“Can a chiropractor help with a disc hernia?”

Yes, with decompression therapies, manipulation to the spine and other therapy treatments

Yes, I see many patients with disc bulges and herniations. Your history and MRI results are very important in the direction of care

I don't do backs or necks

Hernias can be helped by chiropractic if they are mild to moderate (Type 1 or 2). Your body has an incredible ability to heal itself if you give it the chance, and chiropractic adjustments, flexion/distraction, and other methods help the body heal.

Absolutely. Herniated discs respond extremely well when treatment is performed by a doctor certified in Cox Distraction and VAX-D depending on the type of herniation. Jay H Schwartz, DC, DIBCN, DIBE

Sometimes chiropractic manipulation can help alleviate pain from an herniated disc. Often the pain resolves in 6 weeks with regular therapy and time. Occasionally, surgery is necessary. Christopher B Michelsen, MD, FAOA, FAAOS, FACS Col (Ret) USA Professor (Emeritus) Orthopaedic Surgery Columbia University, College of P&S

Hello and good morning! Apologies on answering this question super late. The simple answer, yes absolutely! The detailed answer to the question is through chiropractic distraction of the joint space. Imagine squeezing an Oreo cookie and the icing in the middle expands outwards past the cookie. What would you do to bring the icing back into the cookie so it is not expanding past the cookie? You would lift the cookie up and push the icing back into the cookie. Essentially this analogy is meant to serve how distraction of the joint space allows the nuclear material within the disc to recede back into the disc. With long axis distraction, which is stretching the spine in the y-plane (vertical plane) we are allowing that to happen. Now the treatment for bulging discs/herniations takes time. Depending on the size of the herniation it may take weeks to sometimes months for the disc bulge/herniation to recede back into the disc. However, with research, and scientific data; this method of treatment absolutely works! Hope this answers your question! Christopher Wydler D.C.

Yes but you need Find a Dr certified in the Cox Flexion Distraction Technique
https://www.coxtechnic.com/physicians.aspx