Free Back Pain & Sciatica Teleseminar, Thurs 7 pm PST

Orange County, CA Disc bulge, Herniated disc, Degenerative disc disease, Sciatica, Stenosis, and Arthritis treatment information
Dr Barry Marks, Chiropractor, Orange, CA 92868

Orange County Chiropractor, Author and Back Pain Expert, Dr Barry Marks, DC invites you to attend his upcoming Free teleseminar, “New Hope for Back Pain & Sciatica” this Thursday at 7 pm PST.

During this important 60 min call you will learn:

• Why your  back hurts
• Why your past treatments have failed
• Why your condition is likely to worsen if you don’t act soon
• The truth about acupuncture, chiropractic, shots and surgery
• And more!

As Dr. Marks’ guest, you will also be eligible for special “seminar-only” gifts and bonuses just for attending.

The Free back pain & sciatica seminar is filled with info every back pain sufferer must know before they make their problem even worse.

For more details and your VIP PIN code go to: http://www.spinediscrehab.com/free-back-teleseminar.html

Lower Back Pain Stretches, More Exercises for Back Pain

Lower Back Pain Stretches and Exercises
Dr Barry L Marks, DC
Orange, CA

Lower Back Arch

The lower back arch is good to stretch out and elongate your entire spine. This may relieve pain and tension from back strains, disc herniation, bulging discs, degenerative disc disease and arthritis.

• Assume a hands and knees position
• Arch your back up 
• Tuck your tail and head downward and squeeze lightly while exhaling
• Take a breath in and straighten your back then repeat

For more information on lower back pain exercsies and treatment go to http://orangespinaldecompression.com

Exercises, stretches for lower back pain

Lower Back Pain Stretches and Exercises for Back Pain
Dr Barry L Marks, DC
Orange, CA

A good stretch for lower back pain due to disc herniation, bulging disc, degenerative disc disease, sacroiliac strain and tight lower back due to a strain is the Knee-to-Chest stretch.

• Simply lie flat on your back
• Bend your knees and grasp them with your hands
• Pull knees up towards chest and hold for a 5 count
• Lower slightly and repeat

An alternative is to use only one knees at a time or to bring one knee up towards the opposite shoulder and hold. This is good for stretching the sacroiliac joint.

For more information on back pain and lower back pain exercises go to
Cure for Lower Back Pain

DRX9000 Spinal Decompression in Orange, CA 92868

Spinal Decompression Therapy for back pain & sciatica
Dr Barry L Marks, DC
Orange County, CA

Severe back pain sufferers who have been diagnosed with disc herniation, bulging discs or degenerative disc disease have a viable option besides shots and surgery. Spinal decompression with a DRX9000 is quickly becoming a popular alternative to traditional medical treatment for lower back pain.

But many potential patients wonder what spinal decompression is all about. Is it safe? Is it painful? Who can recieve this therapy? What does the machine look like?

Here is a brief introductory video into Spinal Decompression…

For more information on spinal decompression and to see if it is the therapy for you, visit http://orangespinaldecompression.com

Benefits of Spinal Decompression in Orange County, CA 92868

Dr Barry L Marks
Chiropractor Spinal Decompression specialist in Orange CA 92868

 

Non-surgical spinal decompression using the DRX9000 is quickly becoming a leading treatment for many causes of severe lower back pain such as:

• Disc herniation
• Bulging discs
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Spinal stenosis
• Sciatica
• Arthritis
• And more

More and more back pain sufferers are shunning invasive and often risky medical treatments such as surgery, fusion, and epidurals in favor of less invasive, painless procedures that have been shown to be effective. That’s precisely why treatment with the DRX9000 is popular among back pain sufferers.

Among the benefits of spinal decompression are:

• Relief of lower back pain
• Relief of sciatica
• Rehydration of desiccated (dehydrated) discs
• Restored function
• Return to normal activities such as sports and recreation, sex and work
• Prevention of surgery

The most important benefit to remember is that spinal decompression actually helps repair and heal the damaged disc. Other methods do not heal the disc. Drugs and shots merely mask the symptoms while your disc continues to deteriorate. Acupuncture, chiropractic and exercises have not been shown to improve severely damaged discs. Surgery is only indicated in the most severe cases and only after everything else has been attempted since it has the most risk and high failure rate.

No single procedure can help everyone. So obvioulsy there are limitations to spinal decompression, but for the lucky ones who are candidates, it can be a life saver. To learn if your severe back or leg pain can be helped by spinal decompression and for a Free Back Pain Severity Evaluation, go to http://spinediscrehab.com/spinal_decompression_orange_county_ca_92868.html

Stretching Exercises for Lower Back Pain

Lower Back Pain Stretches  from Orange County Lower Back Pain expert
Dr Barry Marks, DC | Orange, CA 92868

Back Extension:

This stretching exercise for lower back pain may help alleviate the following causes of back pain: disk herniation, bulging disc, back strain and subluxation. It is not recommend for facet syndrome.

1. Stretch your back into this position and hold for a count of 5
2. Release tension slightly
3. Repeat 10-20 times.

This stretch for back pain can be a beneficial part of a lower back pain treatment program to relieve your lower back pain and strengthen your core muscles for lasting back pain relief. 

For more back pain stretches and exercises for back pain follow these links: 
http://spinaldecompression.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/back-pain-remedies-do-100-sit-upscrunches-per-day/
http://spinaldecompression.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/back-pain-remedies-stretching-exercises/

To learn more about lower back pain treatment and a possible Cure for Lower Back Pain try this link.

For a Free Home remedies for Back Pain E-book follow this link

Back Pain from Disc Dehydration with No Disc Bulge or Herniation and No Sciatica?

Lower Back Pain Diagnosis and Back Pain Treatment Information
Dr Barry L Marks, DC | Orange County Back Pain Specialist

A common question I get is “How can I have pain, when there is no disc bulge or herniated disc and there is no pressure on my nerves on the MRI? My doctor says I have no bulge so he doesn’t know why I hurt…”

It’s an excellent question really and one that often stumps doctors. The answer lies in the anatomy of the spine and disc in particular. Up until about 20 years ago doctors thought the discs and supporting ligaments of the spine had no nerve supply. We now know however that the outer layers of the disc called the annulus and the broad ligament that runs up and down the back of each spinal bone (posterior longitudinal ligament) are both supplied by the sinuvertebral nerve. This nerve carries pain impulses from these structures.

When you think of nerves, you may think of a sinlge wire leading from the spine to it’s intended target like wiring in your house or car. It’s a nice and neat way to think. The reality is however, that nerves are more like ivy. A main nerve may lead to the target, but once there the nerve divides into many tiny fibers that spread out over the area. So it is in your disc and posterior longitiduinal ligament.

So when your disc is in trouble and beghins to become dehydrated and deteriorates (degenerative disc disease) it has been found that your nerves begin multiplying and cover the area even more densly. This leads to a disc that is hypersensitive and when the nerves are irritated they bombard your brain with pain messages.  The nerves that are embedded in your discs tell the brain to sense pain directly over the spine. Therefore, if you have degenerative disc disease of your last disc, your L5 disc, you will perceive pain in the midline of your lower back just above your tailbone.

The reason you do not experience sciatica is because the nerves that cause sciatic pain (pain down your butt to your legs and feet)  are further away from the disc in the hole between the spinal bones known as the foramen. To irritate these nerves, there needs to be pressure into the foramen by either a space that is diminished by the two bones coming closer together as the disc deteriorates or from a bulge or herniation poking into the foramen and onto the nerves.

So, if you are sufferifng from pain that is in the midline of your spine and you have a positive MRI for dehydration (desiccation) or degenerative disc disease, but no bulge or herniation it is likely you are suffering from disc disease that is affecting the sinuvertebrtal nerve.

For more information on treating this type of back pain go to: http://orangespinaldecompression.com and http://cureforlowerbackpain.com

Back pain medications…safe?

Back pain treatment information
Orange, CA
Back pain specialist Dr Barry L Marks, DC
Author of “Cure for Lower Back Pain”

Many regard taking medications for lower back pain to be safe and with little risk. Afterall, it is the first course of treatment in traditional medical treatment of back pain.

But are medications really safe?

Here are a few drug facts to consider:

• According to Canadian researchers, approximately 32,000 hospitalized patients (and possibly as many as 106,000) in the USA die each year because of adverse reactions to their prescribed medications. (Source: AMA, 1998), Nov. 25, 1998, Vol. 280, No. 20, from the web at http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v280n20/ffull/jlt1125-1.html, last accessed Feb. 12, 2001.)
• OTC medications as a category are responsible for more than 150,000 hospitalizations every year, according to the Food and Drug Administration, and almost 1000 OTC medications have been linked to liver toxicity, which causes about 2000 deaths annually in the United States (Ford MD et al 2001).
• More than 30,000 cases per year of acetaminophen overdose are reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers (Bartlett D 2004).
• NSAIDs results in approximately 107,000 hospitalizations annually for gastrointestinal complications and 16,500 deaths for arthritis patients (Peura DA 2002).

Obviously popping a pill is not without risk. If you are suffering from back pain or arthritis be sure to investigate proven alternative methods that minimize your exposure to dangerous drugs.

For more on back pain treatment go to “Cure for Lower Back Pain”

Cure for Lower Back Pain… in only 5 weeks!

Orange, CA
Back pain diagnosis and treatment for lower back pain

Dr Barry L Marks, DC’s latest book, “Cure for Lower Back Pain” is now available.

Who needs this book?

• If you are suffering from severe back pain and leg pain from back muscle strain, herniated disc, bulging disc, sciatica, stenosis, facet syndrome or arthritis…YOU need this book.
• If you continue to suffer from back pain, leg pain and diminished physical activity….YOU need this book.
• If your life is hampered in any way by your back pain…YOU need this book.

“Cure for Lower Back Pain” will teach you:

• How to know if you have been accurately diagnosed
• What treatments are best for your particular condition
• Plus…special free bonuses including Free direct access to the author for a second opinion

For more details go to www.CureForLowerBackPain.com

Severe Back pain in 22 year old mother

Severe back pain treatment information by back pain specialist Dr Barry Marks, DC, Orange, CA 

This is in response to a question posted by Carmen…

 Hello,
My name is Alicia, but you may call me Carmen.

I am 22 years old, I have had back pain on and off ever since I had my son who is now 6. I recently went to the doctor for it and I was told it was a muscle spasm. I went through therapy which did seem to help but I don’t know if they diagnosed the pain correctly.

I don’t know what could be causing it but I am in pain again only this time there is a new pain with it.

In the past the lower back pain has been so severe that I had to walk at a right degree angle. this was when I was pregnant a second time.

Aside from then the pain has come unexpectedly, I could be getting up or walking when a sharp pain almost puts me on my knees. It felt like my spine was about to collapse.

Sometimes it was just instant and went away just as fast as it came and then sometimes, like when I went to the doctor, it last for weeks.

I am more concerned now because for the past couple of days the back of my leg has been aching along with my back. The pain is a little different than usual but not substantially.

All the pain is on the left side of my lower back/hip and the back of my thigh.

If there is anyone who can shed some light, I would appreciate it.

 

Hi Carmen,

Sorry to hear about your back pain. Back pain during and after preganacy are very common no matter what age.

Recurring severe back pain in a 22 year old is not though. The symptoms  you describe could easily be severe muscle spasm, and/or spinal misalignment as diagnosed by your other doctor, but there is always an underlying cause for this. Spasm is always secondary to something else. It is not a primary condition.

Common causes of severe spasm:

• Joint sprain and/or muscle strain which would require a physical action or injury preceding the spasm by hours or a few days
• Congenital (born with it) anomaly such as a short leg, malshaped vertebra or other structural defect of the spine or pelvis
• Disc disease such as degenerative disc disease,  a bulging disc or a herniated disc which commonly occur during pregancy and/or on delivery

Here’s what you need to do:

1. A thorough examination by a low back specialist who deals with disc disease such as a chirorpactor, not just your family MD
2. X-rays to rule out any structural anomalies of the bones and to look for tell-tale signs of disc disease
3. MRI lumbar spine to rule out disc bulge, herniation, etc which cannot be detected on x-ray

Once this evaluation is completed, your specialist should have enough information to render a “working diagnosis” and commence some type of care. After a period of time a re-eval should be done to assess whether the treatment is working or not.

Carmen, once the evaluation is done, please feel free to send me the results and I will review them and give you my opinion on what your next steps should be.

Warmest regards,

Dr Barry L Marks, DC
http://www.orangespinaldecompression.com