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Herniated Disc Home Treatment
Herniated Disc Home Treatment OptionsThere are a wide range of prescribed home remedies for a herniated disc. The most common include heat/ice, exercises, TENS usage and drugs. While these modalities might provide some degree of pain relief, they are all symptomatic treatments and will do nothing at all to resolve the disc condition. Symptomatic therapies are fine in the short term, but when continued indefinitely, amount to little more than medical slavery…The only treatment options which have any hope of actually curing a problematic disc concern are not typically associated with home use. These 2 options are spinal decompression and herniated disc surgery. Obviously, surgery can only be performed by a qualified doctor and should be avoided unless it becomes the only remaining option for extreme disc pain. Spinal decompression is best applied using one of the modern professional systems, such as the DRX9000, but can be crudely imitated using home based inversion systems. Herniated Disc Home Treatment IssuesThe main problem with home treatment or ANY treatment of a herniated disc is the assumption that the intervertebral disc is the ACTUAL source of the pain. This is often a mistake, especially in long term chronic back pain syndromes. Most herniated discs which occur from degenerative changes in the spine are completely asymptomatic. Bulging discs which occur due to back injury may be painful for a short time, but are not likely to create lasting pain for months or years. Chronic herniated disc pain which endures despite a variety of attempted therapy options is generally misdiagnosed. Sure, there may be a herniated disc in the area, but that spinal abnormality is coincidental to the pain. It is merely there… The actual reason for most chronic pain, regardless of where in the body it occurs, is simple ischemia.Many home based options will provide temporary relief from oxygen deprivation back pain, since they increase circulation and cellular oxygenation in the symptomatic regions. However, relief is usually very temporary and will not cure the condition. Herniated Disc Home Treatment AdviceThe best home treatment for many cases of chronic disc related pain is knowledge therapy. This treatment gets to the root source of the pain by uncovering the mind/body processes which enact agonizing symptoms throughout the anatomy. There are no risks with this approach and the cost is free or very low… This is also the same method I used to cure my own horrific back pain.Make sure to understand that many forms of home treatment play into the psychological conditioning associated with chronic pain, more than actually doing anything to heal or cure any structural irregularity. Many treatments provide a powerful placebo effect, but might not continue to be effective indefinitely. To find permanent relief, consider a real cure. Surgery? Not unless it becomes the only choice. Decompression? If you subscribe to the theory of structural pain. Knowledge therapy? Why not? You have nothing at all to lose and a real cure to gain… 8/17/09 Revised 12/5/09
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