Remember playing in the back yard with the kids, hiking or bike riding? How about those adventure outings with your loved one? The resounding answer I hear time and again is “No, I can’t remember what those times were like.”
Sadly, most people have been plagued by low–back pain for so long, sometimes years, that they can’t remember what it was like to have an active, pain–free life.
Lower back pain is an epidemic in the United States. In fact, 31 million americans experience low–back pain at any given time. If this isn’t alarming enough, 93 million working days are lost due to lower back pain. dr. casey Lee of the North american Spine Society says that “The direct annual cost of personal medical care for back pain is six times higher than that for aids.” Important Statistics
- Americans spend at least $50 billion each year on back pain
- Back surgery is performed in the United States at a rate 40% higher than in eleven other developed countries and at five times the rate performed in England and Scotland
- U.S. surgeons perform more than a half–million surgical procedures on the back every year
- 53% of lumbar disc surgeries fail
- Last year, approximately 150,000 lower–lumbar spinal fusions were performed in the U.S. and less than 25% of these surgeries were successful
- The cost of Lumbar Spinal fusion is $62,300
According to the american academy of orthopedic Surgeons, there are approximately 200,000 laminectomies performed every year. an estimated 20–30% are reported to be unsuccessful, with a re–operation rate of 10–25%. Even though these statistics include surgeries for a wide variety of conditions in addition to spinal stenosis, it is easy to see that the problems of “failed back surgery” are enormous.
“FBSS” failed back surgery syndrome is when back surgery fails to remove the pain. on average, approximately 53% of all lumbar spine disc surgeries fail to relieve symptoms according to a study published in International orthopedics.
Dr. Lynn Johnson, M.D., [board certified in anesthesia and pain medicine and director of the center for Pain Medicine of North carolina] states, “While back surgery has a place, there are too many surgeries being done.”
He further states, “Just about any approach is better than having surgery. all the studies have shown that if you take a surgical population and a non–surgical population, they all seem do the same in five years. So if you can avoid surgery and the expense of surgery, obviously, you might do as well, if not better than the patient that gets surgery.”
Zero gravity spurs a discovery
Over a decade ago, NaSa was the first to investigate the effects that zero–gravity had on the spine during space travel. Scientists found that pressure on the spine was eliminated in the zero–gravity state. In addition, astronauts gained as much as 2 inches in height during space missions, due to increased disc height from the unloading of disc pressure from gravity.
By combining proven scientific principles with the latest technological developments, a medical doctor (the same one credited with the development of the heart defibrillator) and a specialized team of engineers, developed a system that could mimic that same state of negative pressure on the spine which anti–gravity creates here on earth. Hence, Spinal decompression is born!
Spinal decompression is an FDA–cleared therapy that enables a doctor or therapist to gently, precisely and safely put tension on the lower back and create a negative pressure inside the disc. This negative pressure creates a vacuum effect that actually draws the bulging or “slipped” material back into the center of the disc.
It also draws fluids into the disc – allowing it to rehydrate and heal. By naturally drawing the herniated material back into the disc, pinching of the nerves is relieved and so is the pain. It takes away the true cause of your pain instead of cutting the herniation out with surgery or masking your symptoms with drugs.
Success Is On The Horizon
According to a study in the american Journal of Pain Management the decompression method provided good to excellent results for 86% of patients with severe disc herniation and ruptures.
We’re happy to report that we have surpassed these results. Within our clinic, the spinal decompression patients have experienced over a 90% success rate. Even in cases with disc herniations exceeding 7mm (Prior to the advent of spinal decompression, your only alternative to a 7mm disc herniation or greater would have been surgery.)
Conditions That Benefit from Spinal Decompression Severe or chronic Low–back Pain
- Severe or chronic Neck Pain
- Pinched Nerves in the Neck or Low–Back
- Sciatica
- disc Injuries
- Numbness, tingling or Burning Pain
- Facet Syndrome
- Some forms of Spinal Stenosis
Plan to Succeed
It’s not enough to want to be healthy and pain free. You have to plan for it. We all start out with lofty goals only to fall short as life gets hectic. We don’t Plan to fail, We simply fail to Plan. Start today by calling for your free consult to see if you would be a good candidate for Spinal decompression.
Get ready to Take Your Life Back and Live Again!
