【香港執業脊醫協會 】紐約醫療朱君璞脊醫和澳洲脊醫學院發表的一項研究案例，發現胸腰椎間盤突出症可以是夜間遺尿症的隱藏原因。經過脊骨神經科脊椎矯正，突破恢復了多年夜間尿床的習慣。
研究中一名30歲的男性，有4年的慢性背痛病史，他抱怨最近在一周前打籃球時扭傷，背痛發現劇烈的疼痛一直扯到下背部和臀部的地方。到醫院的時候，磁共振成像顯示有明顯的椎間盤突出水壓迫T12 / L1脊髓。在經過兩星期的脊醫治療後，他的搖肺部活動能力明顯增加。很意外的，患者長年的晚上尿床習慣也突然消失。
遺尿症又叫尿床，是指在不適當的時間或是不適當的地點，產生的正常排尿情況。遺尿症有別於一般的尿失禁，因為遺尿症是一個完整的排尿過程，只不過在這個排尿過程當中，病人並未意識到他有排尿的感覺。椎間盤突出症是遺尿症的一個經常被忽視的原因。研究發現胸腰椎間盤突出症是引起的脊髓壓迫的罕見結果。
在沒有嚴重的脊髓病的情況下，醫生團隊主張用非手術治療和定期監測治療椎間盤突出的症狀。手術治療通常是在保守治療的過程中得不到療效，才會使用侵入性的方法且走椎間盤的壓迫。脊骨神經治療主要是包括脊椎矯正、肌肉刺激、或者是機械人脊椎牽引。經過二個星期的脊醫治療後，神經痛得到了舒緩，椎間盤突出也縮回和消退。
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