Five Steps To Make Sure You Get Back Surgery…What?

Spinal surgery has a very high failure rate.  In fact the problem is so bad, Charles Burton MD, a leading researcher in spinal surgery; wrote an article called “Spinal Surgery, The Alarm Bells Are Ringing”.   In it, he talks about the high rate of spinal surgery failure and states “Ill-advised spine surgery which creates more problems for patients than it solves, can no longer be tolerated.”  -Surgical Neurology 65 (2006) 5-6. A copy of this article is available from my office.

I purposely wrote the following five steps with a little sarcastic bite.  I wrote it that way to get your attention and point out the shocking stupidity of spine treatment in the USA.

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So here goes…If you like taking risks with your spine and really would like to make sure you get surgery at some time in the future, here’s what you do:

Step 1:  Never go to a chiropractor.  Numerous scientific studies show chiropractic is the safest, most effective form of therapy for low back related conditions. If you want to make sure you have back pain that’s bad enough to see a surgeon, take your surgeon’s advice and don’t see a chiropractor.

Step 2:  If you do decide to go to one of these quasi-doctors don’t follow his or her advice concerning mattresses, pillows and exercises.  Chiropractors know proper home care is critical in the treatment of back pain.  If you want to assure that you will have a lifetime of back pain, you must sleep on a soft mattress.

Step 3:  Get lots of cortisone shots in your back.  Cortisone is a good short term anti-inflammatory and may be helpful in some cases.  But, if you want to have surgery on your back, get lots of cortisone shots, so that your discs will deteriorate faster.

Step 4:  Smoke cigarettes and drink a lot of alcohol.  These two dehydrate your discs and cause a lot of inflammation.  Smoking and drinking are a quick way to cause back problems and make sure that your surgery fails.

Step 5:  Whatever you do, don’t eat healthy.  If you want surgery, you are going to have to eat the way most of America does.  Eat lots of fast food, glutamate, aspartame and processed carbohydrates that inflame tissues and lead to chronic pain.

On the serious side…

If you want to avoid surgery, do the opposite of the above. See a chiropractor, get a good firm mattress, exercise, avoid over-use of anti-inflammatory meds, avoid cigarettes and alcohol and eat healthy.

If you would like to find out more about how we treat low back related conditions like degenerative discs, sciatica, spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis without drugs or surgery, log on to www.NewBackPainReliefInfo.com.

Or, if you’d like to set up a FREE no obligation consultation with me, you can call Jennifer or Leah at 262-251-8306 and set up a time when we can meet and discuss your situation.