Common Sense Health

This page is a labor of love and concern. I do what I do for a living because I love to see people learn about their bodies and what a miraculous thing it is. My concern stems from our lack of trust in our bodies to innately heal itself with just a bit of help from us. I am here to assure you that your body and your health are always looking for balance and always on your side. Does that make sense to you? If it does, read on.

From my own personal battles with health, mostly pain from activity, I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that you will heal all that ails you if you follow a few easy to do steps proactively. Now don’t get me wrong though. This does not give you the freedom to stop taking medications. That is a conversation to have with your prescribing physician. I am however interested in you becoming proactive with your health and not waiting for the next miracle “cure”.

I will attempt to give some common sense advice throughout this blog as well as feature ideas and new technologies available that your doctor may have “forgotten” to mention. As always, I invite your commentary.

How can you rid yourself of low back pain without the prolonged use of medicine and/or surgery? This question is an important one for those who are debilitated by low back pain and have tried conventional treatment.

In order to address low back pain, you must get to the source. Easier said than done. What is causing the low back pain in the first place? What changes can be made to reduce the cause of the pain as well as decrease the chances for reoccurrence?

Let’s change our thinking about one thing first. Pain is not your enemy. I have seen so many people at my office cursing their pain and looking for ways to turn the pain off. Here lies the problem. Pain is your warning signal. If the warning signal in your car turned on, would you disconnect the circuit to the warning light or try to find the source of the problem causing the signal? I know my answer.

Sometimes the cause of low back pain is due to a bulging or herniated disc which can cause not only back pain, but pain into the legs known as sciatica. For those who want to avoid surgery or medications, there is an approach that works when everything else has failed. Non-surgical spinal decompression is fast becoming the leader for the relief of pain due to a bulging or herniated disc.

The procedure literally reduces the size of the bulging disc and pulls the bulging material back into the disc and away from the nerve. Combined with cold laser therapy and proper muscle work and rehabilitation, back pain can be relieved with great success.

Spinal decompression is effective for bulging/herniated discs, spinal stenosis, sciatica, leg pain, degenerative disc disease, and more.

You must be a candidate for this procedure. If you wish to find out if you are, you may contact me anytime for a free consultation and MRI review at 703-359-4200. It could be the difference you’re looking for.