Why You Should Never Get Fusion Surgery For Plain Back Pain
A recent Bloomberg article should put the fear of God in anyone who wants to get a fusion operation for low back pain blamed on worn-out spinal discs.
Once you go to a chiropractor….
It keeps a lot of people from benefiting from chiropractic: they’re afraid that they will somehow get “addicted” to our care!
While many of our patients choose to come in on a regular basis when they’re feeling great, they don’t have to. They want to. For…
- The early detection of vertebral subluxations
- Avoiding a relapse of their original problem
- Being their best and staying well
These are choices patients make, based on their understanding of what we do and how they value their health. I guess it’s mostly about priorities. Each of us gets to choose how much attention we want to give our health. We honor that choice. Sure, we explain the benefits of periodic checkups, but our job is to offer the finest chiropractic care possible, and then it’s entirely up to you to decide how much of it you want.
Traditional Open Back Surgery Fails 74% of the Time
After two years, just 25 percent of those who had surgery had actually returned to work. That’s compared to 67 percent of patients who didn’t have surgery. In what might be the most troubling study finding, researchers determined that there was a 41 percent increase in the use of painkillers, specifically opiates, in those who had surgery.
“This study provides clear evidence that for many patients, fusion surgeries designed to alleviate pain from degenerating discs don’t work,” says the study’s lead author, Dr. Nguyen, a researcher at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
For the last 4 years, The Vancouver Spinal Decompression Center has been the leader in non-invasive spinal decompression therapy for treatment lumbar disc herniation, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, bulging disc and failed back syndrome. For more information on this treatment, visit The Vancouver Spinal decompression Center.
