Should you get an epidural
steroid injection?
Are there other options?
Pinched nerves and
bulging spinal discs
cause debilitating
pain, but they can also
create serious structural
problems in the body
by weakening important
core stability
muscles around the spine, and
other muscles that may cause
your body to move incorrectly.
When this happens, a
bulging disc in your neck
may cause tendonitis
in the elbow,
or a pinched nerve in your back
may lead to hip, knee, or ankle
problems.
It's easy to see why so many
people require treatment
for disc related problems.
Today's surgical solutions
involve cutting away
the bulging portion
of a spinal disc,
but this rarely helps
patients, and may set them up
for more severe disc
problems in the future.
To understand why,
think of your disc
as a bicycle tire and tube.
Cutting out a bulging
disc is like sanding down
a bump on the tire caused
by a weak sidewall.
It reduces the
size of the bulge,
but the tire becomes
more likely to fail,
just like surgically
removing a disc bulge makes
the disc more likely to fail.
Here's the good news.
Regenexx PL-Disc
and Regenexx DDD
are nonsurgical procedures
that utilize the natural growth
factors from your
own blood platelets
to reduce inflammation
and help heal injuries.
These growth factors
are like espresso shots
for local repair cells,
making the cells work harder
to help heal the damaged tissue.
And the results
speak for themselves.
In our registry
based study, patients
reported much better function
at three and six months
following the PL-Disc
procedure than those
who had steroid shots.
Consider the benefits
of these next generation
Regenexx disc procedures, and
let your own growth factors
put you back on the course to an
active and pain free lifestyle.
