People are understandably reluctant to have surgery to relieve back or neck pain. The outcomes are unpredictable. Peyton Manning, the famous football quarterback, had suffered from neck pain for years. After 14 seasons playing for the Indianapolis Colts, he had surgery for a herniated disc in his neck. When he woke from surgery, the pain was gone. However, when he tried to sit up, his right arm buckled beneath him. The surgeons explained that the disc had been pressing on a nerve and it would take a while for normal function to return.
Two weeks later, the arm was still weak and the grip of his right hand-;his throwing hand-;was seriously affected. A quarterback who can’t throw a football is out of a job. A second surgery was performed in virtual secrecy. When he was eventually able to begin training, the first football he threw went five yards. Eventually, he went on to play the best football of his life at the age of 37 and after multiple injuries. Many people credit his recovery to sheer force of will.
It’s probably safe to assume that Peyton Manning had the best surgeons and treatment available. Yet, the first surgery almost ended his career. The neck is an extremely complicated and fragile structure.
Surgical outcomes for back or neck pain are often not effective. The National Institutes of Health published a study concerning a 35 year old woman who had had two surgeries for chronic and disabling neck pain and spasms. Neither surgery relieved her pain. Five years after the second surgery, surgeons recommended that she undergo a third surgery. She decided to try chiropractic intervention instead.
Conservative chiropractic manipulation relieved her pain in a month. The researchers reviewed her progress repeatedly during the following two years and there was no recurrence of her former chronic pain. Researchers concluded that even when someone has had surgeries in the past, manual and instrumental chiropractic adjustment can be a safe and effective approach.
There’s a reason that most insurance companies are willing to pay for chiropractic treatment for whiplash after a car accident. It’s effective and far less costly than surgery. Anyone suffering from chronic Neck Pain in Austin TX, should seriously consider chiropractic instead of surgery. Kapsner Chiropractic Centers focuses on finding the cause of symptoms and then correcting the Neck Pain in Austin TX.
