Degenerative Disc Disease Surgery
Degenerative disc disease surgery is a drastic treatment option for patients diagnosed with extreme degenerative changes in their
intervertebral discs.
Surgery is only appropriate in rare instances for
back pain
sufferers, although it is performed on many patients who can most likely find relief through noninvasive methods. Additionally, surgery generally demonstrates very poor permanent curative results for not only DDD, but most chronic back pain syndromes, as well.
Degenerative Disc Disease Surgery Procedures
Surgery aimed at resolving
degenerative disc disease
concerns typically falls into 2 basic categories. The first is
artificial disc replacement.
This relatively new operation represents an alternative choice and an enlightened approach in spinal surgeries. The idea of the procedure is to replace old and work out discs with new synthetic discs, maintaining the form and function of the spinal column. Individual vertebral level movement is preserved and the patient should not suffer any physical limitations once healed. The more common surgical solution calls for
spinal fusion.
This barbaric procedure is ridiculous in theory and is fundamentally flawed. Fusions often do not often cure any pain, but do create many structural concerns in the spine. A fusion will exponentially increase stress on surrounding vertebral levels, causing muscular problems and escalating progressive degenerative effects. These effects are most commonly treated by additional fusion procedures, until the patient is truly very limited in what they can achieve physically. Furthermore, many patients report worse pain postoperatively than before…
Degenerative Disc Disease Surgery Options
Avoiding back surgery is always preferable, whenever possible (almost always…) There are several effective non-surgical solutions which many patients do not even attempt prior to surgery. The best of these modalities is
knowledge therapy,
since it is complete cost and risk free. It is also one of the best treatments for understanding and defeating degenerative disc disease.
Spinal decompression
is a terrific medical therapy option which shows excellent results for curing DDD pain permanently. Patients should never rush into surgery and should always do their research on surgical options, even if they have decided on an invasive treatment. Do not allow any doctor to make your choices for you, but instead, consider the opinions of several care providers, as well as your own. Beware of doctors who make threats of paralysis or permanent disability... These are typical psychological tactics used to get you under the knife ASAP…
Degenerative Disc Disease Surgery Advice
Surgeons operate. This is their job. Patients write to me every week telling me that a surgeon told them they should have an operation. What do you expect? Come on people… I was told by a few surgeons that a surgical procedure was definitely in my future. I was scared to death by this prospect and this fear drove me to research back pain like few before have done. I devoted myself to the study full time and learned MUCH. Now that I have used this knowledge to cure my pain, it gives me great satisfaction to have proven these surgeons wrong… especially the one who had such doom and gloom to say about my future prognosis. Sorry doc, but you are not going to pay your bills at the expense of my health! No Way. No How. Find another sucker…Remember, DDD is rarely the actual source of chronic pain. It is merely a
scapegoat
used to explain symptoms when other structural concerns are absent. It is so prevalent as a diagnosis, since it is virtually universal in the general adult population. It is essentially a surgeon’s dream come true… Just don’t let it become YOUR NIGHTMARE!!!
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11/2/09

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