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Vax-D
Treatment
Most Commonly Asked Questions | What Doctors Are Saying About Vax-D If you are one of the millions of Americans who experience acute or chronic Low Back Pain, there are some things you absolutely need to know about your condition and the latest new therapies that have recently been developed. These technological breakthroughs may enable you to get your problem fully resolved without surgery or complicated, risky, and invasive procedures. Why do I feel this way? Because we have seen what happens after surgery and often it can cause more disability than before the surgery. Most people receive inappropriate care from a hospital, medical doctor or physical therapy clinic. Most of these doctors are not trained in the latest techniques for proper analyzation and correction of the underlying biomechanical causes of a person's back pain. The main reason most people have low back pain is because they failed to take the proper preventative measures to insure a strong, supportive spine capable of years of pain-free living. Your spine is the second most important organ besides your brain for the body to function maximally, so treat it that way. Remember nothing is more important than your health. Unfortunately, most people only discover this when they begin to lose it. If you are in pain right now and have suffered for a long time and are considering surgery, injections, or something drastic to relieve your symptoms, then I am about to tell you of something that may change your life forever. If you go through with surgery, you may experience pain, numbness, headaches, muscle stiffness, fatigue, weakness, and other problems such as fibrosis and arthritis for many years down the road. Not only that, surgery is expensive; at least $35,000 to $60,000. The Treatment of Choice is "VAX-D" VAX-D Therapy is a primary, active, non-surgical treatment modality for the management of patients with disabling low-back pain and neurological symptoms. The therapy is designed to relieve pressure on structures that may be causing low pain. It relieves the pain associated with herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, posterior facet syndrome and radicular pain. VAX-D achieves this through decompression of intervertebral discs and facet joints, that is, unloading, due to distraction and positioning. The therapy combines a number of Internationally patented principles, which are administered via an automated system incorporated in the design of the Therapeutic Table and Control console. The cyclic application of distractive forces coupled with controlled relaxation phases, as applied with VAX-D Therapy, facilitates accommodation of the patient and relaxation of muscle groups. The VAX-D Therapeutic table is operated by the therapist in order to apply precisely controlled tension, along the linear axis of the spinal column, in sufficient strength to distract the vertebral bodies and distract the intervebral discs and posterior facets of the lumbar spine. Each therapy session is 30 minutes in duration, comprised of a fully automated therapeutic process which is continually monitored by a precision recording instrument incorporated on the VAX-D Table. A chart tracing of the parameters achieved during each therapy session is printed to form a permanent record for the patient's chart. A baseline tension is applied and maintained during each therapy session by a movable section of the table, called the pre-tension housing. This takes up the slack in the pelvic harnesses, and maintains the desired tensions applied to the pelvis throughout the rest periods of the session. The VAX-D Table is a split table design that eliminates frictional resistance between the patient and the table, and allows controllable effective distraction tensions to be applied to the lumbar vertebral column. The equipment incorporates a patented system engineered to apply distractive forces in a gradual, progressive fashion, designed to achieve optimum distraction of the vertebral bodies, without eliciting reactive reflex muscular resistance. The therapy is administered via an automated logic control mechanism which systematically applies distractive tensions and rest periods in a cyclic fashion. This periodic process allows patients to withstand stronger forces than can be tolerated by static techniques and promotes accommodation and relaxation during the therapy session. The upper body is fixed by means of the patient grasping adjustable hand grips, designed to eliminated the use of a chest harness. Consequently, there is no risk of circulatory and respiration compromise. This is a critical design feature, considering the tensions applied. The pelvis is secured with a specially designed, patented, harness that adjusts snugly and is made to apply forces primarily to the lateral pelvic alae thus minimizing anterior-posterior pressures. Contra-indications include pathological lesions or congenital deformities and/or conditions that disrupt the integrity of the vertebral and ligamental structures. Progressive pathological or severe inflammatory processes of the spinal joints also constitutes contraindications for VAX-D Therapy. VAX-D Therapy is a safe, cost effective, and conservative management program designed to address today's large volume of patients with musculoligamentous and discogenic pain. An important component of the VAX-D Therapy program is patient education by our doctors, as a better posture, lifting restrictions, exercise and appropriate body dynamics and mechanics, to promote low-back health and also to enhance the patient's prognosis after treatment. Q: So what is the safest, and most cost-effective
approach to treating low back pain due to nerve compression, herniated
disc, trauma or osteoarthritis? Q: Who invented VAX-D therapy? Q: How does it work? Q: How long does VAX-D take? Q: What is so different about VAX-D rather than normal traction? Q: Once my problem is handled, how do I keep the pain from happening
again? Q: Are there any reasons why a person could not undergo VAX-D
Therapy? Q: What research has been done on VAX-D to prove its effectiveness? Q: How much does his therapy cost in relation to surgery? Q: Will my insurance company pay for VAX-D instead of surgery? Here's What You Should Do Next:
What Doctors Are Saying About "Vax-D" June 24, 1998 Dear Dr. Allan Dyer, Thank you for VAX-D. It enabled me to get my life back!! Twice!! I am now working with VAX-D patients after 10+ years of not being able to work. In 1987 I herniated 2 discs. In 1989 I had a bi-level laminectomy-discectomy L4-L5, L5-S1. The first words I heard after surgery were "You will probably require more surgery." I had relief until mid 1991. Then the same symptomatology as pre-surgery. I was classified as "Failed Back." In 1994 I was told the only way I would ever get any relief was to have my lumbar area cleaned up and a fusion with rods and screws. I did not want another surgery as I am very much into alternative medicine. In October 1995, I found VAX-D! I had 45 pulls in 7 weeks with Dr. Hyman. I was quote a "Challenge." I had remarkable results! I got feeling back in my left leg and foot and the back pain was gone. I was able to take classes to become a massage therapist. Because I live 130 miles from the VAX-D facility and my insurance company failed to see the importance of my maintenance pulls, I got to where I was homebound again because of the pain. I was back where I was! Not a good feeling or place to be - because I knew there was relief with VAX-D. On September 10, 1997, I began VAX-D therapy at the Spine Institute of the Desert. Again, I had remarkable results at a much faster rate than the first series because of the modalities used. My pinched nerve was released during the 12th session versus the 24th at the other facility. November 4th, rehab exercises were introduced along with the VAX-D. In March, I began working with Dr. deBoer at the Spine Institute operating the VAX-D table in addition to supervising rehab exercises and massage therapy. I find it very rewarding to see other people experience relief from their pain and know they are able to enjoy life without surgery. It is my goal to help more people experience this same relief from pain. I have maintenance pulls once a month. To date I have had 90 sessions. Thank you again! I am most grateful to have my life back!! Sincerely, April 30, 1996 Dear Dr. Dyer, In my experience working with patients at the American Back Center in Chicago since December 1994, VAX-D has been approximately 75% successful in relieving sciatica pain in MRI confirmed herniated discs with nerve root compression which correlates precisely with the patient's symptoms and his/her neurological findings. Due to medial-economic reality, post VAX-D treatment MRI scans on these patients were not done. However, I can state on clinical grounds that nerve root compression is relieved by VAX-D Therapy in at least 75% of the patients we have treated with that pathology. Sincerely yours, Dr. Allan Dyer Dear Dr. Dyer I wanted to write you and let you know of the great success we have having with our Vax-D patients. Since January 1, we have done 50 patients and have had major successes with all but three. I think the 75% cure rate give in the literature is conservative! Virtually all of our patients are thrilled with the treatments. I find that the average patient needs 25 treatments, but the range has been 12-47. I was pleasantly surprised to see that even patients with nerve compression, with sciatics, with absent knee and ankle reflexes or sensory deficits are getting return of function! Needless to say it makes for happy patients and a happy doctor. You have solved a major problem for mankind. You are to be commended. Thank you for your continuing support. Sincerely, Allen Dyer, M.D. Dear Dr. Dyer, I am writing this to let you know how pleased my patients are with the VAX-D treatments. I have now had more than 100 patients treated with the VAX-D and over 76% of these patients have had greater than 50% reduction in their pain levels and many of these patients have lost the burning, stinging, shooting type pain in their legs and back since being on this treatment modality. These patients have been extremely happy because this does relieve their symptoms without surgery. One patient who had had back pain for 16 years was completely free of pain after 12 treatments and has maintained a much lower level of medications since the treatments. It was most thrilling to hear him tell me that this was the first time in 15 years that he did not have pain. I feel that this treatment will help millions of patients with low back pain at a greatly reduced cost and will not alter the anatomy of the body as surgical procedures do. My patients have expressed to me an overwhelming satisfaction to this treatment and have thanked me immensely for helping relieve their pain without back surgery. I would like to thank you for inventing this wonderful form of treatment for my patients. Sincerely, |
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More
than 90% of Americans are afflicted with back pain at
some point in their lives that can become very
debilitating and emotionally draining. Until now, if you suffered
from low back pain or Sciatica, treatment may have included bed
rest, muscle relaxants, pain medication, physical therapy, and perhaps
even surgery. Most, and almost all, common therapy for back pain
such as injections of cortisone, muscle relaxants and anti-inflammatory
medications, are completely ineffective in correcting the actual
cause of the low back pain. Most of the time surgery is not a viable
option and often results in failed low back syndrome. |
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