Most of us experience back pain at some time in our lives. Fortunately, ninety percent of us will get better in a couple of weeks and the problem will not recur. In these situations your doctor may simply direct you to take over-the-counter medication for pain. However, if you have an episode of back pain that lasts two months or more or if you have several episodes of back or neck pain or your back or neck "going out" within a year with relatively pain free periods in between, then you are a candidate for our program. In fact, in these cases of chronic pain, only about 2% of patients are appropriate candidates for surgery - everyone else must find another solution. This includes almost all cases of herniated, ruptured or bulging discs, grades 1 and 2 spondylolisthesis, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, facet syndrome, osteoporosis and chronic spinal pain, including radicular or referred pain in the legs or arms.
If you have had surgery and your symptoms were not relieved or if the pain eventually returned or got worse, chances are very good that you can restore function and relieve pain by participating in our program.
