Promising tested non-mainstream treatments

Crystal33 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-29-2009, 01:40 AM

Alexander technique (i have adopted the basics as poor posture part of my prob)
Randomised controlled trial of Alexander technique lessons, exercise, and massage (ATEAM) for chronic and recurrent back pain -- Little et al. 337: a884 -- BMJ

Acupressure (anyone tried this?)
Treatment of low back pain by acupressure and physical therapy: randomised controlled trial -- Hsieh et al. 332 (7543): 696 -- BMJ

Ozone/oxygen injection
Ozone/Oxygen Shot Helps Heal Herniated Disk - Chronic Pain: Health and Medical Information Concerning Chronic Pain Management on MedicineNet.com
"He predicts that this procedure will become standard in the United States within the next five years."

Jim M2 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-29-2009, 03:52 AM

I tried acupressure prior to ADR. It didn't seem to help at all. The acupressure practitioner, or whatever they're called, showed me many different points so I could acupressure myself. It didn't seem to help at all.

Crystal33 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 01:21 AM

thanks Jim.

Maria · #4 (**permalink**) 12-31-2009, 11:30 AM

I tried accupunture and accupressure after my failed L4 percutaneous discectomy and it didn't really help except mentally. I was taught how to do some accupressure points which seemed to help with my foot pain to some degree but not my really horrible spinal/leg pain. ESIs helped me, Gabapentin and low dose Methadone. Tho it might be a good adjunct to these things now.. haven't tried it in a long time.

Crystal33 · #5 (**permalink**) 01-01-2010, 12:20 AM

thanks Maria. i'm borderline surgery and wanting to avoid, but am very restricted.

this is a recent Percutaneous Discectomy procedure using water, done as outpatient surgery.
SpineJetMicroResector
Lumbar Radicular Symptoms in a 24-Year-old Male (Spinal Case Study)

found the following........
"I lived with excruciating back-and-leg pain for years. Two months ago, Dr. Schiffer performed the new HydroDiscectomy procedure to treat my condition. Since then, beginning immediately after the procedure, I've been pain-free. I'm so impressed with Dr. Schiffer and this minimally invasive procedure that I carry the doctor's business cards with me and pass them out to anyone who's suffering from back-and-leg pain." Nate Woods, 42, Morgan Hill, Calif.

mmglobal · #6 (**permalink**) 01-01-2010, 03:18 AM

Crystal... thanks for the posts.

I've seen several presentations on the ozone treatments that are quite impressive. At the conferences, most of the surgeons I spoke to are very skeptical. (But are they skeptical of any treatment without a scalpel?)

ATEAM wins the acronym contest.

I attended a video seminar on the spinejet system earlier this year and posted here:

Mimally invasive TLIF w/Hydrocision (interesting BMP data too)

Read down to post 6 for what I wrote about Dr. Schiffer.