Chronic Back Pain can be Healed by Natural Means

According to researchers with the California-based Seligman Medical Institute (SMI), it may be possible to relieve chronic back pain by simply reeducating sufferers about the physical and emotional origins of their pain.

The SMI study, which was just published in the Sept/Oct 2007 issue of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine (www.alternative-therapies.com ), suggests that chronic back pain patients can often be effectively treated without surgery, medication or even physical therapy.

Using a program consisting solely of office visits, reading assignments, a structured workbook (guided journal), educational audio-CDs, and, in some cases, individual psychotherapy, the study’s Principal Investigator David Schechter, MD was able to reduce pain levels of 51 chronic back pain patients (average nine years of pain before treatment) by over 50%. Source

The Spinal Aid Center offers a relatively new technology, called nonsurgical spinal decompression, as a treatment for sufferers of severe, chronic back pain.

Dr. Frank J. Mrazeck of the center said he added the treatment to his facility to offer the option for his patients who thought pills and surgery were their only option to relieve pain.

Nonsurgical spinal decompression is a medical technique in the nondrug, nonsurgical approach to chronic back pain that works, according to the American Journal of Pain Management. The journal reported a favorable relief rate among patients suffering from herniated discs who had undergone decompression.

In many cases of back pain, bulging or herniated disc material is often the culprit. The bulging material puts pressure on the nerves and creates pain that can travel into the buttocks and down the legs.

Nonsurgical decompression relieves pain by stretching the spine, effectively creating a vacuum that draws the bulging and herniated disc material back into place. As the pressure decreases, so does the pain.

Unlike surgery, there is no recovery period for the procedure. Patients may go home or return to nonstrenuous activities after their treatment. The cost is less than one-tenth the cost of back surgery. Source

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