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PROLOTHERAPY,
IDET, EPIDUROSCOPY,
BACK SURGERY
No matter how much I write about
Prolotherapy, people will ask what are my chances with my particular condition.
I tell them that I have been doing
Prolotherapy for years and have only had a handful of clients receive other treatments by my
recommendation.
“Yes doctor but what about me and my
herniated disc?” In the years of practice I can only remember
a handful of patients who ended up needing surgery, the rest were treated with medications,
nerve block injections,
epidurals, exercise, and of course
Prolotherapy. I have had
acute herniated
disc patients back to work in two days. Yes sometimes Prolotherapy, nerve blocks, epidurals, and medications work that quickly to resolve the pain.
“Doctor what about my
degenerated discs?” In the ten years I have been practicing I have had only one or two that ended up getting intradiscal electrotheramal therapy
(IDET). The rest with exercise,
nutritional supplements, and Prolotherapy resolved their pain complaints (or the majority of them). IDET is a treatment that involves frying the disc wall to contract the
collagen of the disc to help decrease the pain of
degenerated discs.
One person who had the procedure said with hospital charges included the cost was $15,000. Yikes!
Prolotherapy for
degenerated disc generally runs about 10% of that and is very effective. In regard to other procedures, I have referred nobody for epiduroscopy, the latest
back pain treatment craze. This procedure warrants no space here.
“Doctor I have pain down my leg are you sure you have seen this before?”
Prolotherapy doctors have seen everything.
Prolotherapy
doctors understand
ligament and nerve referral pain patterns. When needed an
MRI or
EMG/NCV will be ordered but in general treatment can begin without the necessity of these tests.
For most painful conditions
Prolotherapy is very effective. I recommend getting a
second opinion before any body is going to undergo disc frying
(IDET),
back surgery, or back scoping (epiduroscopy). It is probable that a simple procedure called Prolotherapy is all that will be needed to resolve the pain. I have ten years experience at least to go on. |
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Ross Hauser, M.D.
Caring
Medical and Rehabilitation Services
Dr.
Hauser received his M.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago; completed his
residency at Loyola-Hines VA-Marianjoy Hospitals in Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation; and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Hauser is one of the leading
experts in the treatment of chronic pain and sports injuries with
Prolotherapy.
He, along with his wife Marion, have written seven books on the
topic of Prolotherapy, a comprehensive book on the natural medicine
approach to cancer, as well as a myriad of articles and newsletters
for the general public. Read more about
Ross Hauser MD
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