Tuesday Jun 28, 2022

Non-Surgical Treatment For Discogenic Low Back Pain - EP 14

Non-Surgical Treatment For Discogenic Low Back Pain

On today’s episode of Premier Pain Talk, Dr. Danko presents a webinar on the novel treatment called intervertebral allograft injection for degenerative disk disease. Tune in for all of the information.

Episode Highlights:

Have you heard of VIA disc? It is a nonsurgical treatment for degenerative disc disease. It is fairly new to pain management. Dr. Danko has been able to provide this to his patients for over a year now.
Dr. Danko explains his experience with the procedure.
Low back pain is a very common issue, the single greatest cause of disability over the course of our lives.
Over the last 25 years, the prevalence of back pain has increased. Dr. Danko explains why and common factors.
Vertebral compression fractures can occur and cause really severe back pain and they get worse with forward flexion.
Where does disc herniation pain come from?
What are the degenerative changes?
What is degenerative disc disease and how does it occur? How is it accelerated?
Dr. Danko explains what a provider looks at and what kind of exams are done when identifying discogenic back pain.
Discogenic back pain is a constant central back pain that can occur in the legs as well and worse with leaning forward.
What is an MRI scan and what does it help identify?
Degeneration of the discs go from grade 1 (normal healthy disc to grade 8 (most deteriorated)
What treatments were determined to not be effective?
VIA disc has been a game changer. Why?
VIA disc NP is the first and only nucleus pulposus allograft to replace a patient’s tissue loss due to disc degeneration.
What is the VIA disc procedure like? Dr. Danko explains.
Muscle relaxants and back braces are common after the procedure.
Healing takes time. Dr. Danko has advice for not becoming discouraged but rather being patient waiting on the regeneration process.

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