“What’s this, doc?” A question like this is always welcome at Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic. Sometimes there is a clear
answer, and sometimes there is not. It is a terrific discussion
starter though. These questions usually
come up at some point in
the examination but sometimes surface
during a chiropractic office visit. They most times
disclose something useful toward pain relief
that both your Eugene chiropractor wants for you and you want for
yourself. Curious conditions may show
themselves via interesting symptoms like this case of cervical
spine neck pain concurrent with a case of shingles.
CHIROPRACTIC EXAM AND TREATMENT
Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic counts on the clinical
exam more than anything else. Your Eugene chiropractor
listens first, tests second, and considers imaging in light
of the first two. Each lends a bit of data
to the diagnostic puzzle. In a newly published chiropractic case
report, a part of the puzzle arose from a strange
rash on a patient’s arm during his care for neck and arm pain.
His story involves coughing, fatigue, and congestion
that led him to his primary care doctor. He received an
influenza and pneumococcal vaccine. The coughing triggered
some neck pain that led 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) specifically into
his left lateral arm, forearm, thumb and index finger. Clinical symptoms indicated 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 consultant identified
as herpes zoster shingles. Since it was too late to take an antiviral he took ibuprofen for the shingles pain. 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 lessen
the neck pain by 50%. Another 4 treatments over 12 weeks brought
about 80% decreased neck pain, complete
resolution of left arm pain, and faint shingles rash. The patient felt he was back to normal. (1) Talk about unusual! Your Eugene
chiropractor is constantly on the lookout for
the unusual and ready to respond with an exam-based diagnosis
and a relieving treatment plan for Eugene neck
pain and back pain!
CONTACT Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Steven Baroody on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described
how his patient who came to the office with severe,
long-standing shoulder pain was doctored for shoulder pain with
no relief. Dr. Baroody’s exam found a cervical disc herniation causing pain. It’s not surprising, then, that
the other treatments resulted in no relief! Dr. Baroody treated
the patient with the pain-relieving Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Relieving care always
starts with the correct diagnosis!
Set your next Eugene
chiropractic visit soon. Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic will do
the proper 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!