Archive for 'Back Pain'
New alternatives to back surgery are gaining favor
(Fortune Magazine) — John Chiota was ready to try just about anything. After a 2001 car accident, Chiota, a 63-year-old Connecticut lawyer and probate judge, had lower back pain so bad that he often had to hear cases while standing up. Simple tasks like shaving were agony. Physical therapy didn’t help. Painkillers worked for a while but then wore off.
His doctors suggested surgery but could not guarantee that it would help. Chiota was about give the local acupuncturist a call when he heard about Norman Marcus, a psychiatry and anesthesiology professor who runs a small, private - and controversial - pain institute in Manhattan. “I knew it was off the beaten path,” Chiota recalls, “but at that point, I didn’t care.”
Ten days after seeing Marcus and submitting to his therapy, in which he uses a needle to break up knotted muscle tissue - “trigger points” - Chiota was pain-free. Still, he admits Marcus is not for everyone. “He is not a quack, but he’s not mainstream,” Chiota says. “There are not a whole lot of guys like him.”
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Posted: August 26th, 2006 under Back Pain.
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Chronic Pain for 20 years: within a month of starting treatment problems “were a distant memory”
1. The approximate onset of chiropractic care (date):
January 27, 2003 before that on and off for several years, but non-consistent and very few benefits as a result.
2. The problems, symptoms or ailments you were troubled with prior to chiropractic care:
The list can be endless … back pain, left knee, left foot pain, digestive […]
Posted: July 14th, 2006 under Back Pain, Breathing Problems, Digestion, Foot Pain, Headaches, Knee Pain, Lack of Energy, Migraines, Neck Pain, Patient Testimonials, Sciatic Pain, Sleeping Trouble.
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Difficulty at work due to Lower Back Pain and Headaches
1. The approximate onset of chiropractic care (date): June 2, 2003
2. The problems, symptoms or ailments you were troubled with prior to chiropractic care:
Lower back pain, headache, back and shoulder pain, foot pain. I felt tired often and I had skin allergies too.
3. The number of weeks, months or years you had these […]
Posted: July 13th, 2006 under Allergies, Back Pain, Foot Pain, Headaches, Lower Back Pain, Patient Testimonials, Shoulder Pain.
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Four years of Hip and Back Pain treated with success
1. The approximate onset of chiropractic care (date): May 26, 2003
2. The problems, symptoms or ailments you were troubled with prior to chiropractic care:
Lower left hip pain and back pain. Sore foot, sinus and allergy problems and high blood pressure.
3. The number of weeks, months or years you had these problems:
More than four […]
Posted: July 13th, 2006 under Allergies, Back Pain, Foot Pain, Hip Pain, Patient Testimonials, Sinus Problems, Sleeping Trouble.
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Extreme Pain and Constant Ache gone in three weeks
1. The approximate onset of chiropractic care (date): One and a half months ago.
2. The problems, symptoms or ailments you were troubled with prior to chiropractic care:
I had a sore neck and stabbing back pain.
3. The number of weeks, months or years you had these problems:
I’ve had the sore neck for at least […]
Posted: July 13th, 2006 under Back Pain, Neck Pain, Patient Testimonials.
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