“What’s this, doc?” A question like this is always welcome at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. Sometimes there is a clear
answer, and sometimes there is not. It’s a terrific starting point though. These queries usually
come up during
the exam but sometimes come up
during a chiropractic office visit. They always
reveal something useful toward pain relief
that both your McHenry chiropractor wants for you and you want for
yourself. Curious conditions may present
themselves via curious symptoms like this case of cervical
spine neck pain and a case of shingles.
CHIROPRACTIC EXAM AND TREATMENT
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic depends on the clinical
exam above anything else. Your McHenry chiropractor
listens first, tests second, and considers imaging in light
of the first two. Each lends a piece of data
to the diagnostic puzzle. In a newly published chiropractic case
report, a part of the puzzle arose from a peculiar
rash on a patient’s arm during his treatment plan for neck and arm pain.
His story entails coughing, fatigue, and congestion
that led him to his primary care doctor. He got an
influenza and pneumococcal vaccine. The coughing triggered
some neck pain that led this 43 year old male to his
chiropractor for the neck pain that was explained as constant,
sharp neck pain on the left with an aching, tingling sensation extending
into his left arm (radiculopathy) particularly into
his left lateral arm, forearm, thumb and index finger. Clinical symptoms lead
to a diagnosis of a C5-6 disc herniation, the most common
cervical disc herniation level. Soon after, he saw
a rash on his left arm that his medical doctor identified
as herpes zoster shingles. It
was too late for an antiviral, so he took ibuprofen for the pain related
to shingles. He experienced 5 cervical spine
treatments following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management cervical spine protocols in 5 weeks to resolve
the arm pain, decrease the arm rash, and lessen
the neck pain by 50%. Another 4 treatments over 12 weeks brought
about 80% less neck pain, complete
resolution of left arm pain, and faint shingles rash. The patient expressed
that he was back to normal. (1) Talk about unusual! Your McHenry
chiropractor is constantly looking for
the unusual and ready to respond with an exam-based diagnosis
and a relieving treatment plan for McHenry neck
pain and back pain!
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Check out this PODCAST
with Dr. Steven Baroody on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explained
how his patient who presented to the office with severe,
long-standing shoulder pain was doctored for shoulder pain with
no relief. Dr. Baroody’s exam revealed a cervical disc herniation causing pain. No wonder
the other treatments gave him no relief! Dr. Baroody treated
the patient with the pain-relieving Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Relieving care must start with the proper diagnosis!
Set your next McHenry
chiropractic visit today. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic will perform
the proper examination to come up with the
proper diagnosis to deliver the best clinical outcome possible for
usual and unusual causes of back pain and neck pain. Visit us
soon!
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