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| A herniated disc can cause various problems throughout the body. Surgery is often recommended, but is not as often necessary. If you think you may have, or have been diagnosed with, a herniated, bulging or degenerative disc, you owe it to yourself to come by Core Wellness Center for a second opinion to discuss possible non-surgical therapy. |
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Herniated Discs Don't Require Surgery
By Dean Moyer
Author of Rebuild Your Back
So there you are…
The results are back from that MRI you didn’t really want in the first place and the doctor is standing there telling you that you’ve got a couple of herniated discs… and he’s using words like ‘degenerative disc disease...’ and you’re thinking, “Oh my God, I’ve got a disease?”
And now he’s saying something else that you don’t quite get because all of a sudden you’ve got a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach and your head’s feeling a little light… but the word ‘surgery’ was in there somewhere... and you’re trying to pay attention while at the same time you’re slowly seeing your life slipping away… |
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Study Shows Herniated Discs Do Heal
Fortunately, there have been a number of major breakthroughs along those lines starting a few years back when two doctors set out to test a theory. They decided to test it on 24 consecutive patients with cervical disc herniations. All the patients were diagnosed via MRI to have disc herniations greater than 4mm. All complained of arm pain and “the majority had neurological deficits,” which means there was serious nerve impingement and they were experiencing things like numbness and tingling in their arms, hands and shoulders. The doctors opted to treat their patients without surgery. Which is pretty surprising when you consider that, based on their symptoms, these patients were prime surgical candidates.
I don’t think I can overstress that point. These were not just people with ordinary neck pain and minor disc bulges. This study was conducted on people who fell into the one to two percent range for whom surgery would typically be recommended. Which makes the results that much more exciting when we learn that “22 of the 24 had good or excellent outcomes” and “19 of 22 returned to work at the same job.”
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Only 2 of the participants actually had to have surgery, which seems to indicate that perhaps even from within the small percentage of people for whom surgery “might be beneficial” only a tiny fraction of those surgical procedures are actually necessary.
In other recent studies, sequential MRI scans done at six month intervals found that larger disc herniations DO NOT correlate with a poor prognosis. As Ian McNab, MD said of disc herniations… “90% of patients will get better and stay better with conservative care.”
There is a lot of information here to digest. And it may conflict with what many doctors consider to be proper treatment for disc herniations. But such information cannot be ignored. Given the costs and potential complications from what in many cases may be unnecessary surgical intervention, caution is certainly indicated.
In light of these discoveries the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons now recommends that you wait at least three to six months before deciding to have surgery unless there is a progressive neurological deficit.
And even the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research in their publication, Guidelines for Acute Back Pain has specifically stated that “the body heals itself” and they recommend that you “not rush into the surgical pathway.”
For information on alternatives to back or neck surgery, you may contact Core Wellness Center at (864) 220- 5510. |
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| A compressed cervical disc can cause many symptoms, including back pain, headaches, depression, emphysema, intestinal problems, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, osteoporosis, hip and leg deformities, poor health, decreased quality of life, shortened life span, breathing difficulties, hormonal imbalances, spinal pain, headaches, mood swings, high blood pressure, lung and pulse problems, decreased lung capacity and bone changes.It is very difficult for damaged intervertebral discs to heal properly without some type of treatment. This is because the discs are under constant pressure, even while you are at rest. |
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Core Wellness Center uses The Dynatron Disc Decompression Machine, which utilizes clinically proven methods to decompress the spine WITHOUT SURGERY by reducing pressure inside the disc. Decompression, which is the reduction of pressure inside the disc, facilitates the transfer of fluids. It allows toxins to escape the disc, while allowing nutrients to enter. This treatment when coupled with our Laser Light Therapy, which forces oxygen into the injured disc and surrounding tissues, results in the retraction of bulging or herniated discs thus giving relief of aggravated discs, nerve pressure, and pain.
During normal activities, the pressure inside the discs typically ranges between +100 mm/HG to +300 mm/HG (HG=Mercury). Disc Decompression can reduce the pressure inside the discs to close to -200mm/HG, shrinking disc herniations while bringing back in needed fluids and nutrients necessary for healing to occur. |
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Disc Decompression is designed to restore the normal disc without costly, risky surgeries that many times have negative outcomes. If you are accepted for this therapy, most people see pain relief within 5 to 7 treatments.
Research with this technology found that the therapy provided "good" to "excellent" relief in 86% of patients with multiple disc herniations or bulges, and in 91% of patients with single level herniation, bulges, or degeneration.
Precision controlled tension is set by the doctor with a state of the art computer system. Then the specific disc segment is gently and painlesslydistracted to reduce the pressure inside the disc. Treatment sessions consist of 9 to 13 minutes of relaxing Laser Light Therapy first, and then 15 minutes of decompression on the Dynatron Disc Decompression Machine. If you are interested in this treatment call (864) 220-5510 for appointment. |
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