I have talked about chiropractic being similar to poker out, step therapy. And overall spinal balance is similar to fixing a car, try not to move too much and run as much as you can. When we first came into the world, the spine was good and great. When a car is first driven home from 4S it is also brand new and faultless. The life expectancy of a human is about 80 years, and the life expectancy of a car is about 20 years. Not very strict with a ratio, car: spine = 1:4, that is, every year of wear and tear of the car, equivalent to the spine aging 4 years. Our 40-year-old waist, equivalent to 10 years of running the car. The car should be often rubbed, the spine should often move the car to regular maintenance, the spine should be regularly checked Car repair can run for the king, the chiropractic balance for the king Repair the car for safe and smooth running, never repair into a brand new car, repair the car is not a repair never to be managed again, treatment of the spine is not pain not numb life enough, never cure into the teenage spine I do not know if you understand what I mean. We can not really repair the old car into a brand new car, unrealistic and not the purpose. Not moving the engine, the transmission all changed, but where to repair where broken. As long as we can repair almost, can make the car on the road more smoothly and safely run on the line. Old car repair don’t pursue racing speed, safe and smooth is good. Lumbar spine treatment, the doctor’s skill is like a car repair master, as simple as possible to move. Repairing the spine that has been strained for years to be as good as new is a good wish of many patients and is often heard in outpatient wards, but it is impossible and no one can do it. When expectations are too high, the more disappointment there is. My friends don’t blame me for telling the truth, it’s the real deal. Patients with mild lumbar disc herniation, after a short rest, their symptoms get better, without doctor’s intervention, the spine is still in balance, relying on their own ability to repair. In large herniations with heavy symptoms, the spine is often out of balance and the patient is unable to achieve balance on his own. This is when it’s the doctor’s turn to save the day. The doctor’s job is to take the unbalanced lumbar spine and try to move it as little as possible to reduce pain and symptoms and achieve a balance at some already aging level, just enough to live. Doctors can’t make gray hair black, and they can’t make an old back young either. There are 5 segments in the lumbar spine, and doctors generally repair 1-2 of the most serious segments, but do not over-repair the rest, and do not expect these segments to get better automatically, but must also pay careful attention to these segments in the future. Just like when we fill a bad tooth, we are not done, we still need to brush our teeth properly. Minimally invasive treatment of lumbar disc herniation is a bit like repairing a car, I advocate less harassment, less damage to the normal structure, and more for the patient. Intervertebral foraminoscopy uses a sleeve the thickness of a chopstick to reach the lesion area and remove the culprit that is compressing the nerve without unduly disturbing the normal tissue, so the patient is able to get off the floor immediately one minute after surgery and is discharged the same day. However, please remember that minimally invasive can only solve relatively minor problems and should be analyzed objectively, calmly and critically. The advantages and disadvantages of minimally invasive surgery should be clearly explained to patients, and even patients should be well trained to understand it in layman’s terms and find ways to make them understand it, even to the extent that their knowledge and understanding at a certain point is similar to that of doctors, so that patients can make their own choices in their own interest according to their own work and family specifics. It is the doctor’s duty and the patient’s sacred right to know the truth, to educate the patient, and to weigh the pros and cons. This article is written to give you a closer look at the disease of herniated discs, and the theory of car repair is an apt analogy for you to understand. Doctors are not omnipotent, they can only solve part of the disease, and sometimes there is nothing they can do about it. It is never easy to truly fix a car perfectly like new, and no master of high skills can guarantee that if you fix a car once, it will never break again. The more reliable idea is that the repair is stronger or much stronger than when it was not repaired.
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