Medical Treatment for Frozen Shoulder

 

Treating adhesive capsulitis can take time and sometimes the symptoms associated with frozen shoulder can stay with a person for many months and even years. Treatment for frozen shoulder is typically based on the severity of the condition. Your orthopedic doctor can assess whether you have shoulder contracture and recommend a good treatment regimen based on your condition.

There are certain shoulder exercises that may be helpful for adhesive capsulitis, and Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs and cortisone injections may also prove beneficial.

Back Pain: Groundbreaking 3D Models Help in Pre-Surgical Planning

People who suffer from back pain know how difficult it can be to discover the exact problems within their backs. Even more difficult is finding the right treatment. Often chiropractic therapies are effective because their holistic approach in actually handling the spine of a conscious patient. An experienced chiropractor has a sort of sixth sense aided by an enhanced sense of touch and an awareness of pain. Sometimes physical therapists have a similar understanding. However even they cannot know for certain what lies on the inner side of a human spine. Though they palpate, and interpret tension in parts of the back to gain an understanding of the spine, they aren't all knowing.

Unfortunately when chiropractic therapies fail because of bone or disk deterioration, or other severe damage, one is forced to go to an Orthopaedic Surgeon Tulsa. Back surgery should always a last resort as treatment for a back ache. Unfortunately with lower back pain it is sometimes the only answer. Only after one has tried every other resource, worn back braces and seen many physical therapists and received spinal decompression therapy from a few different chiropractors should they consider surgery.

A groundbreaking new diagnostic tool enables surgeons to prepare better for a specific surgery. 

ACRM Corp has brought a whole new dimension to back pain diagnostics and pre surgery evaluation. The new process creates a three dimensional model of a specific patient's spine, based on CT and MRI scans. This enables the surgeon to completely examine and even practice on a working replica of the patient's entire back in a way previously impossible. The procedure is brand new and so many orthopedic surgeons still aren't using it. Eventually it is expected to become the industry standard. Eventually 3D models of each spine will probably be made mandatory before surgery.

The cost of an average 3D model is only a thousand dollars, or about half the price of an MRI scan. Back surgeries often cost over $100,000 dollars. Thus having a 3D model created is quite cost effective as an additional diagnostic tool which will improve the outcome of a costly and dangerous procedure. Patients should request, or at least suggest 3D models to their orthopedic surgeons who may not be aware of this very recent development. 3D models might also be useful to chiropractors and in other non surgical situations as well. This is new technology and there is no way to predict how it may be used in the future.