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Apr 1, 2022 Vol. 37 Hani Times Acupuncture

Pain Management

Case Study: Disc Extrusion On 17 Years Old Boy

Do not rule out the possibility of disc herniation among younger age groups.

disc herniation caused by were prescribed to reduce disc at any time. Most low back
compression of the vertebral damage and inflammation, pain is often a minor sprain,
disc, pinching the nerve's and at the same time, but it is not impossible to
root from the back to the leg. motion style acupuncture have no disc herniation
This is because the patient's treatment (MSAT), which just because the patient
lower back hurts more when could immediately reduce is a teenager. These days,
coughing or laughing out loud, the pain that occurred, teenagers have to study a
or sitting for a long time, was performed. And for a lot and do a lot of exercises,
and the body is bent to one more specific and detailed so if the teenager usually
side due to the pain caused diagnosis, magnetic resonance sits for a long time for a
by the nerve compression. imaging (MRI) was requested. test or assignment and
Moreover, when I saw the The following week, the suddenly engages in active
X-ray result that day, the patient and his mother sports such as basketball,
△If lower back pain lasted more than two weeks with
radiating pain on the hip through the legs, it could have space between the 4th and came back to my clinic, and skiing, or snowboarding,
resulted from disc herniation. Imageⓒshutterstock_My 5th lumbar vertebrae was they were surprised that they may have a big problem
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noticeably narrower than the MRI results came out with the disc between the
the other spaces. It may exactly as I had expected. spine. Excessive pressure
even his right hip and leg be because of the cartilage Both discs between lumbar will be added to the disc.
By Winston Lee
started to hurt. He tried bone between them, the 4/5 and lumbar 5/sacrum Through this process, the
L. Ac., Ph.D., KMD
physical therapy and other disc protruding, so the protrude, and the size of disc slowly collapses and
acupuncture treatments space between vertebrae the protrusion was also can be moved back. Several
A patient visited my clinic several times but with little has narrowed. quite large. Because of this cases overlook back pain
on Christmas Eve afternoon. effect. So he came to see me In this case, the patient and condition, acupuncture and miss the appropriate
A 17-year-old male high on Christmas Eve. his mother were informed and physical therapy for treatment time, leading to
school student with his The patient is young and that it would not be a regular the past two months were bigger problems such as
mother came here to see male. I thought it was a back sprain and explained ineffective. surgery later.
me, and he said that he general muscle strain or a that the probability of a He showed significant Therefore, do not look down
had been exercising badly back sprain. However, when herniated disc, a so-called improvement after the herbal on kids' back pain just
two months ago, and since I examined it, I thought it 'disc,' was very high. At the medicine and acupuncture because they are too young,
then, his back has hurt, and might be a kind of vertebral same time, herbal medicines treatment I prescribed. In and if the back pain lasts
addition, since the accurate for more than two weeks,
diagnosis was made through or the pain extends to the
X-ray and MRI, both the buttocks and legs, including
patient and his mother are the back, and the symptoms
more confident and satisfied. get worse with coughing
If the patient did not know or loud laughter, this is
that it was such a serious most likely a disc-related
disc herniation and ignored it problem. Doctors need to
at that time, I think it could warn the patient to have
lead to motor or sensory a disc-related condition
paralysis or, in severe cases, and refer this patient to a
to surgery. diagnostic center such as
Even at such a young age, X-ray or MRI and provide
disc herniation can happen appropriate treatment.

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