Long Term Pain Relief With Manipulation Under Anesthesia
Sunday, March 4th, 2012Anyone who has long-term pain syndromes may consider manipulation under anesthesia as an alternative treatment to painkillers and surgery. Basic conditions that may lead to this procedure are acute and chronic neck pain, joint pain, back pain, shortened muscles, muscle spasms, and fibrous adhesions (scar tissue).
Pain due to a problem with frozen shoulder, neck, low back, or thoracic problem along with maybe pain in the pelvic/sacroiliac may be treated with MUA. The treatment is safe can can replace a potentially dangerous medical procedure at pain clinics in Phoenix AZ. There are three methods of anesthesia used to perform the procedure.
1. During mild sedation
2. Under general anesthesia
3. After injection into the specific area being worked on with anesthetic
Specialists working as a team look out for the person’s safety at a medical surgery facility, typically an outpatient surgery center. Typically there is a chiropractor or physician performing the MUA, the assistant, and the anesthesiologist on the case.
Unlike typical chiropractor procedures, MUA is performed in an outpatient surgery center, not an office setting such as with a chiropractor Phoenix.
The primary goal of MUA is to break down scar tissue in the problem area. The manipulation uses specific short lever manipulations to break this up.
Although the term MUA may be new to lots of people, the procedure has been in existence for over 6 decades, having secured its own CPT code a long time ago.
Who Receives Treatment
Most spinal manipulation procedures are done for back and neck injuries, but not all require an MUA, and some doctors might hesitate to perform manipulations based on several factors such as the medical condition. One of the primary reasons an MUA is done is for adhesive capsulitis, also termed frozen shoulder.
Other treatment and care is often attempted prior to spinal adjustments, but if those efforts prove to be ineffective, an MUA is the next step. Scar tissue can build up which aggravates spinal joints and over time this may cause chronic pain in the area.
While epidural injections, PT, and chiropractic Chandler AZ treatments often give temporary relief from pain, they don’t treat the underlying issue with scarring. Spine surgery does not often address this and the situation may worsen. MUA gives lasting results for chronic neck and back pain.
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