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A CASE OF A REALLY LARGE DISC HERNIATION

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Joey Furuto (name used with his permission) is a supervisor for the City/County of San Francisco.  Bright, bubbly, energetic, he found that his life was getting progressively more difficult and unhappy.  His back pain was getting worse and worse, and he finally got an MRI.  Here is the important part of his report (translated from "medical-ese"  into English.

"At L4/L5, the disc herniation is 16 mm from top to bottom and 9 mm from front to back. The spinal hole on the left where the nerve comes out is completely blocked. The disc is touching and pushing on the left nerve root".  No wonder he had severe pain down his left leg (also known as left sciatica)!!

His presenting complaints included: unable to bend over at the waist, unable to to twist with severe pain  (making driving his car VERY difficult), and constant severe pain down his left leg.

Here is what Joey has to say:
"After the first 15 visits, I was finally able to have a social life!  Initially, I was able to go out for an hour or two, but by the end of my treatment, my social life had resumed...Receiving the spinal decompression treatments was an essential part of my healing process. I no longer have back pain or leg pain."


AND HERE IS A CASE OF SEVERE DISC HERNIATION - TREATED SUCCESSFULLY