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Herniated Disc Therapy
Herniated disc therapy is a major component of the back pain industry.
Herniated discs
are perhaps the most common of all diagnosed spinal irregularities and affect a great many people of all ages. There are dozens of therapy options for most herniated disc conditions, ranging from conservative to drastic, non-invasive to surgical.
Non-Surgical Herniated Disc Therapy
Most patients who are diagnosed with a
bulging disc
are sent for conservative treatment in the hopes that their disc will heal all by itself. These noninvasive methods are typically symptomatic treatments, which means that they will help make the painful syndrome more livable by reducing the severity of the symptoms, but will do little or nothing to resolve the actual structural condition. Doctors know that most herniated discs will heal within 6 to 8 weeks, so these therapy modalities will be used for up to 3 months, or even longer, in some instances. The most common non-invasive
herniated disc treatments
include:
* Chiropractic
treatment might continue on and on, way past the point of usefulness. In fact, chiropractic is known for convincing patients that they require ongoing care for life, to preserve good health, if not to fight off back pain.
* Physical therapy
uses
exercise
and
stretching
to help a patient recover from pain.
* Drugs
are prescribed to reduce the effect of pain and other symptoms.
* TENS
treatment often accompanies other forms of back care.
* Acupuncture
is a holistic and effective method of
pain management.
* Massage
therapy will relax tense muscles, but will not do much to cure a structural disc condition.
* Spinal decompression
is typically used as a moderate treatment option for severe disc pain. The treatment is usually pursued by patients with longer term pain complaints, mostly due to the higher cost involved. This is a shame, since this is a highly effective treatment modality for patients with actual structural disc pain.
* Epidural injections
can offer longer term pain relief for many patients. The main complaint concerning this modality is that subsequent rounds of injections typically offer far reduced effectiveness and pain relief duration.
Surgical Herniated Disc Therapy
Herniated disc surgery
is still a prevalent form of drastic treatment. Disc surgeries come in many varieties from the relatively enlightened techniques of artificial disc replacement to the barbaric and antiquated notions of
spinal fusion.
Surgery has proven itself to be a poor option for most back pain patients and often makes the condition far worse, instead of resolving the symptoms. In fact, the high incidence of poor surgical results has given rise to an actual health diagnosis…
Failed Back Surgery
Syndrome. Spinal operations are far overused, since the vast majority of patients should be treated non-surgically.
Psychological Herniated Disc Therapy
Knowledge therapy
is the treatment developed by Dr. John Sarno, to treat patients suffering from
Tension Myositis Syndrome.
Dr. Sarno theorizes that most back pain is not the result of any structural degeneration or injury. Rather, the lasting symptoms of
chronic herniated disc pain
come about exclusively through a psychogenic process. Experience with literally tens of thousands of
back pain
patients has taught me that Dr. Sarno is indeed correct in his theories and in fact, I used his knowledge therapy approach to end my own chronic nightmarish suffering after 18 years of horrific pain. I highly recommend this technique to people suffering with a wide range of health problems and find it to be especially suited for chronic pain patients. There is no risk and no appreciable cost, so there is nothing to lose and a cure to gain.
Herniated Disc Therapy to Herniated Disc
11/12/08 Revised 7/17/11
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