4 Ways of Treatment
Traditional treatment includes pain killers such as
Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatories (NSAID's), Epidural
Injections, Surgery, or Physical/Chiropractic Therapy,.
1. NSAID's have an inherent risk of Gastrointestinal
("stomach" and "intestine") disorders such as: ulcers, GI
hemorrhage or perforation.
2. Epidural injections ("injection within the epidural space
of the spinal cord") with corticosteroids, lidocaine or
opiods have no proven benefit in treating acute neck or
upper back symptoms. In those that do improve, the
effects are often temporary and require repeat injections,
several per year, not to mention the chances of
contracting a spinal infection which can lead to
meningitis. In fact, the results of a randomized,
double-blind trial published in the June 2003 issue of the
Annals of Rheumatic Diseases indicated that an Epidural
Steroid Injection was no better than an Epidural Saline
("salt water") Injection (i.e. placebo) for Sciatica.
3. Although, there have been advances in spinal surgery,
the outcomes can be very unpredictable, failed back
surgery/post-operative pain syndrome is a very disabling
and troubling reality of surgical intervention. An article in
Spine reviewed the outcomes and complication rates for
surgical intervention in Degenerative Disc Disease.
Complication rates were as high as 55% and included:
hematoma, neurologic, adjacent segment degeneration,
infection and hardware/instrument related issues
4. Now that you have read about the possible side effects
of what traditional treatments have to offer, you may
want to consider the drugless, non-surgical approach that
Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression has to offer.
Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression offers to treat the root
cause of the disease - compression of the disc.
Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression relieves pressure from
the disc, which relieves pressure from the nerve. In
addition, research has shown that Non-Surgical Spinal
Decompression can create a negative pressure within the
disc causing a "vacuum effect". This vacuum effect can
"suck" the disc material back inside thus relieving the
pressure from the nerve. Non-Surgical Spinal
Decompression also allows for strengthening of the outer
ligament bands that hold the disc material in place and
which become weak and stretched during the bulging
effect. In cases where the disc has herniated causing an
inflammatory auto-immune response, Non-Surgical Spinal
Decompression can facilitate a healthy exchange of
nutrients ("imbibition") through its "pumping action" thus
eliminating the inflammation at its source - the nerve root.
Traditional treatment includes pain killers such as
Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatories (NSAID's), Epidural
Injections, Surgery, or Physical/Chiropractic Therapy,.
1. NSAID's have an inherent risk of Gastrointestinal
("stomach" and "intestine") disorders such as: ulcers, GI
hemorrhage or perforation.
2. Epidural injections ("injection within the epidural space
of the spinal cord") with corticosteroids, lidocaine or
opiods have no proven benefit in treating acute neck or
upper back symptoms. In those that do improve, the
effects are often temporary and require repeat injections,
several per year, not to mention the chances of
contracting a spinal infection which can lead to
meningitis. In fact, the results of a randomized,
double-blind trial published in the June 2003 issue of the
Annals of Rheumatic Diseases indicated that an Epidural
Steroid Injection was no better than an Epidural Saline
("salt water") Injection (i.e. placebo) for Sciatica.
3. Although, there have been advances in spinal surgery,
the outcomes can be very unpredictable, failed back
surgery/post-operative pain syndrome is a very disabling
and troubling reality of surgical intervention. An article in
Spine reviewed the outcomes and complication rates for
surgical intervention in Degenerative Disc Disease.
Complication rates were as high as 55% and included:
hematoma, neurologic, adjacent segment degeneration,
infection and hardware/instrument related issues
4. Now that you have read about the possible side effects
of what traditional treatments have to offer, you may
want to consider the drugless, non-surgical approach that
Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression has to offer.
Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression offers to treat the root
cause of the disease - compression of the disc.
Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression relieves pressure from
the disc, which relieves pressure from the nerve. In
addition, research has shown that Non-Surgical Spinal
Decompression can create a negative pressure within the
disc causing a "vacuum effect". This vacuum effect can
"suck" the disc material back inside thus relieving the
pressure from the nerve. Non-Surgical Spinal
Decompression also allows for strengthening of the outer
ligament bands that hold the disc material in place and
which become weak and stretched during the bulging
effect. In cases where the disc has herniated causing an
inflammatory auto-immune response, Non-Surgical Spinal
Decompression can facilitate a healthy exchange of
nutrients ("imbibition") through its "pumping action" thus
eliminating the inflammation at its source - the nerve root.
Disc Herniation
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