You’re invited to our seminar – Saturday, May 19th

Saturday, May 19th is the date of our next seminar, at 10:00 a.m.

Location: Wilkins Spinal Care
372 E. Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666

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(724) 547-3377

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Are you a candidate for the DRS Protocol – How would you know?

I get asked that question at least 5 or 6 times a day and it’s really an easy question to answer.

The first thing you need to do is be examined and that examination will consist of a consultation, Surface EMG, posture exam, computerized range of motion, x-rays of the area, and a neurological and orthopedic exam of the area as well as a complete review of your medical history and prior imaging studies.

When this question comes up, I also tell the patients that I want to see all the diagnoses or treatments already performed. In one case I had 100 plus pages to read through, but I want to know everything I possibly can about the patients.

After we do the exam and review all that you have brought in, I’ll let the person know if they are a candidate for care that same day. Now I won’t do a complete Report of Findings but just let them know if they are a candidate for care, or if there is another course of treatment I would recommend.

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Location: Wilkins Spinal Care
372 E. Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666

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How many patients do you treat with DRS that already had surgery to their back or neck?

About 25% of our DRS practice has had 1 to 4 surgeries either in their neck or their low back. In our practice, 80% of the patients we treat have problems with their low back. This is due to the fact that 80% of all herniations or bulging discs are going to be of the low back.

These surgeries are discectomies, laminectomies, and fusion surgery, and microdiscectomies. We’ve had some new ones also (X-Spot Spacer), including morphine pumps implanted in patients, nerve inhibitors surgically implanted, and implanted spinal cord stimulators in patients. We’ve seen patient surgeries that have failed, and patients who have had good outcomes after surgery for a period of time, but just didn’t want to undergo another surgery. If you have had a specific question about this subject, I would advise you to email me so I could answer it for you. This is a subject that has a great deal of differences of opinion!

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Seminar, Saturday, May 19th

Saturday, May 19th is the date of our next seminar, at 10:00 a.m.

Location: Wilkins Spinal Care
372 E. Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666

Reserve your space by calling:
(724) 547-3377

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Helpful tools from Wilkins Spinal Care

Be sure to check out our main Web site at www.WilkinsSpinalCare.com where you can access helpful tips, interactive pain assessment tools, frequently asked questions, upcoming seminar notices, medical related articles, videos and so much more.

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FYI: Surgery to the Spine and its Outcomes

Surgery to the spine – what are the outcomes? People ask me this question all the time. The statistics that I use come from the American Journal of Pain Management and the Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine. It states that the success rate for surgery is 20%. These journals say that surgery to the spine is not safe. As far as whether or not the discs are actually repaired after the surgery, the journals say that the surgery does not heal the disc. If the disc is damaged, when surgery is performed, they deem the damage irreparable. Because of this, there is an 80% chance that the patient will need to have the entire procedure done again.

I am not going to add anything to this question by way of opinion. An article from U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services says that “even having a lot of back pain does not by itself mean you need surgery. Surgery has been found to be helpful in only 1 in every 100 cases of low back problems. In some people, surgery can even cause more problems. This is especially true if your only symptom is back pain.”

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Saturday, May 19 – Our Next Seminar

Saturday, May 19th is the date of our next seminar, at 10:00 a.m.

Location: Wilkins Spinal Care
372 E. Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666

Reserve your space by calling:
(724) 547-3377

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FYI: Spinal Stenosis – What is it?

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the vertebral canal, nerve root canals, or intervertebral foramen of the lumbar spine caused by encroachment of bone upon the space. Symptoms are caused by compression of the cauda equine and include pain, parasthesias and neurological claudication. The condition may be either congenital (you were born with it) or due to Spinal degeneration.

The way I explain this to patients is narrowing of the open spaces in the spine. This can cause compression of the nerve roots or spinal cord by bony spurs or soft tissue, such as discs in the spinal canal. This occurs most often in the lumbar spine (in the low back) but also occurs in the cervical spine (in the neck).

Spinal Stenosis occurs mostly in people older than 50. Younger people with a spine injury or a narrow spinal canal are also at risk. Diseases such as arthritis and Scoliosis (curvature of the spine) can cause Spinal Stenosis too. Symptoms might appear gradually or not at all. They include pain in the neck or back, numbness, weakness, or pain in your arms or legs, and foot problems.

Sources: Dorland’s Medical Dictionary

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Our upcoming seminar – May 19

Our next seminar is Saturday, May 19th, at 10:00 a.m.

Location: Wilkins Spinal Care
372 E. Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666

Reserve your space by calling:
(724) 547-3377

Watch an online seminar here.

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