Picture your life without Sciatica
. . . and say "NO" to unnecessary surgeries and drugs for back pain.
Picture your life without Sciatica
. . . and say "NO" to unnecessary surgeries and drugs for back pain.
Safer Approach With a High Success Rate
Percutaneous Discectomy Decompression
This 30- minute procedure removes a small amount of disc material to reduce nerve pressure while preserving disc strength and causing minimal soft tissue damage. STOP LIVING WITH THE PAIN.
A more effective and affordable minimally invasive surgical solution to leg pain, numbness, and tingling from sciatica without tissue damage or long-term regrets.
PDD or Percutaneous Disc decompression is a revolutionary new way to get in and out of the herniated disc site without cutting through bone, therefore causing minimal soft tissue disturbance.
Styker DeKompressor percutaneous discectomy, combined with human cell tissue allograft:
Most patients experience almost immediate relief from sciatica symptoms, with the following long-term benefits:
- Significant pain relief
- Reduced dependence on medication
- Quick recovery time
- Less risk of scarring
- Low complication rate compared to open laminectomy or fusion.
500,000+ Back Surgeries are performed each year in the US, and many are unnecessary
Many doctors believe “a chance to cut is a chance to cure”. Over time the evidence does not support that belief. If one surgical technique was consistently successful in removing the offending disc lesion, that technique would become the standard of care.
Why does one surgeon elect to perform a laminectomy to relieve back pain, and another surgeon elects spinal fusion? Currently there are over 500 options in surgical hardware. Which is the best ? Will something that worked for patient “X” work for all patients? The options and choices have become as confusing for physicians as they are for the patients.
Dangers of Spinal Fusion Surgery
You have only one spine, and it must last your entire lifetime. Your spine protects your spinal cord which carries messages from your brain to all parts of your body. These complex nerves carry both motor and sensory signals that control movement and make you aware of sensations like heat, cold and pain among others.
In 1934 Drs. Mixtur and Barr discovered the spinal herniated disc. The discs were shown to have the capacity to bulge and herniate, producing mechanical pressure on nerves causing back and leg pain.
Since that discovery over 80 years ago, physicians have struggled to create complex surgical techniques to remove the bulging or herniated disc.
1. Statistically less than 25% of second surgeries are successful. It has been observed that surgery is seldom successful for long-term back pain relief, often making patients worse, and it is impossible to expect the damaged tissue pieces to return to normal. Moreover, data has shown less than 25% of all second surgeries provide any improvement over the first surgery.
2. Spinal Fusion Hardware: the body was designed to move, and fusing the spine to relieve back pain can result in a myriad of unwanted complications:
- Loss of movement and reduced range of motion. Don’t be surprised when you never bend properly again after spinal fusion surgery
- Torque transfer is compromised. When one joint no longer moves to accommodate load, the load shifts. The transfer of pressure over time can undermine the stability of the adjacent joint above or below.
- Loose hardware is a common cause of failed back surgery.
- Surgical hardware is permanent, and it never ages, so it is incapable of accommodating the process of aging in the body's living tissues.
3. A grossly invaded spine has permanent scar tissue. Scarring is simply unavoidable when cutting through muscles, tendons and ligaments, and it produces permanent damage.
Perfect healing or restoring to pre-surgical, state is unrealistic, yet over 500,000 people undergo this $100,000 surgery each year in hopes of a permanent cure for their back pain and sciatica.
Before making a decision, let us review your history
In order for pain to be experienced a nerve signal must be sent to the brain from a source of irritation.
Lower back or leg pain can come from a mechanical local nerve irritation or a referred pain originating from a distant source
Have non-mechanical causes been ruled out?
Has an MRI identified an offending lesion or herniated disc?
Is the pain localized in the back, or is leg pain the primary concern?
Has a chiropractor or physical therapist successfully resolved your back pain in the past, and if so, does it reoccur?
Has the back or sciatica leg pain come and gone multiple times?, If so, has the pain increased, decreased or stayed the same?
Is your sciatica pain tolerable and could you live with it the rest of your life?
Have prescription medications or over the counter medications helped? If so, for how long?
Six out of 10 adults over age 50 suffer from back and joint pain. Drugs and surgery have diminishing returns in terms of pain relief versus other health complications and risks. Additionally, drugs do NOTprovide long-term relief.
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