I hear the Japanese are having good success treating their older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis. What are they doing that we aren ?
• My aging mother has severe back and leg pain from stenosis. She’s tried drugs and exercise with no improvement. Can’t they put her in the hospital and do something like traction? Maybe just getting off her feet and resting would do it. • The chronic pain clinic here is offering a new treatment for chronic low back pain from disc problems. It’s a heat treatment delivered right to the disc. They say it helps promote disc healing. I’m not one for trying something brand new. How long’s this been around? • I have a chronic low back pain from a work-related injury that’s covered under Worker’s Comp. So far nothing I’ve tried has helped. I’d like to avoid surgery. Would this new heat treatment called IDET work? Worker’s comp won’t cover it. Is it the sort of thing I should just pay for myself? I’m desperate for some pain relief here.
