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http://www.chiropracticnyc.com/disc-herniation-surgery Dr. Alex Eingorn provides conservative treatments for his patients with herniated discs. In this video Dr. Eingorn discusses how patients can know if surgery will be required.

So how do you know if a herniated disc will require surgery?

90% of herniated discs respond very well to conservative management and treatment, without surgery. Some of them may take a while but a surgical case would be the one that does not respond to conservative management, does not respond to non-surgical alternatives and these are the patients that fail conservative management. The quality of they life is affected so much that they cannot function. Those are the cases that will require surgery for a disc herniation.

Dr. Eingorn has seen patients in this unfortunate situation. There was a case few months ago where a patient came all the way from Iowa, and he has been treated for months with physical therapy and chiropractic care.

His disc was beyond natural repair. Part of the disc was lodged in the neural frame where the nerve root sits. It is like having a pebble in your shoe. Unless its removed no matter how much you wiggle, it is not going to help.

If you loose bowl or bladder control, those are typically the surgical cases.

What is a herniated disc?

Disc herniation occurs when the spongy discs surrounding the vertebrae of the spine become damaged leading to bulges and/or ruptures. While herniated discs do not necessarily cause symptoms, they are often quite painful. Some of the most common symptoms associated with disc herniation include weakness, numbness, and pain in the lower back, buttocks, and legs.

Non-surgical treatments for disc herniation

In most cases, herniations will resolve on their own or with the help of non surgical treatments, such as non surgical lumbar disc decompression or herniated discs chiropractic treatments. Typically a few months of treatment will resolve the issue without the need for invasive surgery.

Non surgical lumbar disc decompression and herniated discs chiropractic treatments are both considered quite effective and can often be used in conjunction with pain medications and physical therapy to achieve the desired results. Dr. Eingorn, like many physicians, also focuses on helping patients to develop healthy diet and exercise regimens to achieve and maintain a healthy spine.

Usually surgery will not be considered if improvements are seen within four weeks of the start of treatment. Patients of Dr. Eingorn are fortunate in that his expertise in non-surgical treatments is well known, and many of his patients have reported fast, long-lasting results. The healing of a herniation requires the material within the disc to be resorbed thus relieving the pain. Relatively fast results usually indicate that the body will be willing and eager to heal without surgical treatment.