Why X-rays? | Why X-rays? |
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| Written by Dr Craig Pointon | |||||
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X-rays are a valuable diagnostic tool. for the following reasons. - provide a record of the state of the structural state of your spine - enable disease processes to be ruled out - locate fractures or other signs of trauma - can be used to identify evidence of long term spinal decay - can confirm other diagnostic findings such as posture. It is important that your chiropractor can collect as much information as possible about your condition. For example, these x-rays are of individuals who presented with mild low back pain.
And the slippage of one bone on another and subsequent disc damage in the second? (called a 'spondylolisthesis', for all you spelling bee fans!) And this posture-pro examination of an individual seemed to indicate a neck problem - forward head posture the culprit again?
However, the X-ray shows there was plenty of curve in the neck - in this case it was excessive stoop in the chest (over 50% increased) which was causing the problem. At Mawson Lakes Chiropractic we refer our x-rays to specialists in X-ray imaging. You can be sure that they take all precautions to reduce the amount of X-ray exposure. In fact current research indicates that X-rays in low dosage are not as harmful as once thought.1 1. |
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