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Scientific Research

Treatment of 94 Outpatients With Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Chart Review

Background: This study’s goal was a retrospective chart audit of 100 outpatients with discogenic low back pain (LBP) lasting more than 12 weeks treated with a 2-month course of motorized spinal decompression.

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US Musculoskeletal Review

Management of Discogenic Low-back Pain with a Non-surgical Decompression System — A Case Report

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Management of Low-back Pain with a Non-surgical Decompression System – Case Report

Current evidence-based guidelines recommend conservative treatment for at least two months, and often for much longer, before a surgical option is considered. Surgery is associated with risks, and the outcome in many patients with discogenic back pain is unpredictable.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings after Treatment with a Non-surgical Spinal Decompression System — A Case Report

Charlotte Richmond, PhD, is Director of Clinical Research for NEMA Research, Inc., and CEO of the Biomedical Research and Education Foundation. She is Chairperson of the NEMA Research Institutional Review Board (IRB) and a member of the IRB and the Animal Care Research Committees at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach.

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Non-surgical Spinal Decompression for the Treatment of Chronic Low-back Pain -- A Case Report

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Spinal Decompression, Part 1

Our profession has a wonderful track record for helping Canadians reach a higher level of health, and maintain it naturally. But there is a certain group of patients who do not respond to traditional chiropractic care as well as we’d like them to. Often, these challenging back and neck pain patients are suffering from bulging or herniated discs or advanced degenerating discs. Spinal decompression therapy is one option that has demonstrated a degree of success in many of these cases. By its very nature, it is a procedure that complements our approach, as it is non-invasive, non-surgical, and requires no drugs or medications.

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Spinal Decompression Therapy, Part 2

In part 1, Dr. Nusbaum discussed the importance of conducting a thorough consultation and examination prior to non-surgical spinal decompression therapy in order to select the most suitable patients and to deselect those who should not receive the therapy. The benefits of doing this, to the doctor and the patient, are many and undeniable. In part 2, the background to, and methodology of, non-surgical Spinal Decompression Therapy, will be discussed. As well, Dr. Nusbaum will examine the technology for performing this procedure.

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