| One of the most prevalent and difficult | | | | epidurals 44%, medication 100%, and spinal |
| health conditions to treat in the physical | | | | surgery 12% . Even when traditional |
| medicine is low back pain. The difficulty in | | | | treatments failed, Intervertebral Disc |
| treating low back pain comes from the fact | | | | Decompression therapy offered dramatic |
| that there are numerous causes including | | | | relief.Intervertebral Disc Decompression is |
| herniated discs, bulging discs, degenerative | | | | so effective because it corrects the cause of |
| discs, muscle spasms, facet arthritis, and | | | | the pain and not just the symptoms. A |
| sciatica. While the vast majority of low | | | | patient who receives Intervertebral Disc |
| back problems are relieved in a few days, | | | | Decompression has a pair of harnesses |
| there are still millions of Americans | | | | placed around their waist and chest, a |
| suffering with severe and chronic pain. The | | | | computer then generates a preset amount of |
| number of opinions on how to treat low back | | | | decompression. The separation of the |
| pain are as numerous as the physicians trying | | | | harnesses causes disc decompression and leads |
| to help the patients, until recently. The | | | | to negative pressure inside the disc, a |
| last few years has brought about a | | | | vacuum is formed in the problem discs. The |
| revolution in the treatment of low back pain | | | | vacuum in the disc allows for the re |
| where all types of healthcare providers | | | | absorption of herniated and bulging discs. |
| agree on the best treatment.Neurologist, | | | | The negative vacuum in a problem disc will |
| orthopedists, family doctors, chiropractors | | | | also absorb water to help regenerate |
| and physical therapists are now all in | | | | degenerative discs and help restore disc |
| agreement over the best therapy for low back | | | | heights. Discs that have had the bulges, |
| pain, IDD therapy. IDD therapy refers to | | | | herniations, and degenerative changes |
| Intervertebral Disc Decompression. | | | | reduced have more room for nerves, more room |
| Intervertebral Disc Decompression is quickly | | | | and movement for arthritic joints, have less |
| becoming the treatment of choice for | | | | spinal stenosis, and greatly reduced pain. |
| healthcare givers of low back suffers. The | | | | Pre and Post MRI findings show that |
| over whelming acceptance of Intervertebral | | | | Intervertebral Disc Decompression therapy |
| Disc Decompression as the treatment of choice | | | | will reduce the size of disc herniations and |
| for low back pain comes from the extremely | | | | bulges. Degenerative discs and arthritic |
| high rate of success found by the FDA. The | | | | joint spaces will increase in size allowing |
| FDA studies released noted that | | | | for more movement and less nerve irritation. |
| Intervertebral Disc Decompression was | | | | The long term results achieved with the |
| successful in a full 86% of all low back | | | | therapy are impressive.To improve the long |
| cases, without the need for surgery, | | | | term results of Intervertebral Disc |
| injections, medication or pain. The FDA | | | | Decompression patients are instructed on how |
| studies included patients with herniated | | | | to properly stretch and lift to prevent |
| discs, bulging discs, degenerative discs, | | | | future occurrences. While undergoing |
| facet syndrome, sciatica, arthritis and | | | | Intervertebral Disc Decompression therapy |
| stenosis with most patients have several | | | | patients also receive traditional therapy to |
| overlapping problems as seen by MRIs. Many | | | | reduce pain, increase joint movement, and |
| of the patients in the study had sciatica and | | | | decrease muscle tightness. Patients who |
| muscle spasms and still Intervertebral Disc | | | | continue to do mild stretching and range of |
| Decompression gave significant relief to over | | | | motion exercises daily have shown to have |
| 86% of the patients.MRI findings Starting | | | | excellent long term results without |
| Pain level Ending Pain level | | | | exacerbations. The results achieved with |
| | | | Intervertebral Disc decompression therapy are |
| 1. 3 herniated discs 10/10 1/10 | | | | unmatched and there are several additional |
| | | | benefits.Intervertebral Disc Decompression |
| 2. Degenerative discs | | | | has several other factors that have doctors |
| | | | and patients signing its praises. |
| with disc herniations L4-5 10/10 2/10 | | | | Intervertebral Disc Decompression is a form |
| | | | of physical therapy, so no medication, shots |
| 3. Spinal Stenosis with | | | | or invasive procedures are needed. An |
| | | | average patient will usually receive 24-32 |
| disc degeneration 9/10 1/10 | | | | Intervertebral Disc Decompression treatments |
| | | | with therapy over an 8 week period. A |
| 4. Disc degeneration with | | | | patient will start usually start to notice |
| | | | significant pain relief within the first 2-3 |
| facet syndrome (arthritis) 8/10 1/10 | | | | weeks. Patients are treated 3-4 times a |
| | | | week for 6-8 weeks without the loss of time |
| 5. Bulging discs L4-5, L5-S1 8/10 1/10 | | | | from work or they are able to return to work |
| | | | faster than with traditional physical |
| 6. Disc degeneration | | | | therapy. IDD therapy is totally painless so |
| | | | patients with even the most sever pain can |
| with stenosis 7/10 1/10These are | | | | receive treatment. The gentle and safe |
| some of the many patients results that have | | | | nature of the therapy has also made is useful |
| been achieved through Intervertebral Disc | | | | for patients as young as 13 and as old as |
| Decompression therapy at Monmouth Advanced | | | | 90+. The high success rate and the quick |
| Medicine in Freehold. These results are | | | | results achieved with this therapy has also |
| even more impressive when you consider that | | | | made insurance and Medicare reimbursement |
| on average prior to trying Intervertebral | | | | available. Patients praise the treatment |
| Disc Decompression therapy. | | | | for not just the pain relief the therapy |
| | | | offers, but for the return of more normal |
| our patients tried; chiropractic care 72%, | | | | lifestyle.Tom W. |
| traditional physical therapy 76%, had spinal | | | | |