DEFINITION:
BETWEEN THE VERTEBRAE OF YOUR SPINE ARE 23 DISCS, WHICH ACT AS A SPACE AND SHOCK ABSORBER.  THESE DISCS HAVE SOFT, GEL-LIKE CENTERS SURROUNDED BY LAYERS OF FIBROUS TISSUES.  SOMETIMES DUE TO INJURY OR JUST AGING, THE MATERIAL IN THE MIDDLE OF A DISC PUSHES TO ONE SIDE OR EVEN RUPTURES.  THIS IS CALLED A BULGING OR HERNIATED DISC.  IT CAN OCCUR IN THE NECK (CERVICAL SPINE), UPPER BACK AND MID-BACK (THORACIC SPINE), AND LOW BACK (LUMBAR SPINE).

SYMPTOMS:

• PAIN  - THE SEVERITY AND LOCATION OF THE PAIN DEPENDS ON WHICH DISC IS HERNIATED AND HOW LARGE THE HERNIATION IS.
• PAIN THAT MAY SPREAD OVER THE BUTTOCKS, DOWN THE BACK OF ONE ORE BOTH THIGHS, AND INTO THE CALF
• NUMBNESS, TINGLING, OR WEAKNESS IN THE LEGS, FEET AND ARMS
• BOWL OR BLADDER CHANGES

IN SEVERE CASES, THERE OCCURS THE INABILITY TO FIND COMFORT EVEN WHILE LYING DOWN.

TREATMENT:

CHIROPRACTIC CARE IS A NON-SURGICAL OPTION THAT WORKS ON CORRECTING MISALIGNED OR OUT OF PLACE VERTEBRAE AND CAN REMOVE THE PRESSURE ON THE NERVE ENDINGS THAT LINE THE SURFACE OF THE JOINTS THAT COURSE THROUGH THE SPACE BETWEEN THE JOINTS, REDUCING PAIN AND IMPROVING FLEXIBILITY AND FUNCTION

DECOMPRESSION THERAPY IS ANOTHER NON-SURGICAL OPTION THAT IS OFFERED IN OUR CLINIC FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY FOR THIS OPTION.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS EXCITING THERAPY.