- If you’re having chronic pain in the lower back, you’re not alone. Nearly 80% of adults will experience at least one bout of debilitating spine pain in their life. In fact, it’s one of the most common reasons that people seek out a physician. Many of these cases can be linked to work-related injuries, an accident, injury, or muscle strain. However, it occurred, there may be some other issues that are related to this current bout of low back pain. These issues can be herniated discs, spinal stenosis, or degenerative disc disease to name a few.
- Oftentimes, patients report that they are unsure as to what might have caused this. It could be due to lifting something in an awkward manner, poor posture, and in some cases even picking up a pencil from the floor! We must keep in mind that this recent event of low back pain didn’t happen when you started feeling pain. Likely, it had been developing over time and you experienced the fabled “straw that broke the camel’s back.”
- This pain can manifest in a myriad of different ways. Some patients report the pain is a mild annoyance whereas others are debilitated. It can radiate down your leg or arm. In some cases, it can be sharp, dull, or even diffuse. Regardless of what caused the pain, the severity of the pain can be unrelated to the actual level of tissue damage. Without a thorough exam and diagnostic imaging, it can be difficult to pinpoint where the pain is coming from.
- The severity of lower back pain varies greatly. It can be a relatively short-lasting episode, or it can last significantly longer. Each case is unique and should be treated as such. However, there can be similarities in the cause of low-back pain. The spine is a complicated structure that has thousands of muscular, tendinous, and ligamentous attachments. This causes many cases to be mechanical in nature, meaning that the bout of pain is caused or exacerbated by a particular movement. Even easy tasks like sitting, standing, or walking can be almost impossible depending on the severity of the pain.
- If there is a biomechanical distortion present in the spine for a long period of time, it can lead to intervertebral disc degeneration. This occurs when the shock absorber between two vertebra loses integrity and begins to thin due a lack of fluid. A thinning disc reduces the cushion between vertebra causing expedited degeneration.
- Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression using the DRX-9000 has shown outcomes in the 90th percentile in clinical studies in the treatment of low back pain. Crossroads Brain & Spine is currently the only office in central Indiana utilizing the latest of this technology.
Testimonials
I cannot rave enough about Dr Lea and his staff, ontop of the amazing healing work they do!!!
I’m in middle of my treatment now and I’ve already experienced what I thought was impossible. I have had moments where I am PAIN FREE. Not like oh my pain went from a 6 to a 5 but like pain was an 8 crying some days to having 0 pain at moments and as low as a 3 throughout my everyday life. For the first time in 6 years, I finally have some hope.
All other doctors I had seen for degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis told me it’s irreversible and made it seem like a death sentence. They pushed injections and surgery, telling me those were my only options. But when I met Dr Lea, he did more of an examination than ANY had done before. He explained why it was happening and what spinal decompression could do to help. He gave me hope for a solution, realistic expectations and most of all compassion. He apologized for the other doctors and I felt he was on my team. The greatest decision I’ve made with my health was trusting Dr Lea and becoming his patient.
1000%
Cait
