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Twenty-First Century Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment

As long as people have been lifting, bending, twisting; as long as we’ve been playing sports, farming, or doing manual labor, we have dealt with chronic low back pain. Treatment options over the centuries have run the gamut from acupuncture to spinal fusion surgery. Over time, we’ve discovered that many back ailments – whether resulting from injury or age-related degeneration – often respond well to non-invasive treatment, but we’ve also recognized that there are some people who just don’t get results without surgery.

Back Surgery a Serious Matter

Back surgery has always been a serious matter. For much of medical history, there was no recourse for a damaged spine or nerve root, and thus surgeons were wary of nonessential back surgery. Advances in bone graft technology and our understanding of physiology led eventually to a fairly commonplace open spine surgery for treating herniated or degenerated discs or other spine conditions, but this surgical treatment was, at best, unpredictable. These invasive operations often involve removing the entire disc, reshaping the surfaces of the adjacent vertebrae, inserting bone grafts, and ultimately screwing in a metal bracket – all with the intent of fusing vertebrae together. Between the high degree of invasiveness, the large incisions, and the fickle nature of the spine, it is easy to see how traditional open spine surgery leaves about half of open back surgery patients suffering from unabated or increased pain – in addition to the risk, pain, and long recovery period involved in such a major operation.

Minimally Invasive Alternative

All is not lost, however. The twenty-first century has seen rapid advancement and acceptance of new surgical technologies that allow surgeons to access the anatomical area that needs attention with far less disruption to the rest of the body. One of the most useful of these developments was the advent of laser-assisted endoscopic technology, which enables back surgeons to perform such procedures as a discectomy through an incision about half an inch in length, allowing the patient to leave within a matter of hours and return to an active lifestyle in a couple of days.

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This is the mission of Laser Spine Institute (LSI): to make this kind of high-tech treatment available to the many adults who suffer from chronic back or neck pain. Our expert team of spine surgeons has performed tens of thousands of such procedures, helping their patients to experience pain relief and to reclaim their lives. To learn more about LSI or to schedule a free MRI or CT scan review, contact LSI today.

Please note: Laser Spine Institute currently does not perform endoscopic procedures on the thoracic spine.