Pinched Nerve, Strained Muscle or Osteoarthritis and Spinal Decompression Surrey

 Pinched Nerve, Strained Muscle or Osteoarthritis and Spinal Decompression Surrey

 

Health Historically, chiropractors primarily treated conditions that originated from a pinched nerve. Of course, chiropractors still take care of symptoms from pinched nerves, but also treat many other types of neuro-musculo-skeletal conditions. We use spinal decompression as one of our treatment approaches in our Surrey office. Sometimes it can be difficult to determine whether the pain is coming from a muscle, joint or nerve. Nerve pain can mimic lots of different problems. A muscle pain that does not resolve with time or conservative treatment could possibly be an entrapped nerve. A joint that has pain where the pain can’t be reproduced by local testing may also be a pinched nerve. A nerve that is irritated in the spine doesn’t always produce pain at the site of irritation. It can produce pain along the travelled course of the nerve. Injury to only the sciatic nerve that originates in the lower back, can produce pain or numbness in only the foot, calve or hamstring muscle or any combination. Nerve entrapment in the spinal column is

 typically caused by a misalignment of vertebrae, a herniated or bulging disc, joint inflammation or osteoarthritis (spinal degeneration). There are other causes but not as common. When a nerve is irritated at the spinal level, pain is only one of the symptoms that may be felt. Burning, aching, numbness, tingling, itchiness, muscle twitching and muscle atrophy are a few other symptoms related to nerve pressure. How does one know that they have nerve irritation or nerve pressure in the spinal column? Chiropractors have the tools in their offices to help make a diagnosis of nerve pressure. Other testing such as CT Scans and MRI’s are also helpful in determining these problems. Sometimes a nerve problem can be helped by applying ice to the area. This may help the nerve by decreasing the swelling of the nerve. Other times, depending on the cause, ice does not help. In chiropractic care we use spinal manipulation and adjustment, some therapy-modalities, spinal traction and decompression therapy* and cold laser therapy* to help manage and alleviate the symptoms of nerve entrapment. Spinal decompression is an adjunct to traditional

 chiropractic techniques. Essentially it is a modern version of spinal traction. In the case of a pinched nerve that is due to a herniated disc or spinal stenosis the pressure on the nerve needs to be alleviated. We use traditional chiropractic techniques to take away the rotation and spinal decompression to pull the pressure off the nerve. These techniques can be extremely effective when treating the pinched nerve syndrome. The chiropractic profession continues to research the complexities of the pinched nerve syndrome. Advances are being made at a rapid rate. Patients should always seek the advice and services of the chiropractic profession in the above circumstances. We use decompressive therapy in our Surrey location as an adjunct in the treatment of a “pinched nerve.”