Have you ever considered who is the best suited to treat back pain? Since there are so many treatment options available today, it is quite challenging to make this decision without a little help. To facilitate, a study looking at this very question compared the effectiveness between medical and chiropractic intervention.
Over a 4-year time frame, 2780 patients were followed (initial, 2-week, 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 48 month intervals) with questionnaires. Both acute (symptoms 7weeks) low back pain (LBP) patients were treated using conventional …

A study titled, “Prospective Evaluation of the Efficacy of Spinal Decompression via the DRX9000 for Chronic Low Back Pain” was published in the December issue of the Journal of Medicine. The study was authored by Dr. John Leslie, Mayo Clinic, et al, and was designed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the DRX9000 in the treatment of chronic lower back pain.
Patients enrolled in the study had suffered an overall average of 266 weeks of low back pain.  At the conclusion of the study, 16 of the 18 patients reported …

Yesterday, my brother-in-law told me that the sagging U.S. economy was affecting a part of the working class that I would never expect; rent-a-cops working at funeral processions!
It seems that my brother-in-law’s best friend has enjoyed consistent
employment as a motorcycle policeman escorting funeral processions.
Suddenly, in the last few month’s , he is barely working.Why? Because…less people are dying right now! Now, this was something I didn’t expect to hear. I know we are in bad shape economically in this country but; less people dying? WHY?…Then it dawned on …

Certain low back conditions give rise to more than just low back pain. For example. leg pain can be more intense than low back pain, even though the cause of the leg pain is coming from the low back. When this happens, many patients complain that they have “sciatica” which refers to radiating pain that starts in the low back and extends down into the leg. When the intensity of leg pain is worse than the low back, it can make patients wonder …

If you are suffering with low back pain or sciatica leg pain and don’t want to face expensive, invasive treatments such as spinal shots, pills or a surgery, you have another option. The Ventura Spinal Care Center offers therapy with the DRX9000, a state-of-the-art medical machine designed to treat chronic back pain without drugs, shots or surgery.
The therapy is called Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression. It gets good reviews from American Journal of Pain Management, which reports a positive relief rate when used on patients with herniated, bulging and degenerative discs, …