They wanted to TAKE YOUR LEGS OFF??!!
Oh my Lord!

I'm so sorry reading what you've been thru!

I sure comprehend what you mean about the pain meds. It's unbelievable to me how high my tolerance is to the pain meds I take! It would lay a 'normal' person flat!
My aunt broke her arm/shoulder in 3 places and I saw the 'pain' meds she was taking - only a drop in the bucket of what I have to take to stay above the wreck that I've become!

I wear a lumbar belt, which does indeed help some. I've been told not to become too 'dependent' upon tho, as it will only serve to weaken my back muscles all the more.
....I like the 'corset' thought! Wish they were still in fashion ...... not that I give a cr@p about fashion anymore.....but it's hard to find an actual 'corset' in the mall........... guess I could take a gander of the online shopping, of which I've never really done.

Oh, forgot to ask this....

A couple folks have commented on this - in terms of surgical....
but I was wondering more in terms of the NONsurgical spinal decompression....

There are a few spine specialists in my area who use this 'machine'-thing (DXR 9000, or something like that?) Has anyone heard of this?
I don't know much about spinal decompression.

I wonder if there are many discussions on non-surgical spinal decompression.
I ought to take advantage of the 'search' feature at top of page and see.
I will do just that.......

In the meantime, if anyone has any input on this, I'd be very grateful...

Cheers
Rae

Well, a very dear friend of ours who is a Chiropractor, gave it a go in a joint practice started up with a colleague of his and he had both positive and negatives to say about it. End result, he and his colleague abandonded the joint effort and went back to their individual Chiro practices.

You can achieve similar effects MUCH more cheaply if you have access to a Physio place with a warm therapy pool. Go there. Under the watchful care of the physiotherapist, use the pool with a Cervical Collar floatation device and weights on your ankles. Swim down to the deep end and just hang there for as long as the physiotherapist recommends, and you will have similar results.

Prayin for your solution,
Mark56z

Hi Rae,

Google says it's: DRX 9000
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...4193987246237#
(as in Dr. X) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_X_(film)
Great flick, BTW, as is The Return of Dr X - Humphrey Bogart's only horror film (it's a hoot), but it is NOT a sequel to the above! (or to anything else!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_of_Dr._X

And the DRX 9000 isn't related to either movie (nor to the HAL 9000, Banana Jr. 9000, BFG 9000, et al.)

Doc (with a lifetime of useless [but occasionally useful] knowledge!)

Doc-

You are equipped with an interesting sense of humor to help all of us through these times! Boy, with you Lost in Space, and Rae pulling things out of her left pocket, we could get into a real !

Yup,
Mark56

It is approved as a traction device by the FDA. I have seen ads where you can sign a 2 or 3 month contract with a DRX9000 practioner for $5000+ (cash out of pocket - insurance typically does not cover this when it is called spinal decomression therapy and illegal for the doc to call it traction just to get paid)

or...

you can get the same thing (IMO) without all of the fancy lights attached to it at a PT or conventional chiropractic office for about $35 per visit, usually reimbursable by insurance (plan permitting).

This is GOOD to know! THank you very much!
......I have a sneaky suspicion that the first place I was going to check in to would fall under the category of your first paragraph!
This is good to be savy on! Now I won't seem like such a 'sucker'.......

I just looked up "spinal decompression", and as I understand it, they are the same thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_..._decompression

I don't get it - what's the diff? Can someone 'splain me (using small words)?

Doc

Victoria's Secret or Frederick's of Hollywood (I only mention those because I've seen outlets for both in malls).

Umm.... steel yourself. It could get really.... umm.... 'nasty' unless you protect yourself by qualifying Victorian corsets or something similarly tame (no guarantees).

Doc