Relieve Back Pain From Spinal Stenosis, Herniated Disc With Laser Spine Surgery


by Matthew J White - Date: 2010-10-18 - Word Count: 386 Share This!

Do you suffer from chronic back and neck pain? Do you need surgery, but you're afraid of invasive procedures and long recovery times? Are you tired of taking medications that don't alleviate your pain?

Then laser spine surgery may be the alternative you've been waiting for.

Millions of Americans suffer needlessly from chronic back and neck pain, often caused by disorders such as spinal stenosis, herniated discs, pinched nerves, or even arthritis.

These conditions can be life altering, interfering with the ability to work, or simply to function on a daily basis. Chronic back pain can even lead to depression when traditional treatments or medications don't provide relief.

In the past, those people who needed surgery to correct such conditions faced "open" back and neck surgery, meaning invasive surgeries that involved significant tissue damage. Procedures such as these typically involve high-speed air drills or surgical instruments heated with electric current to cut away tissue and bone.

This type of surgery requires a large incision to allow the doctor space to work and requires a great deal of time for a full recovery.

But with laser spine surgery, doctors rely on precision lasers to cut away tissue. The focus and exactitude of the laser mean that less tissue damage is incurred and recovery times are greatly reduced.

In many cases, the incision required for laser spine surgery is only an inch long, or even less. Many patients find relief from these gentle and less invasive procedures right away, and are even able to go home that same day.

Imagine outpatient back surgery that could alleviate your pain without lengthy hospital stays or long-term recovery!

If you are interested in laser spine surgery, it's important to remember that only qualified and experienced doctors should be trusted with your back and neck. While the procedure has been around since the 1980s, this doesn't mean that all medical professionals have the proper credentials for such a procedure.

Your spine is the central axis along which your body operates, and only the best health care professionals who have the proper training and experience should be allowed to work on it.

That being said, doctors who focus on musculoskeletal disorders and offer the more minimally invasive laser spine surgery offer the latest in surgical techniques, alleviating pain without causing the same tissue damage that has become the necessary evil of traditional back surgery.

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