Avoid Sciatica Surgery With Chiropractic Therapy

Avoid Sciatica Surgery With Chiropractic Care in Prescott

Weary Chiropractic Clinic works with countless sciatica patients here in our Prescott office, and many of these individuals were worried that they might require surgery to alleviate their pain. The most recent research indicates that a large number of people don't need surgery for this widespread issue, and that chiropractic treatment is more successful at resolving sciatic nerve pain.

A common surgery for sciatica is microdiscectomy, and in a 2010 study, specialists looked at 80 individuals with sciatica who were referred for this procedure.

Forty patients were then randomly placed in one of two groups. The first group received surgical microdiscectomy and the second group was given chiropractic care.

Both groups improved; however, no noticeable difference in outcome was recorded one year post-treatment between the surgery group and the chiropractic group. Furthermore, roughly sixty percent of the participating subjects who could not find relief from any other treatment approach "benefited from spinal manipulation to the same degree as if they underwent surgical intervention."

Simply put, chiropractic treatment offered the same positive benefits as surgery without needing to go through the greater levels of surgery-based pain or suffer through drawn-out recovery times often associated with that particular treatment method. Plus, you also don't run the risks associated with surgical microdiscectomy, which includes nerve root damage, bowel or bladder incontinence, bleeding, or infection.

We Can Help Clients Find Relief From Sciatica Pain

Surgery ought to be the last option for sciatica pain. If you live in Prescott and you're experiencing back problems or sciatica, give Weary Chiropractic Clinic a call today at (928) 778-2227. We'll help determine the origin of your discomfort and work hard to get you help and living pain free.

References

• McMorland, G et al. Manipulation or microdiskectomy for sciatica? A prospective randomized clinical study. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2010;33(8):576-584.
• Solberg TK, Nygaard OP, Sjaavik K, Hofoss D, Ingebrigtsen T. The risk of "getting worse" after lumbar microdiscectomy. European Spine Journal 2005;14(1):49-54.