Chiropractic Help For Paresthesia

The Journal of J Manipulative Physiological Therapy described a recent case of chiropractic therapy for a patient suffering from paresthesia on the left side. Her Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) reports also documented cervical spinal cord deformation secondary to cervical spinal stenosis.

A special education teacher, the 70-year old female has neck pain, headaches and paresthesia on the entire left side of her body. She had started experiencing these symptoms within a few hours of getting injured in a side-impact motor vehicle accident. Before taking chiropractic help, she had been incorrectly diagnosed with a cerebrovascular accident.

Initially, the chiropractor conducted diagnostic studies on the patient. This led to the revealing of cervical spinal stenosis with deformed spinal cord. For treating her condition, two manipulative techniques based on the theory of relief of adverse mechanical neural tension were used. These included Advanced Biostructural Therapy and Atlas Coccygeal Technique.

Within a few sessions incorporating the manipulative techniques mentioned above, the patient felt complete relief from neck pain, headaches and paresthesia. The non-intrusive intervention methods used for her treatment are unique to the chiropractic profession. Even after one year of her accident, the patient remained free from symptoms at the long-term follow-up with the chiropractor.

To summarize, chiropractic therapy involves various manipulative methods that can help in the treatment of cervical spinal stenosis. The case reported impressive short-term and long-term response of a patient with cervical spinal stenosis and spinal cord deformation to unconventional, unique techniques of chiropractic care. While existing reports of manipulative management of paresthesia suggest that traditional therapy is not effective or even recommended, this case throws fresh light on the scope of chiropractic management for cervical spinal stenosis.

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