Saturday, February 21, 2009

Non-Invasive Spinal Decompression For Lower Back Pain

By Dr. Randall Pruitt

Lower back pain or leg pain results from herniated or bulging discs. This often occurs when the disc has broken through the outer fibers. This will then lead to inflammation and pain on other surrounding structures. If this condition is left untreated, can be life-altering.

There are several causes of herniated discs. It can be because of natural aging, trauma, repetitive motions or even stress. You can feel the pain from different areas depending on the location of the structures that are affected.

Herniated discs have variating symptoms which makes it even difficult to diagnose. However if there is a constant pain that radiate to legs and feet may be because of a herniated disc. Pain can be aggravated by coughing, sneezing or even laughing. A patient with herniated disc can feel weakness of the muscles, tingling or numbness. Getting appropriate treatment for this situation is necessary to avoid permanent structural damage.

Disc problems are notorious for causing lower back pain, but neck pain can also be secondary to disc problems as well. Neck pain can be classified as simple mechanical neck pain and only be localized or it can involve the shoulder and arms and even the hands and fingers. Changes in movements or head positions can intensify the pain.

Most of the medical procedures given to patients with herniated discs are invasive or surgical. However a new alternative treatment is developed. Spinal decompression is given to patients with herniated disc and facet syndrome. This method uses a patented computer system that creates a negative pressure within the disc space. This procedure draws the bulging back into place which will eventually heal the damaged area.

Spinal decompression therapy uses a machine called DRX9000 which creates the negative pressures by utilizing a logarithmic pulling mechanism. DRX9000 True Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression System utilizes high-speed treatment computers to calculate the logarithmic spinal decompression treatment curve for each patient.Research shows results particularly for patients with herniated or bulging discs.

Lower back pain secondary to herniated and bulging discs is quite common in the United States and a difficult medical problem to treat. However, with new technology like the DRX9000 Non-surgical spinal decompression system there is now a viable alternative to surgery and other invasive procedures. - 15437

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