Had this case today and thought I would share
26 year old male with acute deadlifting injury 7 weeks ago. He went to a chiro who took x rays, said his "alignment was off" per the patient and had been seeing him for 5 weeks without things getting significantly better, although maybe a bit ( likely from dessication). 2 weeks ago he went to a PMR doc who worked this MRI and here I come in...
Couple of key points. He is 26.. his 4-5 and 5-1 levels are dessicated already ( arent bright like the others) which shouldnt happen until later in life but from repetative axial loading i see this all the time.
I put arrows on here for you guys. This is a huge herniated hitting all his nerve roots...no way in the world was any chiro manipulation going to help this. All that treatment did was delay diagnosis and accurate treatment, patient is now more likely to be left with more permanent issues. You need to know what you are treating before you treat blindly.
26 year old male with acute deadlifting injury 7 weeks ago. He went to a chiro who took x rays, said his "alignment was off" per the patient and had been seeing him for 5 weeks without things getting significantly better, although maybe a bit ( likely from dessication). 2 weeks ago he went to a PMR doc who worked this MRI and here I come in...
Couple of key points. He is 26.. his 4-5 and 5-1 levels are dessicated already ( arent bright like the others) which shouldnt happen until later in life but from repetative axial loading i see this all the time.
I put arrows on here for you guys. This is a huge herniated hitting all his nerve roots...no way in the world was any chiro manipulation going to help this. All that treatment did was delay diagnosis and accurate treatment, patient is now more likely to be left with more permanent issues. You need to know what you are treating before you treat blindly.
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