Thursday, December 18, 2008

Is Your Pain The Result of A Herniated Disc?

By Randall Pruitt, DC, DACNB, DAAPM, MUAC, CES-NASM

Many times someone can walk around with a herniated disc and not even realize it. Then there are those that are in debilitating pain that can only be relieved by spinal decompression.

Doctors in Phoenix can offer precise examinations, history review, MRI evaluations and other tests to determine if a herniated disc might be the cause of your back pain.

Treating herniated discs, degenerative discs and bulging discs in the greater Phoenix Arizona area is very routine. The reason is because the majority of all back pain is as a results of disc related problems.

If you suspect you might need herniated disc treatments in Arizona, there's no real way for you to diagnose yourself. Only your doctor can be certain about what's causing your back pain. But there are some signs that can point toward your pain being caused by a herniated disc. If the pain only occurs in certain positions, while other positions offer some relief, it could be a bulged disc. If the pain flares when you cough or sneeze (which causes a quick burst of pressure) a herniated disc could be the culprit.

Looking into a treatment like spinal decompression like other back pain patients in Arizona may be a good idea. The DRX9000 protocol is gaining much more acceptance and is becoming a favorite treatment for many Phoenix Physicians.

In Arizona a lot of medical providers are beginning to sing the praises of the DRX9000 and spinal decompression as a viable alternative to back and neck pain in many chronic cases. In the past the problem diagnosing a herniated disc is the lack of common lack of external signs.

Many times an MRI is necessary to determine whether or not you have a herniated disc. When the inner portion has broken through the outer portion of the disc and is causing pain, that's when the spinal decompression treatments in Arizona with the DRX9000 is most effective. - 15438

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