ArticleJournal of chiropractic medicine2013
Chiropractic management of postoperative spine pain: a report of 3 cases.
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- Clinician approaches to spinal manipulation for persistent spinal pain after lumbar surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2023Pooled it
- A description of serious adverse events following spinal manipulative therapy for adults with history of spine surgery: a single institution retrospective chart review.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2025Article
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Patients Undergoing Flexion Distraction Chiropractic Treatment: A Case Series.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2025Article
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- How manual therapy provided a gateway to a biopsychosocial management approach in an adult with chronic post-surgical low back pain: a case report.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2021Article
- Chiropractic Nimmo Receptor-Tonus Technique and McKenzie Self-Therapy Program in the Management of Adjacent Segment Disease: A Case Report.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2020Article
- Neural Mobilization in a 54-Year-Old Woman With Postoperative Spinal Adhesive Arachnoiditis.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2018Article
- Chiropractic management of post spinal cord stimulator spine pain: a case report.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2017Article
- Chiropractic Distraction Spinal Manipulation on Postsurgical Continued Low Back and Radicular Pain Patients: A Retrospective Case Series.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2016Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this case series is to describe chiropractic care including spinal manipulation for 3 patients with postsurgical spine pain. CLINICAL FEATURES: Three patients with postsurgical spine pain (1 cervical fusion, 1 lumbar discectomy, and 1 lumbar laminectomy) presented for chiropractic treatment at a major US medical center. Treatment included spinal manipulation and/or flexion-distraction mobilization based on patient response to joint loading strategies. INTERVENTION AND OUTCOMES: Two patients were treated with high-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulation; and 1 patient was treated with flexion-distraction mobilization. Treatment frequency and duration were 4 treatments over 4 weeks for case 1, 17 treatments over 7 years for case 2, and 5 treatments over 5 weeks for case 3. Subjective improvement was noted using numeric pain scores and functional changes; and upon completion, the patients reported being "satisfied" with their overall outcome. One episode of transient benign soreness was noted by 1 patient. No additional adverse events or effects were noted.
conclusionIn these 3 cases, patients with postsurgical spine pain responded positively to chiropractic care. Spinal manipulation/mobilization was tolerated without significant adverse effects.
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