DRS Protocol at Busch Chiropractic Pain Center treats sciatic pain

Sciatica or sciatic pain is symptom of a back problem, and it is not a diagnosis of the actual problem itself. Sciatic pain refers to pain along the length of the sciatic nerve, the largest nerve in the body. The sciatic nerve branches off your spine at the pelvis and travels down each leg. A problem at the root of this nerve, where the nerve exits the spine, may be felt along the entire length of the leg and can cause leg weakness. Sciatic pain can be severe and debilitating.

Patients often misinterpret this as a problem with their legs, when the primary cause is the result of a bulging disc compressing a nerve at the base of their spine. Sometimes, with severe inflammation, pain will also be felt in the hips and buttocks.

Here is a general list of symptoms

• Constant pain in only one side of the buttock or leg  – generally does not occur in both legs
• Pain may be worse when sitting
• Burning or tingling down the leg is more like that a dull ache
• Hard to move your leg or foot, you can also have weakness and numbness
• Constant pain on one side of the buttocks
• Difficult to stand up or to walk

Sciatic pain is successfully treated at the Busch Chiropractic Pain Center, Fort Wayne IN, with DRS Protocol™ when the underlying cause or diagnosis is a disc condition such as herniated and degenerative disc (s). 

The new pain medication contains the painkiller hydrocodone – which is highly addictive – and the new pain medication can have 10 times the amount of hydrocodone in pain pills such as Vicodin.  The product is awaiting approval, and if that happens, it will be the first time patients can legally have pure hydrocodone. Now most pain pills add the non-addictive painkillers like acetaminophen.

According to the co-founder of Advocates for the – Reform of Prescription Opioids,  ”It’s like the wild west.” Peter Jackson states, “The whole supply-side system is set up to perpetuate this massive unloading of opioid narcotics on the American  public.”

The pharmaceutical companies say the new pain medication will offer another tool for those who are legitimately in pain.  The companies say the pure hydrocodone will avoid potential liver problems that are linked to high doses of acetaminophen – an ingredient in products like Vicodin. Patients will be closely supervised by law, and each time the patient needs a refill, it would require another office visit. Weaker prescriptions such as hydrocodone -acetaminophen products can be refilled up to five times.

One manufacturer has had a final meeting with the FDA and plans to have the product on the market by 2013.

“You’ve got a person on your product for life, and a doctor’s got a patient who’s never going to miss an appointment, because if they did and they didn’t get their prescription, they would feel very sick,” said Andrew Kolodny, president of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing. “It’s a terrific business model, and that’s what these companies want to get in on.”

The Drug Enforcement Administration, which enforces controls on medicines along with the FDA, said it could not comment on drugs that have not yet been approved for sale.

What do you think about this type of pain medication being developed?  Let us know.

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Busch Chiropractic Pain Center, Fort Wayne  IN, can help you with pain from degenerative disc, herniated discs, sciatic pain and more.

DRS PROTOCOL can treat Radiculopathy

Cervical Radiculopathy is a term that describes radiating nerve pain that can start with a disc problem such as herniated or degenerative discs in your neck (cervical) area.  Your pain can run down into your shoulder, into your arm and on into your hands and fingers.  Along with the pain, you can also experience numbness, tingling and weakness.  Certain of your muscle groups can have weakness, and your range-of-motion can be impaired and you could even have a problem simply looking from side to side.

Your neck is your “cervical” area of the spine.  Each level of your cervical area is referred to as C-1 through C-8.  Each level affects other parts of your body.   A general description of what can be affected is as follows:

 C1 through C3 can cause headaches and very possibly dizziness.  You may also have numbness and tingling in the neck and upper back.  This can also affects shoulder and upper chest muscles.

C4 and C5 affects the muscles of your shoulder, upper chest and surface area of your shoulder, upper arm and can cause you have to have loss of sensation and cause numbness.  This can be a cause of referred pain into areas of your upper back

C6 affects the outside part of your elbow, forearm, your thumb, index finger and flexors of  your elbow;  this can cause referred pain into areas of your upper back

C7 and C8 affects the inside part of your elbow, your forearm including the small ring and long fingers, and the intrinsic muscles in your hand, and can cause referred pain into areas of your upper back

Above is a diagram illustrating many areas that can be affected by problems from your neck.  Conditions such herniated and degenerative disc disease can be successfully treated with the DRS Protocol™.  This treatment was developed by Dr. Richard Busch at Busch Chiropractic Pain Center in Fort Wayne IN. 

Do you have any of these symptoms?  Feel free to go to www.buschchiropractic.comor give us a call 1-888-471-4090.

Busch Chiropractic treats people with back pain from shoveling snow!

George started having intense low back pain, leg pain and hip pain over a year ago.  It happened when he tried to start his lawn mower.  At times, his pain was bad enough pain (5/10) that he was devouring Ibuprofen.  The pain was ruling his life.  He couldn’t sleep.  He had trouble standing, walking and sitting.  There just wasn’t anything he could do that pain wasn’t involved.

Later that winter, he got worse because he shoveled snow. The breaking point was when George had to be in the car for a long drive, and he knew he was in even worse trouble.  He had to almost peel himself out of his car after a day of driving.  His pain level had escalated to a 9/10.  Then George started living on Vicodin and Nsaids.  He knew he needed help fast, and yet he never had found out what was causing his problems; he knew he did not want injections or surgery.

George had a friend who had a great success treating with the DRS Protocol™ at the Busch Chiropractic Pain Center, Fort Wayne IN.  His friend had talked and talked to George about seeing Dr. Richard Busch because it really seemed George had problems similar to his friend’s. 

George called the Busch Chiropractic Pain Center, and because he was in such terrible pain, he was scheduled as soon as possible.  After reviewing the X-rays and exam findings, Dr. Busch told George he had a bulging disc related to degenerative disc disease, and he could be successfully treated.  George couldn’t wait to start treatment with the DRS Protocol™, and he was right.  After a short time, his pain levels were diminished, and he could drive longer.  He was ecstatic because he no longer takes Vicodin and Ibuprofen on a daily basis.  George is a very happy patient and tells all his friends that if they even think they have a disc problem – don’t wait – go see Dr. Busch.  The DRS Protocol™ works, and it is pain-free, and you can keep working.  However, you may want to be careful shoveling snow, but that just makes sense.

If you or someone you love have ongoing and unresolved back pain, why not learn more about Busch Chiropractic Pain Center and the DRS Protocol™?  If you want to call it is toll-free – 1-888-471-4090.

Busch Chiropractic can treat pinched nerves

When patients come to the Busch Chiropractic Pain Center, Fort Wayne IN, because they have symptoms such as burning, numbness, tingling, and pain in the back or neck, they often say they have a pinched nerve.  They may have been seen by other doctors, and many times the explanation is simply that they have a pinched nerve.  These symptoms can be debilitating, and in some cases surgery was recommended. 

Pinched nerve is a rather general term that really is compression of your nerves, whether it is an individual nerve or a group of nerves.  The cause can be from several reasons.  The most common would a bulging or herniated disc.  The areas of your spine most likely affected would be your neck or your low back, because this is where there is the most movement or flexibility.

Pinched nerves at the L5 level (very low area of your spine) will cause pain, burning, and numbness down the inside of your thigh, leg and go to your big toe. Pinched nerves at your S1 level (the lowest part of your spine) can cause pain going down the outside of your leg in to your ankle and the side and even the sole of your foot. Sometimes you could experience all of the symptoms, or your symptoms may vary depending on what nerve or nerves are affected or “pinched”.

There can be many approaches for treatment.  Dr. Richard Busch has treated thousands of patients for problems that cause pinched nerves with the DRS Protocol™.  This is a drug-free, noninvasive treatment that really addresses the problem causing the symptoms.

Do you have symptoms that seem like a pinched nerve?  Want to find out more contact us at 1-888-471-4090 or go to www.buschchiropractic.com

The following back and neck surgeries are some of the most common:

Discectomy is removing a herniation of the disc and can require removing a portion of vertebra (the bone in the spine) to access the disk.

 Laminectomy is a surgery that removes the bone over the spinal canal.  The goal is to enlarge the spinal canal.  This performed for spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal and can cause pain from nerve pressure).

Spinal fusion permanently connects two or more bones in your spine. It is intended to add stability and eliminate motion.

Traditional medical treatment for FBBS can be physical therapy, nerve blocks, TENS units, anti-inflammatories, NSAIDs, pain medications, epidurals, pain pumps, spinal cord stimulators and anti-depressants. 

To treat patients who are suffering with pain and other symptoms from herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, facet syndrome and even Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, Dr. Richard Busch, Busch Chiropractic, Fort Wayne IN, developed the DRS Protocol™ and has successfully treated thousands of patients.  The DRS Protocol™ is noninvasive, drug-free, and risk-free.  Patients don’t have to worry about recovery time, loss of work, and potential long-term side effects from surgery such as scar tissue and continuing pain.

The authors used database information from 2005 to 2008 of the American College of Surgeons.  The database records preoperative information and postoperative complications and death of patients who had surgery in participating facilities in the United States.  The data includes a variety of types of surgery.

The study included factors of existing medical conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular problems, age, body mass, and gender.

The study covered 3,475 patients who had received one or more spine operations.

• The age range was from 16 to 90 and the average age was 55.5 year
• 54 percent were men, and 76 percent were Caucasian

The main conditions of the study treated by back surgery were herniated disc, spinal stenosis, and degenerative disc disease (DDD). The study focused on complications and death within 30 days after surgery.  So anything that happened after 30 days was not part of the study.

Some of the major complications were blood clots deep in the legs (deep vein thrombosis); life-threatening bacterial infections and deep wound infections; and addition surgeries.  Considered by the study to be more minor complications were pneumonia, nonlife-threatening wound infections, and urinary tract infections.

Within 30 days of surgery, 7.6 percent of the patients had developed complications and 10 had died. The study also identified risk factors for developing one or more complications, including death, within the 30-day post surgery:

• Patient’s age;
• Congestive heart failure and/or a history of heart attack;
• Preoperative neurological problems;
• History of spinal wound infection;
• Use of corticosteroids (e.g. prednisone);
• Prolonged surgery times, and other risks

Dr. Richard Busch of the Busch Chiropractic Pain Center, Fort Wayne IN, states, “What we are doing with the DRS Protocol™ is a very successful, noninvasive alternative for treating degenerative disc disease, herniated disc, spinal stenosis, facet syndrome and failed back and neck surgeries.  There are no risks such a MRSA, blood clots, recovery time, and the patient can stay on the job.  It is definitely safe for senior patients.”

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This case study noted that this patient’s previous medical treatment had included multiple emergency room visits; private specialists; and a rotation of drug therapies including Paxil, Xanax, and Celexa all of which had failed to help her. The patient’s history also included at least three motor vehicle accidents between 1995 and 1997, including one where her head shattered the windshield.

The articles note that according to the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety is the most common mental health illness. It affects more than 19 million Americans ages 18-54. Patients suffering from General Anxiety Disorder make three to five times more visits to doctors’ offices and emergency rooms and the Anxiety Disorders Association of America reports that direct healthcare costs and lost productivity of these conditions cost more than $42 billion per year.

In December, 2001, the patient started chiropractic care for correction of nerve interference called “subluxations”. This patient’s results were then documented over a four month course of care. It was observed that medication was discontinued successfully. Additionally, the articles noted that after a four-month course of chiropractic care, the young woman reported an 80% reduction in her anxiety symptoms, including a 90% decrease in her headaches. The patient was able to resume a normal lifestyle without resorting to prescription or over-the-counter drugs.

The research was co-authored by Dr. Madeline Behrendt, Associate Editor of JVSR, and Dr. Nathan Olsen, a chiropractor in private practice in Boise, Idaho. They noted in their conclusion that, “These improvements suggest positive changes in mental health function may be associated with subluxation correction from the application of chiropractic care.”

Dr. Behrendt additionally commented, “This young woman spent two years in crisis, going from emergency room to private specialist, spending thousands of dollars for tests and drug therapy, without any resolution of her problems. A simple, non-invasive spinal screening ultimately provided the findings that made the difference: her spine was subluxated, impinging on nerves, and altering the proper function of her nervous system.” Behrendt continued by asking, “How many other people are suffering unnecessarily because they are missing the proper screening?”