Lower back pain due to herniated disc (aka, bulging disc or disc protrusion) can be the most problematic of pain syndromes. Some people with herniated disc have grudgingly accepted having to live with it long term or for the rest of their lives. Most rely on pain medication and ongoing pain management. Some are contemplating surgery. Unfortunately, a lot of them are not aware that there is a chiropractic treatment method that is extremely effective in not only decreasing the pain of acute and chronic disc protrusions, but most importantly, in getting the herniated disc to heal. Furthermore, this is a natural and non-surgical solution to resolving your bulging disc.
The chiropractic method I am referring to is called Cox Flexion Distraction. Statistics show the success rate of the use of Cox Flexion Distraction for eliminating the lower back pain and resolving the following causes of lower back pain is between 89% and 95% within about 8 to 10 weeks of treatment:
- disc protrusions, disc bulge, herniated disc
- stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal)
- lateral recess stenosis (narrowing of the canal where the spinal nerves exit)
- lower back facet syndrome (lumbar facet syndrome)
It is so effective for treatment of the above conditions that many patients were saved from having surgery. Surgeries are not only expensive, they come with great risks. Having used this method for over 18 years, I’ve saved my patients from the discomfort, temporary disability and expense of low back surgery. One patient I am currently treating using Cox Flexion Distraction shared with me that her primary care doctor recommended that she stop her treatments with me and see a neurologist for the stenosis. She responded by saying, “Why would I do that? I’m getting better with this treatment. The pain is decreasing…”
Cox Flexion Distraction is performed by using a specially designed chiropractic table. To perform the procedure the patient lays either face down, or even on their side if in extreme pain. The doctor then gently and slowly moves a section of the table below the patients waist, which has the effect of “suctioning” the bulging disc material away from the nerve being irritated. The term “suctioning” might lead you to believe that this is a painful procedure. It is actually a gentle and safe procedure. It gently opens up space in the irritated segment. It gently provides controlled motion so that any inflammatory byproducts can be mobilized from the area. I’ve used this on patients with severe acute pain and frail osteoporotic women with excellent results.
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Dr Husbands is a Chiropractor, a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, an Anti-Aging Healthcare Practitioner and a Functional Medicine Doctor. For more information, visit http://www.drhusbands.com.
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You are partly right. In general, disc-origin pain tends to take longer to improve than facet joint-origin pain. Also the character of disc pain is different: it’s typically more of a sharp-shooting, tingling, numbness type of pain, where facet pain is more gnawing, deep and burning.