Who Qualifies For MUA?
In general,
patients selected for Manipulation Under
Anesthesia are those with certain neck,
mid-back, low-back or other spinal
conditions that have received conservative
care for six to eight weeks with limited or
no improvement in symptoms or objective
findings.
MUA may
also be appropriate for those patients that
still experience pain after undergoing
various invasive treatments such as surgery.
Common
indications for Manipulation Under
Anesthesia include neck, middle and lower
back pain, chronic muscle pain and
inflammation, acute and chronic muscle
spasm, chronic fibrositis, nerve entrapment,
disk pathology including herniated disks,
torticollis and failed back surgery.
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