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Relief of Symptoms in
Cervical Spinal Stenosis Through Specific Chiropractic
From the June 2004 issue of the peer reviewed scientific
journal, The Journal of Manipulative and Physiological
Therapeutics, comes a documented case study of a 70 year
old woman who was injured in a side-impact motor vehicle
accident. The report noted that within hours of the
accident, the woman developed headaches, neck pain, and
a burning sensation on the left side of her face and the
entire left side of her body, including her arms and
legs.
She was taken to the emergency room where an MRI was
performed and she was initially diagnosed as having had
a CVA (cerebral vascular accident or stroke). Later she
was seen by a neurologist who felt that she had not
suffered a CVA and after additional tests her diagnosis
was changed to "cervical myelopathy". Cervical
myelopathy is a form of spinal cord injury resulting in
spinal cord compression. A cervical MRI was performed
and revealed significant spinal stenosis with spinal
cord deformation.
The patient started chiropractic care two weeks after
the accident. She stated that her goal was to avoid
spinal surgery. Her symptoms included headaches, neck
pain, and a problem she described as an “odd sensation
like my left face, body, arm, and leg are hot and
burning.”
Specific chiropractic care was initiated and the patient
was adjusted each office visit for 18 sessions over 55
days at a frequency of 3 times per week for the first 2
weeks and then once per week for the duration of the
treatment period. Within just two weeks the patient
reported that her burning sensation had decreased by
about 90%. She also experienced quick resolution of her
muscular aches and pains. In just under 2 months the
patient had reported complete resolution of her
symptoms.
In this study the author concluded, "Resolution of the
signs and symptoms of cervical stenosis with MRI-documented
spinal cord compression through chiropractic techniques
is reported." In other words, this patient was spared
surgery and the quality of her life was dramatically
improved.
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