Spinal Surgeons – The Last Resort Truth be told, the last option that everyone should consider as treatment for lower back pain is going to spinal surgeons for a back operation. Even most doctors would agree that every back pain patient should first exhaust all conservative – and even some alternative and complementary – forms [...]
In 1985, it was Dr. Allan Dyer, PhD, MD who pioneered non-surgical spinal decompression therapy, which led to his developing the world’s first non-surgical spinal decompression table, known as the VAX-D (or Vax D), in 1991. The original VAX-D used a pneumatic system to create a negative pressure in the spinal disks while traction force [...]
CHRONIC BACK PAIN RELIEF Achieving chronic back pain relief is particularly troublesome for both the patient and the doctor. Just check out the many health blogs and you’ll see just how great a deterrent to normal living prolonged lower back pain is. Persistent pain may lead to many time-offs from work and lost income. In [...]
Lower back surgery is actually a misnomer. What we call “lower back surgery” is specifically lumbar spine surgery or lower spinal surgery. There are only a few indications for lower spinal surgery. These are… When conservative treatment is not effective in reducing pain When there are signs of focal neurologic deficits, such as leg weakness, [...]
