Ashburn Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Relief at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn

Chiropractic eases conditions like spinal stenosis. Spinal stenosis is all around us today. Why? An aging population. We are all aging, and when we get to a certain age, our bodies reward us with conditions like spinal stenosis. There is no problem, though! Chiropractic care is a solution for many spinal stenosis pain patients. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn offers gentle, evidence-based chiropractic care in the form of Cox Technic to help control and relieve back pain due to spinal stenosis.

Lumbar spinal stenosis may be the result of any of a number of issues like a disc herniation, disc bulge or contained disc, synovial cyst. Any issue that narrows the spinal canal area that causes less space for the spinal nerves and other elements may cause spinal stenosis and pain. Surgeons and medical device companies offer surgical means to reduce spinal stenosis and open the spinal canal area. Conservative care back pain specialists like chiropractors and your Ashburn chiropractor at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn offer non-surgical means - like Ashburn spinal manipulation and mobilization which are reported to positively affect the water flow and diffusion into the disc, keeping it healthy (1) - to do the same thing: reduce spinal stenosis and open the spinal canal area.

A comparison of surgical and conservative treatments of spinal stenosis explains that conservative care leads in outcomes. At 6 months post-care – surgical or non-surgical – no significant differences are reported in the spinal stenosis patients. At 12 and 24 months post-care, the surgical spinal stenosis patients had higher disability scores. Surgical spinal stenosis patients experienced higher complication rates than the conservative care spinal stenosis patients. Based on their reviews of the published data, the researchers still don’t feel that there is conclusive proof to recommend surgical or non-surgical care to lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers. (2) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn submits that a trial of 30 days seeking 50% improvement for most Ashburn back pain patients with research-documented chiropractic care following the protocols of the Cox Technic System of Care. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is a good place to start!

Those spinal stenosis patients who show 33% to 50% improvement in pain at 2 weeks of care have increased odds of 6 to 7 times higher to have 50% improvement at their 6 months’ disability follow up. (3) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn looks for Ashburn pain relief as early as possible, and the treatment plan is geared that way. In some cases, a small percent of patients, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn may consult a Ashburn spinal stenosis patient on a daily basis at the start of care. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn takes good care of our Ashburn lumbar spinal stenosis patients!

And finally Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn relies on its experienced clinical judgment and evidence of a patient’s not improving as expected to order more imaging or schedule a surgical consultation if needed. (4) It’s fully outlined in the algorithms of decision making that guide our Cox Technic system of spine pain management and lumbar spinal stenosis.

Schedule your Ashburn chiropractic appointment today. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn offers experience in relieving Ashburn back pain because of spinal stenosis.