Modic Changes: A Potential Predictor of Low Back Pain Recovery?
What are modic changes?
When you get a MRI - you might see bone marrow lesions within a vertebral body - this can often be associated with low back pain
Modic changes are deems of the vertebral endplates and subchondral bone, which is caused by endplate cracks
This is accompanied by increased vascular density, increased number of nerve endings and increased levels of pro inflammatory biomechanical mediators
They concluded that in fact modic changes did NOT influence the clinical course of back pain and were NOT prognostic factors for recovery
Low back pain is defined as pain, muscle tension and-or stiffness localised BELOW the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds , with OR without leg pain radiating to the knee
MRIs are now being discouraged to determine low back pain issues because of HIGH prevalence of degenerative changes in ASYMPTOMATIC people
Side note - what they are saying here is that you could get 100 people off the street, all get them to have low back MRI’s and many will show a disc problem or degenerative change but actually have NO pain-
- Remember pain is the LAST symptom for many people
EVIDENCE DOES SHOW that function, depression and education are STRONG prognostic factors for recovery
So coming to the chiropractor to improve function, listening to education about lifestyle factors you may need to change and meditation could be effective in helping your low back recovery
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REFERENCE
doi: 10.1007/s00586-011-1964-6
PMCID: PMC3296852PMID: 21837412
Are Modic changes prognostic for recovery in a cohort of patients with non-specific low back pain?
Anne Keller,
1 Eleanor Boyle,2,3 Thomas A. Skog,5 J. David Cassidy,2,4 and Erik Bautz-Holter1
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