Most people struggling to conquer chronic back or neck pain have come to our clinics as a last resort hoping to avoid surgery. For 20 years in Massachusetts, we were known as the go-to place for nonsurgical spinal corrective care for pain syndromes driven by scoliosis, stenosis, abnormal alignment and various degrees of disc disease, including degeneration/dehydration, bulging and disc herniation. We became the place to go when everything else failed.
Now we practice in Scottsdale and have brought our advanced techniques and technologies with us. At Ally Spine Center, we focus on the structural causes of spine pain and make changes to the anatomy with pain-free treatments that help to eliminate pressure on joints, discs, nerves and the spinal cord. We have found over the years that very few patients have experienced true spinal decompression but have instead opted for simple mechanical traction disguised as decompression. The key to advancing care and delivering results that help patients avoid surgery is in the understanding and execution of the processes that allow for true spinal change that can be verified with before-and-after imaging studies.
Ally Spine Center is the only provider in Arizona with true spinal decompression utilizing the most advanced system, the SpineMed. With the SpineMed, we are able to effectively, efficiently and painlessly target the spinal-disc-nerve level to alleviate pressure and create the necessary vacuum within the spinal disc to restore its proper structure and function. Once patients understand the true cause of their chronic spine pain and see how quickly and safely they can find relief without surgery and lengthy rehabilitation, they are quite surprised and wonder why they hadn’t heard about this technique sooner.
We explain to our patients that the current model of care for these spine conditions is designed to chemically alter their pain response to the underlying condition. We also explain that this approach will always lead to progressive decay and need for further treatment. Unfortunately, many patients fall into this category and lose their ability to enjoy life. Ultimately, the symptom-treatment model leads to surgeries and more disability. A PubMed search reveals Medicare guidelines and research statistics showing that 70 percent of spine surgeries are unnecessary, 68 percent may require a second or even a third surgery in the same region, 75 percent of patients experience the same pain after surgery, and the overall long-term success rate is only 8 to 12 percent.
The landscape of health care in the U.S. is constantly evolving, revealing that less invasive procedures for spinal care are safer, more economical and more effective. With an approximately 90 percent success rate in overall pain-relief and correction of underlying structural damage with nonsurgical spinal decompression and class 4 laser therapy (and ongoing in a four-year follow-up study, McClure, et al), we often see the most chronic cases improve and avoid surgery.
The SpineMed’s precise delivery of very low-force distraction to the affected spinal level(s) is unmatched in the field of medical equipment. With more than 20 years of experience in taking on cases of severe chronic pain, sciatica, stenosis, disc herniation and even peripheral neuropathy (50 percent of cases also have disc-nerve contribution), we are able to make unparalleled changes and can greatly shorten the curve of getting patients back to living life actively and without restrictions. Our recommendation is simply this, “Noninvasive/spinal corrective care first, drugs/injections second, and surgery last.” Find out sooner, rather than later, that by addressing causes before treating effects, your body can heal itself.
Dr. Chris Condon has owned and operated multiple clinics in the greater Boston area and now in Scottsdale at Ally Spine Center. He is also a speaker, health coach, nutritional consultant and author. He can be reached at 480-809-4700 or visit AllySpineCenter.com.
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