Does Spinal Decompression really work?
May 27, 2009
In my last post, about whether or not back surgery still needed, I discussed the issue of whether or not back surgery was really the most effective solution for chronic back pain issues. Today I want to discuss the effectiveness of spinal decompression as a non surgical alternative for chronic back pain conditions like herniated or bulging discs, spinal stenosis, or even degenerative disc disease.
A lot of times, people come in complaining about back pain, and more often than not, its neither surgery nor spinal decompression that they need to help their back pain. Typically, a lot of the less severe issues can be helped with focused chiropractic adjustments. However, for those who come with those severe conditions that I mentioned above, then spinal decompression is the best options that they can take to help relieve their pain and avoid surgery. For the patients who truly are candidates for spinal decompression, there has been a much greater success rate in relieving their pain than that of spinal surgery without the long recovery period. In some instances, the patient is beyond what we can do to help them and need surgery. But with about 90% of the patients I see, that is not the case and spinal decompression can help them relieve their pain.
The bottom line here is that it really does work in the majority of cases that we accept for the treatment. Don’t just take my word on this, hear what some of our patients have to say about this:
“MY WHOLE LIFE CHANGED, NOT BEING ABLE TO ESCAPE THE DISABLING PAIN.”
I have been in pain for about 6 years and I have been going to different doctors and therapy. After having an MRI on my back, I was diagnosed with having three herniated discs. The pain was like a knife jabbing me in my buttocks down to my leg. My whole life changed, not being able to escape the disabling pain. Then I found a doctor with the Spinal Decompression. After going through treatments, painless treatments for about a year the pain had gone away 90%. Thank you to Hudson Center for Spinal Care!
Cecilia Pangilinan ~ Hoboken Accountant
“…THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE FOR RELIEF WITH EACH SURGERY OR INJECTIONS…”
Over three years ago, I fell and fractured my pelvis in two places, also herniated a disc, needless to say, the fracture healed but the herniated disc gave me constant pain. The orthopedic surgeon told me that there was no guarantee for relief with each surgery or injections. When I heard about the DRX9000 Machine, I came to see Dr. Chuldzinski who examined me and told me that I would get 70-75% relief. I had my 20 treatments and 1 year of maintenance and I must say that I feel 80% better.
Mary Papadeas ~ Springfield Housewife
Is back surgery really needed anymore?
May 20, 2009
More often than not, patients with chronic back pain issues come into my office concerned about a recommendation that they’ve been given by their doctor to have spinal surgery. To be honest with you, I can really understand where these patient’s concern lies. Back surgery is an extremely intensive procedure, that more often than not does not work in the long run. Patients who receive this treatment go through extreme pain as well as an extremely long recovery period.
There are plenty of conservative options available today for prospective patients before they take the leap into spinal surgery, and I think the biggest problem is a lack of awareness. One of the things we are finding is that we are able to restore normal spinal function and decrease pain by using non-surgical spinal decompression.
People are familiar with surgery as a cure, and less familiar with spinal decompression. Spinal decompression is different than spinal surgery because there are no cuts or incisions. Here is basically how it works: a patient is placed on a spinal decompression machine, in our office for example, we use the DRX 9000, for maximum spinal elongation. We are able to configure the machine for each case in order to lowers pressure in the specific disc that is causing the pain. In many cases, this creates a retraction of the disc. The best part for those suffering with herniated/bulging discs is that spinal decompression focuses on the damaged area, and not the whole spine. There is no pain and it is non-invasive.
In my opinion, this has been the #1 choice in relieving back pain and avoiding back surgery. We couple spinal decompression with rehabilitation to help aid the decompression machine to get the maximum benefits.
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