Treatment for Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Patients will often come into our office with an MRI, low back pain and a diagnosis of sacroiliac joint dysfunction. They are in our office because they may have been told that they should consider a surgical recommendation to spinal fusion. For many of these people, the MRI was the confirmation that their surgeon needed […]
Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Stenosis
I want to begin this article with two case studies we recently published research in the Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research.(1) The patient was a 77 year-old female with a 20-year history of lower back pain, which had progressed with age. The patient wore a back brace to attempt to reduce the stiffness and pain when […]
Alternative to Spinal Fusion Surgery
In our practice we often see patients who are in severe back pain. These people have an MRI, X-ray and/or scan that may show an inaccurate picture of what is causing their pain. What do I mean by inaccurate picture? The MRI cannot show muscle spasms from a simple back strain which can cause excruciating […]
Why Are Patients Who Are at Risk for a Poor Recovery Still Waiting for Spinal Surgery?
It may be more challenging to get a spinal surgery these days. For some people it may be even more challenging to recover from it once they do have it. Let’s look at two studies, seven years apart, from the same learning institute. The research concerns pain and fear of movement following spinal surgery and […]
Non-surgical Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease
I will frequently receive emails from a web visitor that say, I have a serious back problem, I am being advised to have spinal surgery for degenerative disc disease, can you help me? I then write back, “what is the nature of your serious back problem?“ The answer? “I have significant degenerative disc disease showing up on MRI and I […]
Platelet Rich Plasma Chronic Back Pain Treatments
This article has been updated with new research findings on PRP injections and low back pain. In 2019 we published our study on the effectiveness of PRP treatments for the patient for chronic low back pain. The study appears in the journal Cogent Medicine.(1) This research gives an insight into what level of treatment success we […]
Four Case Studies of Low Back Pain Treated With Stem Cell Therapy
This is a Darrow Stem Cell Institute research article published in the Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR), July 2018. This article presents highlighted portions of that research. For the full article please visit this link. You can ask me your questions about bone marrow concentrate (stem cell) injections by using the form below. Cite this […]
