the relief so that they do not have to suffer with arm pain or neck pain any longer than they have to or need to undergo Largo neck surgery.

A study of Dutch neurosurgeons reveals that 76.3% of them implement the anterior cervical discectomy with fusion for cervical spine disc herniation surgeries. This requires them to reach the cervical spine via the front of the neck, not the back. This surgical approach brings with it more risk for complications than just an anterior cervical discectomy, but the surgeons expect it to be more helpful for arm pain relief. Considering the risk, fortunately, the surgeons seek a minimum of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm pain in a patient before they operate. (2) That offers Largo chiropractic care just enough time to ease Largo neck pain.

In 8 weeks, Largo chiropractic care at Hollstrom & Associates Inc with Cox Technic can amaze! In a retrospective review of 39 patients treated with Cox Technic protocols for cervical spine in patients with cervical radiculopathy (arm pain), 13.2 treatments was the mean number of treatments to produce arm pain relief. (3) In 10 weeks, Cox Technic delivers a favorable clinical outcome that lasts! A 2 year follow up with a patient who had a C6-7 cervical disc herniation with radiculopathy arm pain revealed that subjective and objective signs or relief were steady. (4) In the conservative medical care arena, 83% patients with symptomatic cervical spine disc herniation with radiculopathy find relief in about 24 to 36 months with the most progress toward recovery happening in the first 4 to 6 months. (5) [companyname]] invites the challenge of Largo neck pain with radiculopathy with this knowledge and confidently deals with neck pain and arm pain due to cervical disc herniation with pain relief as the end result. The Largo treatment plan for cervical spine pain is ready for you!

Schedule a Largo chiropractic appointment today at Hollstrom & Associates Inc for neck pain and arm pain evaluation and Largo neck pain relieving non-surgical chiropractic treatment.

 
 
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