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Originally Posted by fabdou
malawigirl, almost EVERYONE over the age of 30-35 has degenerative changes in their lower spine. It is a part of the aging process. There is no way any clinician can attribute the diagnosis of SFPN to those degenerative changes based on plain X-rays. At the least, a CT scan or an MRI would be required to show compressive changes to your nerve roots of stenosis of your spinal canal. As Glenntaj states, neuropathy secondary to degenerative changes is usually one sided and not localized to just the feet. I would not recommend paying for chiropractic therapy in this instance
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Fabdou is absolutely right. The chiropractor would not treat your degenerative changes. No one can....it's a diagnostic imaging finding...who knows if those changes are generating pain? One never knows if they are symptomatic since according to the literature, 80% of a population at age 50 will demonstrate degenerative changes on x-ray (don't know how many of these hurt though). Manipulative therapy is very good for musculosketetal pain disorders, certainly not clear cut in your case, and I think would be worthy on a trial basis if nothing else is helping you.
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