Ten million adults suffer from chronic back pain and one million seek a surgical fix every year, but back surgery with less pain and less recovery time? Sounds too good to be true?
Doctors at Georgetown University are working on the procedure that could help.
Lateral Interbody Fusion or X-Lif involves a small incision in the patient’s side over the hurt disc.
X-rays guide tubes down to the spine using special tools to avoid muscle and tissue damage.
They’re locked into place with a flexible arm so the doctor can fuse the spine.
Recovery is four to six weeks instead of six to 12 months and patients are often walking within a few days.
Have you thought about wearing a SACROILIAC BELT (aka SI BELT or TROCHANTER BELT) around your pelvis? What it does is that by providing the correct balance of resistance and resilience, the SI belt re-establishes the joint’s normal motion, thus relieves stress and instability at these weight bearing structures. The price of SI belts are in reasonable range these days, average cost is about $40 USD. I know a lot of people who wear SI belts, and I’ve read some astonishing testimonials about it. There are many si belts out there, but Serola SI Belt seems to be the best one as far as quality, comfort, and price are considered. Check out their website for more: http://www.serola.net/product_new_sac_belt.php
I think you can buy directly from their website at: http://serolabelt.com/new-serola-sacroiliac-belt.aspx
Hope it helps, good luck to you!
#1 by 6feetunder on January 14th, 2010
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A lot of back pain has to do with where we focus ourselves on. Don’t think about it and it usually goes away.
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#2 by Richard C on January 14th, 2010
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Sounds interesting but what about long term studies? Every time there is a new fusion study it is purported to be the best and then in long term it comes out that the disc above or below gives out due to the extra stress placed on it. So the people that get this procedure are now the test patients to see what is going to happen to them over the next few years. Are there any restrictions on these patients?
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#3 by rob m on January 14th, 2010
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I had a fusion only 3 years ago, and already the discs above and below are bulging and giving me more pain than I used to have before my surgery. I am tempted to take the money for treatment (it’s a workmans comp injury) with a settlement and go to England to have surgery, as they perform disc replacement surgery there, which is highly successful but is not yet available in America. It would kill 2 birds with one stone as I am English and would get to stay with family for a few weeks
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#4 by bilguung@ymail.com on January 14th, 2010
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Have you thought about wearing a SACROILIAC BELT (aka SI BELT or TROCHANTER BELT) around your pelvis? What it does is that by providing the correct balance of resistance and resilience, the SI belt re-establishes the joint’s normal motion, thus relieves stress and instability at these weight bearing structures. The price of SI belts are in reasonable range these days, average cost is about $40 USD. I know a lot of people who wear SI belts, and I’ve read some astonishing testimonials about it. There are many si belts out there, but Serola SI Belt seems to be the best one as far as quality, comfort, and price are considered. Check out their website for more: http://www.serola.net/product_new_sac_belt.php
I think you can buy directly from their website at: http://serolabelt.com/new-serola-sacroiliac-belt.aspx
Hope it helps, good luck to you!
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I am a back pain survivor!