Your Back and Core Fitness – What Is It and What Is It Good For?
Core training is a no-longer-new catchphrase on the fitness landscape. The concept of core fitness, by now, has been promoted by every Pilates school, yoga center, and chain of fitness clubs around the world. Many doctors, including chiropractors, physiatrists, orthopedists, and even cardiologists, emphasize the importance of core training with their patients. Practically every physical [...]
No Movement and Your Back Pain
After 6 months of seminars and travel I feel I am now able to get back to blogging. I’m excited to share with you some thought and ideas that I’ve had over the months… and I think you’ll find these interesting as well. Today I’d like to share with you some interesting findings in some [...]
Low Back Pain: The Importance of Patient Education
It’s been reported that educating the patient about their condition reduces unnecessary anxiety and fear, which in turn, allows a more swift resolution of their condition. The intensity of low back pain (LBP) can sometimes be so severe, the patient can hardly move without getting a sharp, knife-like pain that stops them in their tracks. [...]
Can Spinal Decompression Be Used For Patients That Have Had Spinal Surgery?
Short answer: Yes, but it always depends on the patient. In many cases spinal decompression treatment is appropriate for use in patients who have had spinal surgery. In fact many patients have found success with spinal decompression after a failed back surgery or a “successful” one that after time becomes a problem again. However, not [...]
Are The Decompression Treatment Results Permanent?
The other day I had the experience of sitting down with a past patient from my Rancho Cucamonga office who had returned! I was very surprised to see him since we had saved him from surgery and that was over a year ago. That last time I saw him (lets call this patient Mr. G), [...]
Top 3 Problems with Surgery – Part 2
Continued from last week. #2 – Once you go under the knife, you can’t undo what’s been done. Once a surgery has taken place, the surgery cannot be undone. Once bone has been removed (as was the case with Dr. Don’s mother) it can not be put back. Plus, once the surgeon goes in, the [...]
Top 3 Problems with Surgery
When Dr. Ian Porterfield and I consult with patients about alternatives to surgery, like chiropractic or spinal decompression, I’m surprised to find out how little they even know about surgery – the very thing that they are afraid of and the very thing that people tell them that they need. So, here are some interesting [...]
Weak Doctors Recommend Bed Rest
Why is it that when research and experience tells a doctor that something doesn’t help, they still recommend that useless procedure to the patient? Well… many ignorant doctors are still recommending bed rest! And if you follow their advice for your severe back and leg problem your condition could very well get worse like it [...]
Cost of Spinal Decompression
One of the most common questions my colleague, Dr. Ian Porterfield, and I get is, “How much does spinal decompression cost?” It’s a fair questions. Cost is just ONE of those items that people need to know in order to make an educated decision. Unfortunately, some people make cost/price the ONLY item. Choosing care, a [...]
When It Comes To Your Health, FREE Can Be Extremely Expensive!
Sometimes I have a consultation that just boggles my mind – I had on of those consultations just now in my Rancho Cucamonga office and there is a lesson for you – the sufferer of severe pain. Let me first set the stage… This 72 year old suffered with low back pain for 8 years [...]