Background: A 32-year-old male barber with a 10-year history of chronic low back pain with left-sided radicular symptoms and cervicothoracic junction pain presented for Chiropractic care. He reported a history which included lumbar microdiscectomy, laminectomy, and multiple nerve root injections.
Intervention: Chiropractic care, according to the Advanced Biostructural Correction Protocol, was recommended twice weekly for twelve weeks, although the patient attended once weekly for the first three months.
Outcomes: The patient reported resolution of low back and cervicothoracic pain, reduced medication frequency and dose, and significant improvements in mood, work capacity, and family interactions. The patient was able to completely cease opioid use as a result of Chiropractic care.
Conclusion: This case describes improvement in chronic spinal pain, neurological findings, and patient-reported quality of life following chiropractic care in a patient with a history of lumbar spine surgery and long-term medication use. Further research is required to evaluate the potential role of chiropractic care in managing chronic post-surgical spinal pain and reducing medication reliance.
Author keywords: Chiropractic; Subluxation; Advanced Biostructural Correction Technique; ABC; Quality of Life; work capacity; microdiscectomy; post-surgery.
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