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So...... You're Thinking About having your Back Cut on? Think Twice!

1/1/2012

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_Mountain View, Missouri (West Plains / Willow Springs / Winona / Cabool / Summersville) ---- Spinal Decompression Doctor, Russell Schierling, presents another blog article on Spinal Decompression Therapy.

DO YOU REALLY WANT A SPINAL SURGERY?
Before Spinal Surgery; Spinal Decompression Therapy
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Spinal Surgery is a leading surgical procedure in America, with the total number in the U.S. approaching half a million per year.  About 150,000 of those surgeries are spinal fusions. Unfortunately, at least 50 percent of all spinal surgery patients will ultimately fail to to achieve their desired outcome.  In fact, research says that a minimum of 10% of patients will be worse after the initial surgery (I think this number is at least 15% too low).   And then comes the suggestion for yet another spinal surgery.

Spinal structures including bones, nerves, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels, are packed in very close to one another.  Because surgery in the spine is itself physically stressful, it can weaken and destabilize the area even further.   As a result of surgery, structures that have not been removed can become damaged or mechanically stressed, frequently becoming a new source of pain and degeneration.

Surgery will always result in some amount of scar tissue build up (HERE). If the scar tissue itself forms near any nerves, it becomes still another source of pressure and pain.  This does not even take into account that scar tissue has the potential to be 1,000 times more pain sensitive than normal tissue!  Since disc surgery takes place near inflamed and irritated nerves, there is a great possibility that the nerves will be damaged further during the procedure. If this happens, there will be even more pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, stiffness, and other problems ---- even beyond what you are already dealing with now.

Low back surgery also requires the use of anesthesia which can result in other medical risks including death.

One of the huge problems facing patients today is infection.  Due to ANTIBIOTIC OVERUSE, superbugs roam the hallways and operating rooms of America's hospitals.  My brother (an MD) thought he was going to have to have a Lumbar Fusion Surgery a few years ago.  He and his wife (also an MD) were genuinely freaked out at the prospect of having hardware inserted in his spine.  When questioned about this, their answer was "infection".

Spinal surgeries also require large recovery times...   time away from work, which most patients cannot afford. Recovery time can be anywhere from 6 weeks for a laminectomy to over a year for Spinal Fusion.

Even if the surgery is successful in and of itself, and even if no procedure-related problems actually occur; there is a high probability that within 2 to 5 years, another surgery will be needed to fix the levels above and below the targeted levels of the first surgery (a fact that any doctor will verify).  Once you go down this road of surgery, you will increase the chance that you will need further surgeries in the future.  And if you have studied this issue out and realize the odds are not great for your first spinal surgery to work well, go online and look at the odds of doing well with a second or third spinal surgery.  They're literally in the toilet!


What does an Honest Spinal Surgeon have to say about Spinal Surgery?

What does that same Surgeon have to say about Spinal Decompression Therapy?

"I make my living doing surgery but the answer I give my patient is you do not need surgery. In fact, if you look at the literature on herniated discs, patients who don't have surgery and patients who do have surgery feel about the same after one year. There is no significant difference between the two group.......   As a surgeon, I only want to do surgery when I absolutely have to. Spinal Decompression Therapy gives my patients a more conservative treatment option that can eliminate the need for surgery altogether, and that's a very good thing".  Pain management pioneer, Dr. Hubert Rosomoff, MD, discussing the 50,000 Failed Back Surgery Syndrome cases seen each year in America.  During this lecture to the American Academy of Pain Management Symposium, he gave his opinion on Spinal Surgery.  Dr. Rosomoff believes that Spinal Surgery is warranted in only 1 in 500 cases.  Gulp!



As Dr. Rosomoff (a neurosurgeon) stated, surgery may be appropriate for a selected few patients ---- 1 in 500.  If you are considering surgery, I would literally beg you to first exhaust the alternatives, including Spinal Decompression Therapy. 

If you think that I am over-hyping the large numbers of potential problems that people have with spinal surgery, I would issue you a simple challenge.  Search the internet message boards concerning back surgery (HERE).  Better yet, find 10 people who have had the same spinal surgery that doctors are pushing you to have and talk with them.  If you find 3 out of 10 who are happy with their surgery, I will be surprised. 

To find out if you are a candidate for Spinal Decompression Therapy, simply CONTACT OUR OFFICE at (417) 934-6337 to schedule a free consultation with Doctor Schierling.  He will sit down with you, talk with you, review your medical records, evaluate your unique situation, and determine whether or not Spinal Decompression Therapy could possibly help you.

Spinal Decompression Therapy is a viable option to surgery for many spinal problems, including the following...
  • RUPTURED or HERNIATED DISCS (HERE)
  • SCIATICA (HERE)
  • DEGENERATIVE DISCS (HERE)
  • SPINAL STENOSIS (HERE)
  • FACET SYNDROME (HERE)
  • RADICULOPATHY
  • CHRONIC SPINE PAIN
Listen, in over two decades of practice, I have seen more people completely ruin their lives with Spinal Surgery than you could shake a stick at!  But don't take my word for it.  Talk to people who have had the same surgery that doctors are recommending for you.  Get on the internet message boards.  Go to "Google" and do the research yourself ---- it's not difficult. 

Call (417) 934-6337 to set up a completely free, no-obligation consultation with Dr. Schierling to find out whether or not Spinal Decompression Therapy MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU.
8 Comments
Mr. J. F. Ramsey
3/20/2014 12:28:14 am

I have been told I am a failed back pt. I have served my country in the usn. I have moved here to england uk over 15 years ago. I have 2 small children under 10. I was a clinical paramedic and have worked very hard in my life up to a RTC / RTA. I used to scuba dive, hunt, go riding on my motorcycle. Basically I lived a normal life and one that I enjoyed alot. I had an operation 10 years ago this month because of severe damage to my L4 -L5- S1 and S2 I spent alot of time recovering (about a year to be exact) and after that I took a desk job briefly. I couldnt do it. Its not mentally but physically. I started with severe spasms, Then sciatica in both legs and in the groin area. I kept feeling a extreme pain unlike anything I have felt before and that include before the operation. I have seen a few specialists who claim that my back is so bad that spinal fusion is the way forth. But they are all too afraid to touch my back as they claim is weak and wont withstand surgery. I am in limbo. I lost my mother in november 2013 and my aunt in dec 2014, I couldnt fly out to see them because my last flight brought tears to my eyes from pain. I am dihdrocodein, Oramorph, and Diazepam. There appears to be no specialist in the world so far who can help. I want treatment and my life back not more medication. I have been on most of these tablets for 10 years, apart from the oramorph which has been for the past 8. I was on morphine patches prior but they presented a rash. I am 36 years old. I can provide my lastest MRI results, I have them on a disc. I paid for it because I can buldging into my csc. I know that there is nerve damage but no one is listening, I too understand the frustrations of ending it all. I cant get on my motorcycle to do it. I handed in my firearms licence because I dont want to be stupid and have my two boys without there dad. But I dont / cant go on holiday/vacations with them. I cant sit in one spot, I have to move lay down stand up. I hardly get sleep, I have developed following the op bladder issues, something I like not to discuss and other issues. And yet I am being told apart from scaring your a failed back patient. We cant help you.

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Dr. Russ
3/20/2014 09:30:59 pm

Unfortunately, scenarios like this are all too common. The best things I can suggest is to go to DoctorSchierling.com and learn what it takes to eat an Anti-inflammatory diet -- and to really get your diet in order. As long as it does not get too crazy, slight Decompression might help as well. You could also try some Cold Laser Therapy and get yourself an inversion table. Make sure you read my article on doing it properly before trying it.

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Mr. J. F. Ramsey
3/20/2014 10:34:30 pm

Thank you Dr for your reply, I have been eating very healty, I am not over weight but far from my "normal" weight prior to my RTC 10 years ago. I have been suffering since the operation went south. I have mentioned and I am glad you havnt suggested it, that I do NOT want any further medication as I am taking enough NSAID's to kill a horse. This cold lazer treament is interesting, along with the inversion table, I am very aware of these with spinal pts as I was trained when they first came out on how to use them etc. I was as I stated a clinical paramedic, but also persued and completed many other exams. Mostly Pt care, phlebotomy, CA treatment and represensation of that pt. But being a PT is horrible. I will do what ever it takes, I will consult my GP first (as I am based now in the UK.) If necessary and I cant get the treament I will persue treatment with your Dr. Schierling to see if there are recovery and other avenues to peruse. Mostly I will email over MRI scans, Xrays etc. I dont mind traveling the world because I am too young (37 next month) to have my life thrown away. And for you to respond I was honoured and now think you and your company actually have PT care! Something the NHS has now long forgotten about. You have my email so please feel free to use that when required, expecially if I am sending sensitive and confidential documents through. I will review this Cold Laser therapy, along with one more which seemed to be nerve stimulation, which I know you did not mention. As I am not a neurologist I am concerned that this is more a test than an ongoing treament as it suggested. Appearantly they can continue to send shocks in the effected nerves assisting growth or regeneration. However like everything I am sceptical. But thank you for your prompt if not extremely helpfull reply. My regards and honest loving well wishes Jonathon Ramsey

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Mr. J. F. Ramsey link
3/20/2014 10:35:28 pm

Thank you Dr for your reply, I have been eating very healty, I am not over weight but far from my "normal" weight prior to my RTC 10 years ago. I have been suffering since the operation went south. I have mentioned and I am glad you havnt suggested it, that I do NOT want any further medication as I am taking enough NSAID's to kill a horse. This cold lazer treament is interesting, along with the inversion table, I am very aware of these with spinal pts as I was trained when they first came out on how to use them etc. I was as I stated a clinical paramedic, but also persued and completed many other exams. Mostly Pt care, phlebotomy, CA treatment and represensation of that pt. But being a PT is horrible. I will do what ever it takes, I will consult my GP first (as I am based now in the UK.) If necessary and I cant get the treament I will persue treatment with your Dr. Schierling to see if there are recovery and other avenues to peruse. Mostly I will email over MRI scans, Xrays etc. I dont mind traveling the world because I am too young (37 next month) to have my life thrown away. And for you to respond I was honoured and now think you and your company actually have PT care! Something the NHS has now long forgotten about. You have my email so please feel free to use that when required, expecially if I am sending sensitive and confidential documents through. I will review this Cold Laser therapy, along with one more which seemed to be nerve stimulation, which I know you did not mention. As I am not a neurologist I am concerned that this is more a test than an ongoing treament as it suggested. Appearantly they can continue to send shocks in the effected nerves assisting growth or regeneration. However like everything I am sceptical. But thank you for your prompt if not extremely helpfull reply.

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Mr. J. F. Ramsey
3/20/2014 10:35:50 pm

Thank you Dr for your reply, I have been eating very healty, I am not over weight but far from my "normal" weight prior to my RTC 10 years ago. I have been suffering since the operation went south. I have mentioned and I am glad you havnt suggested it, that I do NOT want any further medication as I am taking enough NSAID's to kill a horse. This cold lazer treament is interesting, along with the inversion table, I am very aware of these with spinal pts as I was trained when they first came out on how to use them etc. I was as I stated a clinical paramedic, but also persued and completed many other exams. Mostly Pt care, phlebotomy, CA treatment and represensation of that pt. But being a PT is horrible. I will do what ever it takes, I will consult my GP first (as I am based now in the UK.) If necessary and I cant get the treament I will persue treatment with your Dr. Schierling to see if there are recovery and other avenues to peruse. Mostly I will email over MRI scans, Xrays etc. I dont mind traveling the world because I am too young (37 next month) to have my life thrown away. And for you to respond I was honoured and now think you and your company actually have PT care! . You have my email so please feel free to use that when required, expecially if I am sending sensitive and confidential documents through. I will review this Cold Laser therapy, along with one more which seemed to be nerve stimulation, which I know you did not mention. As I am not a neurologist I am concerned that this is more a test than an ongoing treament as it suggested. Appearantly they can continue to send shocks in the effected nerves assisting growth or regeneration. However like everything I am sceptical. But thank you for your prompt if not extremely helpfull reply.

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BN link
5/10/2018 12:38:01 pm

Another thing to keep in mind would be failed back surgery syndrome. Love seeing a doctor's honest take on spine surgery and the alternative options. Thanks.

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Ashley link
6/28/2019 12:04:26 pm

I liked that you said that it is important to hire an honest surgeon. I would imagine that this would make you feel more comfortable with getting spinal surgery. I would be sure to have an honest surgeon perform my surgery so that I'm not nervous.

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Sarah Smith link
6/10/2020 12:09:23 pm

Thanks for explaining that following back surgery to help open up spinal fusions, you will need to take a long recovery time that can last over a year. My brother has had a really bad back since he was in his early 20's. Now that it is hard for him to walk, I think that he should look into getting a back surgery. The time away from work will be okay for him because he is working from home and might be able to work from his laptop.

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