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Before Spinal Decompression Cindy from Costa Mesa, CA suffered from chronic low back pain and intermittent neck pain that she attributed to over thirty years of horse-backing injuries.

“Before Spinal Decompression I had chronic lower back and occasional neck pain and discomfort. My lower back was the worst at night and it kept me from getting a good night’s sleep. Both injuries were due to several horseback falls over a period of 30+ years!

“After completing both the neck and low back Spinal Decompression Therapy I no longer have pain in either area. I feel great! I can’t believe the difference.

“The entire staff deserves a standing ovation. From the doctors to the front desk and all the Spinal Decompression therapists this office is efficient, friendly and extremely professional! Not to mention fun! I will miss everyone tremendously!”

Cindy W. – Costa Mesa, CA

This was originally posted on the website of the Orange County Spinal Decompression Office of the Irvine Family Health Center – Spinal Decompression (http://SpinalDecompression-OrangeCounty.com). Please call our office at (949) 857-1888 or visit our website at http://www.OCSpinalDecompression.com.

Dramatic Rise in Spinal Decompression Interest (over 700% over 5 years) Corresponds to a Dramatic Decline in Back Surgery Interest (greater than 60% decline) Over the Same Period

A very interesting and dramatic trend is occurring in the treatment of  serious Spinal Conditions. Google Insights provides us with a unique look at this global trend.

http://www.google.com/insights/search

For those that aren’t familiar with Google Insights it is a way to track the the number of internet searches on specific topics. Keywords or keyphrases are entered into the system and compared to one another. For this particular Google Insight analysis I used the keyphrases: “spinal decompression” and “back surgery”.

http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22spinal%20decompression%22%2C%22back%20surgery%22&cmpt=q

Spinal Decompression on the Rise; Back Surgery Declining

The results are truly amazing! Over the last 5 years (the farthest back Google has publicly available data) searches for the term “back surgery” have declined over 60% while searches for the term “spinal decompression” have increased by over 700%. In fact, both terms (“spinal decompression” and “back surgery”) are separated by a less 30% spread. This is truly remarkable considering that the number of Orthopedic Surgeons outnumber the number of Spinal Decompression Doctors by nearly 30 to 1 (source: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, http://www.aaos.org/research/orthocensus/2006CensusPublic.pdf and AxiomWorlwide, Manufacturer of the DRX9000 Spinal Decompression Therapy Unit, http://www.AxiomWorldwide.com).

An interesting side note is that the “spike” in “back surgery” searches that you see toward the end of the red line was directly attributable to Former Vice President Dick Cheney announcing that he would be seeking elective back surgery. Quite the poster child for Back Surgery! Perhaps he should have looked into Spinal Decompression!

Before committing to spinal surgery you may want to consider researching Non-Surgical DRX9000 Spinal Decompression.

Visit our Spinal Decompression website at http://www.OCSpinalDecompression.com or

call our Spinal Decompression office at (949) 857-1888.

This was originally posted on the website of the Orange County Spinal Decompression Office of the Irvine Family Health Center – Spinal Decompression (http://SpinalDecompression-OrangeCounty.com). Please call our office at (949) 857-1888 or visit our website at http://www.OCSpinalDecompression.com.

Surgery should always be considered the last option. Surgery is by far the most dangerous of all available treatment options AND is associated with the lowest success rates AND has the longest recovery time AND is the most expensive AND is the most painful. In very rare circumstances, surgery cannot be avoided. Patients that may have no other option than to forego conservative treatment and receive surgery include those with progressive neurological deficit (motor weakness, loss of reflexes, etc.) or cauda equina syndrome (bilateral sciatica, saddle dysesthesia, motor weakness in the lower extremities and/or loss of bowel and bladder control). Nearly all other cases should consider less dangerous, non-invasive interventions first.

Surgery is not without its risks. According to a study published in the respected medical journal, Spine (1991; 16[1]), 1 out of every 575 lumbar discectomy surgeries (one of the most commonly performed low back spinal surgeries) will involve severe vascular complications. Of these complications 37-61% will result in the death of the patient. In other words, approximately 1 out of every 1000 lumbar discectomy patients will die as a direct result of the surgery.

The risk associated with surgery is not always the procedure itself, but the general anesthesia necessary to perform the operation. A small percentage of patients die every year or are permanently disabled as a direct result of both properly and improperly applied anesthesia. Some surgeons are incorporating epidural anesthesia into their less-invasive surgical protocols in an attempt to reduce some of these risks.

The failure rate of surgery for back pain and neck pain is very high. Some 200,000 patients undergo lumbar spine surgery every year. On average, approximately 53 percent of all lumbar spine disc surgeries fail to relieve symptoms according to a study published in International Orthopedics (1987; 11:255-259). The results from another study published in Spine (2004; 29[17]:1931-7) showed that 20-40 percent of patients will fail to gain the desired outcome and 10 percent of patients will be worse after the initial surgery. The same study followed the progress of 3,362 patients that received spinal surgery. The results of a SF-36 Health Survey showed that patients with a history of spine surgery fared significantly worse on areas such as physical functioning, general health and mental health compared to those patients with no prior history of spine surgery. The researchers went on to say that “[p]revious back surgery is associated with significantly worse general health status than those without surgery…”

Before committing to spinal surgery you may want to consider researching Non-Surgical DRX9000 Spinal Decompression.

Visit our Spinal Decompression website at http://www.OCSpinalDecompression.com or

call our Spinal Decompression office at (949) 857-1888.

http://www.OCSpinalDecompression.com/testimonials.htm

Spinal Decompression Testimonial: Severe Low Back Pain and Sciatica due to a Herniated Disc treated successfully with DRX9000 Spinal Decompression.

Elena S. from Rancho Santa Margarita, CA suffered from severe Low Back Pain and Sciatica due to a Herniated Disc in her low back. She suffered for with her Herniated Disc symptoms for a year before receiving DRX9000 Spinal Decompression Therapy in our Orange County office, the Irvine Family Health Center – Spinal Decompression Offices.

“I would like to thank Dr. Twombly and all the staff at Irvine Family Health Center – Spinal Decompression. Because of them I am a much happier person now. I’ve suffered from a Herniated Disc for a year. I know this doesn’t sound like much compared to others, but it was an awfully long time me – especially because I was missing my son’s football games, couldn’t take my daughter to the park or do any chores around the house.

“It has been 2 months since I completed Spinal Decompression. I am back at the football field screaming and cheering my son’s team. I can now go on a swing with my daughter and can even sit in front of the TV for the first time in a long time. I can honestly say that the DRX9000 Spinal Decompression treatment works!

“Everyone at the office is very caring and wonderful and the optimistic attitude is very contagious.”

Elena S. – Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

To learn more visit our website at http://www.OCSpinalDecompression.com or call us at (949) 857-1888.

This article was originally posted on OrangeCounty.net  (http://www.OrangeCounty.net). It was posted by Orange County Spinal Decompression at the Irvine Family Health Center – Spinal Decompression Offices in Irvine, CA (Orange County, CA).

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