Low Back Pain Relief

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July 5, 2001
Dear Dr. Hauser,

Attached is a letter of thanks for you to post or print if you would like. It's my small way of trying to give back something for the tremendous difference your treatment has made in my life. Hope all is going well. Don't ever stop what you are doing. I am another statistic to show that this treatment works, and needs to become mainstream….

Dear Dr. Hauser,

It has now been a year since I received my first prolo treatment from Caring Medical for my lower back and left side sacroiliac region. I received a total of five treatments from June of 2000 to November of 2000. I am happy to report that my back "strength" has been overwhelmingly improved since the treatments. I now windsurf again (jumps and all) and even started kite surfing this year at age forty-two (you are never too old to think young.)

It had been sixteen years since my lamenectomy at L3-L4 and about five years ago I started spiraling down with new back episodes. Being an athletic person I followed low back physical therapy routines diligently, exercised daily, and kept my weight down, but the episodes still kept getting worse. My MRI's showed no specific damage, just typical disc degeneration at two levels. I was told that lots of people with degenerative discs suffer no back pain at all, so why was I having such horrible episodes? The last episode I had on January 15, 2000 left me unable to walk for a week without holding onto something. My only alternative seemed to be fusion surgery, and even the doctors who mentioned it were not enthusiastic. Then a physiatrist I was seeing handed me you book one day. I read it three times on the airplane ride home, and then went on the Internet to research every article I could find. I am an engineer and the scientific articles I read on ligament/tendon regeneration from proliferant therapy made much more sense than the outcome studies or fusion surgeries. And long story short, here I am today enjoying life again.

I have nothing to gain by this note other than trying (in a small way) to help someone else as I had been helped. My advice to people considering or entering this treatment: Go to the most experienced prolotherapist you can find (I flew from PA to Chicago). Follow the treatment instructions diligently since your own body does all the work. Be very patient. For me it was steady improvement with some ups and downs along the way (if I pushed too hard too quickly my back would let me know it). Finally, I have found that low back exercise/stretching is still critical for my back to be in the best condition possible. No, I do not have the same back when I was twenty-one, but it sure does come close. Oh, and the pain from those needles; a minor irritant compared to the absolute terror of looking at a step-by-step set of fusion surgery pictures.

Many, many thanks to you and your staff,

D. K.

DISCLAIMER:A medical testimonial is intended to represent that everyone will obtain the same favorable results from a given therapy. We disclaim any such intention and state that the foregoing is intended only to cite what has been actually reported by someone who consulted CMRS.