“What’s this, doc?” A question like this is always welcome at Cross Chiropractic Center. Sometimes there is a clear
answer, and sometimes there is not. It’s a great discussion
starter though. These queries typically
surface at some point in
the exam but sometimes occur
during a chiropractic treatment visit. They always
disclose something useful toward pain relief
that both your Sandy Springs chiropractor wants for you and you want for
yourself. Interesting conditions may present
themselves via curious symptoms like this case of cervical
spine neck pain and a case of shingles.
CHIROPRACTIC EXAM AND TREATMENT
Cross Chiropractic Center relies on the clinical
exam more than anything else. Your Sandy Springs chiropractor
listens first, tests second, and considers imaging in light
of the first two. Each adds a piece of info
to the diagnostic puzzle. In a recent chiropractic case
report, a part of the puzzle came from a peculiar
rash on a patient’s arm during his care for neck and arm pain.
His story encompasses 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 took this 43 year old man to his
chiropractor for the neck pain that was described as constant,
sharp neck pain on the left with an aching, tingling sensation down 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. Later on, he noticed
a rash on his left arm that his medical consultant diagnosed
as herpes zoster shingles. It
was too late for an antiviral, so he took ibuprofen for the pain related
to shingles. He underwent 5 cervical spine
treatments following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management cervical spine protocols in 5 weeks to ease and get rid of
the arm pain, reduce the arm rash, and decrease
the neck pain by 50%. Another 4 treatments in 3 months resulted in 80% reduced 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 Sandy Springs
chiropractor is always on the lookout for
the unusual and ready to respond with an exam-based diagnosis
and a relieving treatment plan for Sandy Springs neck
pain and back pain!
CONTACT Cross Chiropractic Center
Check out this PODCAST
with Dr. Steven Baroody on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described
how his patient who presented to the office with severe,
long-standing shoulder pain was treated 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 Sandy Springs
chiropractic visit today. Cross Chiropractic Center will do
the appropriate examination to suitable the
proper diagnosis to deliver the best clinical outcome likely for
usual and unusual causes of back pain and neck pain. Visit us
soon!