Austin TX Chiropractic Neurologist Alleviates Slipped Disc Pain Safely

By Bertulda Zerna


The chiropractor who has earned a doctorate provides pain relief for the client with a herniated disc in the same way any chiropractor does. They are distinguished one from the other by the extent of their educations. The licensed chiropractor completes four years of chiropractic college after the bachelors degree. The chiropractic neurologist spends additional years earning a doctorate. This prepares him to evaluate difficult cases. Austin Chiropractic Neurology offers evaluations of difficult cases.

The advanced training that the this professional undergoes extends to the doctoral level. Following undergraduate education, he or she completes 4,200 hours of classroom, lab work and clinical experience. He learns to evaluate clients with an eye out for subtle functional changes in the nervous system. This ability is honed over years of study and clinical practice under the direction of a certified individual in this field.

Finally, the student takes and passes intensive exams, both oral and written, given by the American Chiropractic Neurology Board, to be board certified in the field. She will maintain a high level of knowledge on current advances by reading professional journals and completing sixty hours of continuing education annually.

The term slipped disc is a variation on the technically correct term herniated disc. The spine is composed of individual vertebrae. These are small hollow bones separated by intervertebral discs. They separate all but the atlas supporting the head and the axis, the second cervical vertebra. They absorb shock and prevent the bones from rubbing together during movement.

If the cause of the problem is hard to pinpoint, a chiropractor with advanced neurological education will be consulted. In a herniated disc situation a portion of the disc protrudes from in between two vertebrae. Each disc has a soft, gel-like consistency contained within a fibrous outer shell. When the disc protrudes, that outer shell continues to contain the softer inner portion.

Disc degeneration may first be expressed as mild back pain and build slowly. Then a sudden sneeze may cause the disc to herniate. An evaluation will indicate the optimal way to relieve pressure and allow the herniation to heal.




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