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. [...]
When Do You Need to Consider Spinal Decompression
I’ve had my chiropractic practice in Rancho Cucamonga for 10 years now. I’ve been blessed to help many people with chiropractic care. 5 years into practice, I realized that there were certain limitations to what chiropractic can do for patients with severe disk issues. I was tired of seeing patients get only 70% to 90% [...]
Low Back Pain and Bone Density
So, what does bone density have to do with low back pain? The relationship between bone density and back pain is quite intimate. In fact, when the degree of bone density declines to the point of fracture, back pain becomes very real. The classic condition and cause of spinal pain associated with the loss of [...]
Medical Doctors and Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression
Dr. Ian Porterfield and I often see a patient after they have seen their medical doctor, seen a physical therapist, and many times have even spoken with a surgeon. After we have started getting results in the patient’s condition, we often get ask the following question… “Why doesn’t my medical doctor (or chiropractor) know about [...]
Insurance Companies and Spinal Decompression
I’ve been helping patients with herniated disc, degenerative disc disease, and leg pain using Spinal Decompression for like 5 years now and still Insurance Companies consider it “experimental”! As a person who pays to have insurance for myself and my family it is quite irritating that my insurance does not pay for things that I [...]
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), [...]
What Could Be Causing Your Leg Pain It – Don’t Guess With Your Health!
Just this week I was consulting with a fellow in my Pasadena office who was referred to me by a Doctor in Los Angeles who thought he couldn’t help him. As I was taking the history on this gentleman a number of things concerned me. I started asking some other probing questions and felt that [...]
When I Lay Down, It Takes Forever For Me To Get Back Up!
Have you ever had back pain so bad, that when you lay down, you simply can’t get up. I hear it all the time – “Doc, my back hurt, so I laid down but then couldn’t get back up!” Perhaps you’ve had that experience. Sometimes I hear how frightened the patient gets that they call [...]
The Crazy Things Your Medical Doctor May Do – Part 2
There are some things that happen that are so outrageous that you just can’t make them up! Many of those things I have come to experience when I sit down face to face with a patient as they tell me their history pertaining to their low back pain and the many treatments and doctors they’ve [...]