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CANDIDATE FOR TREATMENT?
Since non-specific low back pain and cervical pain generally
encompass a myriad of mechanical failures, including muscles, tendons,
ligaments, and other soft tissue that encroach or produce pressure on the
nerves, the term intervertebral disc syndrome can be used. This diagnosis does
not necessarily require (although recommended) an MRI to confirm the presence
of a disc involvement.
The following would be inclusion criteria for the Decompression Therapy
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(1)
Pain due to herniated and bulging lumbar discs that is more than four weeks
old; (2) Recurrent pain from a failed back surgery that is more than six months
old; (3) Persistent pain from degenerated discs not responding to four weeks of
therapy; (4) Patients available for four TO eight weeks of treatment protocol;
and (5) Patient at least 18 years of age.
These indications are ideal candidates for enrollment into our
program and have the potential of achieving quality outcomes in the treatment
of their back pain ...
(1) Nerve Compression; (2) Lumbar Disorders; (3) Lumbar Strains; (4)
Sciatic Neuralgia; (5) Herniated Discs; (6) Injury of the Lumbar Nerve Root;
(7) Degenerative Discs; (8) Spinal Arthritis; (9) Low Back Pain w/ or w/o
Sciatica; (10) Degenerative Joint Disease; (11) Myofasctois Syndrome; (12)
Disuse Atrophy; (13) Lumbar Instability; (14) Acute Low Back Pain; and (15)
Post-Surgical Low Back Pain.
Lastly, the system should be utilized with patients
with low back pain, with or without radiculopathy who have failed conventional
therapy (physiotherapy and chiropractic) and who are considering surgery.
Surgery should only be considered following a reasonable trial of Decompression
therapy protocols.
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