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In approximately 1987 Dr. Allan Dyer, a former Minister of Health from Ontario, Canada (and, coincidentally, a pioneer in the development of the external cardiac defibrillator) invented a treatment table for low back disc problems that proved to be a revolutionary improvement in the treatment of low back pain. It was not available in the United States until approximately 1996, when it gained FDA clearance. He designed this technology to be distinctly different than conventional traction tables. He took the concept of traction and made critical engineering improvements to yield a treatment of unprecedented efficacy. He called his invention Vax-D (Vertebral Axial Decompression). While Vax-D did improve tremendously upon the limitations of conventional traction, it did have some drawbacks in its design that made it difficult to use for some patients and it was not designed to provide decompression for the neck.
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| In 2000 an improved version of this new "decompression" technology emerged, called Spinemed (www.spinemedtable.com). This new design improved on the liabilities of the original Vax-D design, while maintaining the revolutionary "decompression" technology effectiveness. Additionally, Spinemed provides decompression treatment for neck problems as well. A physical medicine physician whom I know in California has had, and used, each of the decompression technology tables that exists and he, overwhelmingly, favors the Spinemed disc decompression table. My own due diligence convinced me that the Spinemed decompression table is the best extant for patients and clinicians. |
| The largest available study, thus far, on the efficacy of non-surgical disc decompression was the data compiled by Gose, Naguszewski & Naguszewski published in Volume 20 of the journal, Neurological Research. The data consisted of outcomes for 778 patients from 22 medical centers. These patients had their pain for an average of 40 months. 31 of these patients had previous low back surgery. The treatment consisted of 10-20 treatment sessions. 6 patients were excluded from the study because they improved before 10 treatments. |
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34 of the patients had extruded discs. |
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195 had multiple disc herniations.
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382 had single disc herniations. |
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147 had degenerative discs without herniations. |
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19 had facet (joint) pain. |
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31 of these 778 patients had previous low back surgery |
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1% reported increased pain. |
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7% reported no change. |
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92% reported improvement. Of these, 5% improved 25-50%. 17% improved 50-75%. 70% improved 75-100%. |
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On a pain scale of 0-5, the average pain for all before treatment was 4.1; after treatment 1.2- a difference of 71%. |
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71% reported a pain reduction to 0-1 on the 0-5 pain scale. |
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Extruded disc patients reported an average 56% reduction of pain and 53% reported pain reduction to 0-1. |
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Multiple herniated disc patients reported a 71% reduction of pain and 72% reported pain reduction to 0-1. |
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Single herniated disc patients reported a 71% reduction of pain and 73% reported pain reduction to 0-1. |
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Degenerative disc disease patients reported a 70% reduction of pain and 72% reported pain reduction to 0-1. |
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Facet syndrome patients reported a 72% reduction in pain and 68% reported pain reduction to 0-1. |
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Among patients who had reported decreased spinal mobility before treatment, 77% reported improved spinal mobility. |
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Among patients who had reported limited activities before treatment, 78% reported improved activities. |
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On a scale of 0-3 the average satisfaction with treatment was 2.4, meaning "very satisfied" to "completely satisfied" with their treatment. |
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| The study's authors concluded that this treatment should be used for everyone with the above diagnoses and for patients that have had previous surgery and are still having pain. |
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| Backstrong Non-Surgical Rehab Clinic |
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Dr. Craig Castanet, D.C. |
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| 1901 Montreal Road Suite 126, Tucker Georgia 30084 |
(770) 908-0740 |
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Backstrong is the only SpineMED Spinal Decompression Clinic in Georgia. |
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