Performance Enhancement Specialist-The National Academy of Sports Medicine Manipulation Under Anesthesia

This procedure is not for the typical chiropractic or physical therapy patient. MUA is reserved for patients who have reached a plateau in their care or have not found results with other conventional pain management techniques.

In an outpatient surgery center, patients undergo conscious sedation under an anesthesiologist’s supervision. This allows the patient’s muscles and joints to relax, thus the chiropractor is able work on the patient without their conscious protective mechanisms engaged.

Remember, this procedure is not for everyone but for those in chronic pain, the results are fantastic!

The Doctors Asks some important questions of interest to Rockville residents - Chiropractor Rockville The Doctors Asks...

Why is a "slipped disc" unlikely?
Separating each spinal vertebra is a disc. Its fibrous outer ring holds in a jelly-like material. Because of the way a disc attaches to the spinal bones above and below it, it can't actually "slip." However, a disc can bulge, tear, herniate, thin and collapse. But it can't slip.
Do nerves actually get pinched?
Chiropractors recognize two types of nerve disorders involved in subluxation. The least common is a pinched nerve that diminishes nerve supply to an affected organ or tissue. More common is the irritated nerve (facilitative lesion) which overexcites nerve communications to an affected organ or tissue. Chiropractic care has been shown to help with both types.

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