What do I have to do to find out if I am a candidate for Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression?
After you have completed the first step of your initial consult and exam, Dr. Askar will review your MRI or CAT Scan and correlate them with your consult and exam findings to determine if you are a candidate for the non-surgical decompression procedure.
What are my limitations after IDD Treatments and how long will I be out of work?
Dr. Askar recommends that a patient returns to normal activities gradually to allow maximum healing. Patients that have desk jobs can normally return to work without restrictions. Patients who with physically strenuous jobs, should wait two weeks depending on the job. You may return to work with restrictions for those first two weeks and then return to normal activity thereafter.
Why don’t more chiropractors use this type of procedure?
This is a sophisticated procedure and it takes many hours of learning and training. Dr. Askar is on the cutting edge of chiropractic procedures and non- surgical spinal decompression technology and BCSDC is at the forefront of this movement. Dr. Askar sees this changing in the future as this will become the standard of practice for non-surgical intervention of spinal conditions throughout the world. Until then, BCSDC is here to relieve the pain and suffering of people with spine conditions with the most effective, efficient and gentlest methods possible.
Why aren’t more chiropractors around the area using this type of procedure?
Due to the nature of the procedure and the costs it takes a highly skilled and well trained chiropractor with their trained assistant to utilize the non-surgical procedure. A chiropractor must be professionally trained by a certified doctor at North American Medical in the specialty of non-surgical spinal decompression in order to master the technique. Dr. Askar is grateful to be one of very few chiropractors trained in the United States to operate the Accu-Spina and is enjoying positive results.
Is Beaver County Spinal Disc Center only in Monaca, PA?
Yes.
Is this procedure considered experimental?
No. This is a FDA cleared procedure and has been performed by certified doctors for over a decade with an incredible success rate.
Is my bulging disc or herniation going to be removed?
No. In most cases we are able to open or widen the disc spaces to alleviate the pressure on the nerves without removing the disc.
What is done to help the small percentage of patients that do not get any relief?
After appropriate plan of care is followed for each patient not experiencing relief over a period of time at the re-evaluation, it will be determined if a patient needs to be released from care.
How does non-surgical decompression at Dr. Askar’s differ from what is offered by other chiropractors?
Dr. Askar is the only chiropractor in Beaver, Butler, and Allegheny counties offering the FDA cleared non-surgical procedures which can more specifically target the disc compared to traction or inversion tables which traction out the entire spine. BCSDC stands out due to our level of expertise, our professional and caring staff, and our state-of-art facility. |
