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Degenerative Disc Disease TreatmentDegenerative Disc Disease Treatment Indications
Most patients diagnosed with
degenerated discs
do not require any treatment. Many are suffering from back pain, although this pain is seldom sourced by the normal disc deterioration. Far more common is the incidence of
ischemia
being
misdiagnosed
as disc related pain. The overwhelming number of patients diagnosed with DDD, should seek out
knowledge therapy,
since this is the most logical solution to counter the
nocebo
effects of the diagnostic process and the underlying emotional causations of most chronic pain syndromes. However, this advice will not usually be provided by traditional doctors, who make their living by keeping back pain sufferers involved in mostly symptomatic treatment regimens for the long term…For the very few people who do suffer considerable pain and related neurological symptoms from extreme and unusual disc degeneration, some form of medical therapy may be indicated. Just remember that most treatments are symptomatic modalities and will not cure your painful condition. The only exceptions to this rule is surgery and sometimes, spinal decompression. Degenerative Disc Disease Treatment OptionsSymptomatic treatment is the rule in the back pain industry, especially for relatively new painful complaints. The most common options provided to DDD patients include:
* Drugs None of these methods will change disc anatomy or reverse the degenerative process. In fact, it is questionable as to what end any of these modalities are trying to achieve… More permanent methods seeking to cure the underlying source of pain by correcting the degenerated disc structure include the various forms of disc surgery and non-surgical spinal decompression. Surgery generally takes the form of spinal fusion or artificial disc replacement procedures. It is crucial to know the many and serious risks of surgery before even considering an operation as a potential treatment for even the worst possible cases of DDD. Degenerative Disc Disease Treatment AdviceI receive letters daily, from patients who have been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease. It is obvious from the fear and misinformation contained in these letters, that the medical professions are doing their very best to take advantage of this totally normal and expected part of getting older. Disc degeneration is UNIVERSAL. I have it, you have it, your doctor has it… Show me a human adult without it and I will show you an anomaly of nature…Do not allow any doctor or care provider to frighten you with a diagnosis of DDD. Even advanced cases, like mine (which was diagnosed at age 16, by the way…) are mostly harmless. The percentage of patients suffering from actual painful symptoms relating to normal disc deterioration is so low; it is off the scale… My advice for degenerative disc disease treatment is the following: * Stop calling it a disease. * Tell your doctor that you know you have DDD. It is NORMAL. * Read some good sources of knowledge therapy. * Forget about the condition altogether and get on with your life… 4/14/09 Revised 4/27/10
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