“What’s this, doc?” A question like this is always welcome at Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC. Sometimes there is a clear
answer, and sometimes there is not. It is a terrific discussion
starter though. These inquiries usually
turn up at some point in
the examination but sometimes occur
during a chiropractic treatment visit. They most times
disclose something useful toward pain relief
that both your La Grande chiropractor wants for you and you want for
yourself. Curious conditions may reveal
themselves via curious symptoms like this case of cervical
spine neck pain with a case of shingles.
CHIROPRACTIC EXAM AND TREATMENT
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC relies on the clinical
exam above anything else. Your La Grande chiropractor
listens first, tests second, and considers imaging in light
of the first two. Each adds a bit of info
to the diagnostic puzzle. In a newly published chiropractic case
report, a part of the puzzle arose from a strange
rash on a patient’s arm during his treatment plan for neck and arm pain.
His story involves coughing, fatigue, and congestion
that guided him to his primary care doctor. He received an
influenza and pneumococcal vaccine. The coughing provoked
some neck pain that led this 43 year old man to his
chiropractor for the neck pain that was described as constant,
sharp neck pain on the left with an aching, tingling sensation down his left arm (radiculopathy) specifically into
his left lateral arm, forearm, thumb and index finger. Clinical symptoms lead
to a diagnosis of a C5-6 disc herniation, a very common
cervical disc herniation level. Soon after, he saw
a rash on his left arm that his medical consultant identified
as herpes zoster shingles. Since it was too late to take an antiviral he took ibuprofen for the shingles pain. He experienced 5 cervical spine
treatments following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management cervical spine protocols in 5 weeks to resolve
the arm pain, decrease the arm rash, and reduce
the neck pain by 50%. Another 4 treatments over 12 weeks brought
about 80% reduced neck pain, complete
resolution of left arm pain, and faint shingles rash. The patient expressed
that he was back to normal. (1) Talk about unusual! Your La Grande
chiropractor is constantly on the lookout for
the unusual and ready to respond with an exam-based diagnosis
and a relieving treatment plan for La Grande neck
pain and back pain!
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Steven Baroody on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described
how his patient who came to the office with severe,
long-standing shoulder pain was doctored for shoulder pain with
no relief. Dr. Baroody’s exam found a cervical disc herniation causing pain. No wonder
the other treatments gave him no relief! Dr. Baroody treated
the patient with the pain-relieving Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Relieving care must start with the correct diagnosis!
Schedule your next La Grande
chiropractic visit soon. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC will perform
the appropriate examination to come up with the
proper diagnosis to deliver the best clinical outcome possible for
usual and unusual causes of back pain and neck pain. See you
soon!