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The Performance Health Med group is proud to feature non spinal decompression system. This remarkable technology brings new hope for those who suffer from spinal conditions such as disc herniations, disc degeneration, and sciatica and facet syndrome.

Performance Health Med group offers a multifaceted approach to health care that includes biomechanical correction techniques, the latest state-of-the-art technology to deliver an exceptional level of service. Our goal is to help every one of our patients achieve better health through our ongoing advancement towards excellence in individualized health care!

They specialize in treating:

Low back pain and lower extremity pain often get put into one category, but the causes and therefore the treatment may differ. Lower extremity pain is usually the result of pressure on a nerve. The pain is often distributed where the nerve supplies. Low back pain is often related to the mechanics of the spine. Muscle strain, arthritis, trauma and fractures are often the cause. Often, diseases which cause lower extremity pain can cause low back pain and vice versa.

Below is a table of some common back pains and their causes:

Medical Evaluation and Diagnostic Testing Procedures should be preformed prior to beginning any treatment in order to determine the treatment process that will be most effective. The cause of back pain can be very complex and there are many structures in the lower back that can cause pain. The following are used to test for the cause of pain:

X-RAYS: An X-Ray provides an image that can be used to evaluate bones, joints and degenerative lesions in the spine.

CAT SCAN (CT): Used primarily when problem is suspected to be in the bones or when the patient can’t obtain a Magnetic Personance Imaging (MRI)

Magnetic Personance Imaging (MRI): The most common test to evaluate the lumbar spine (part of the back and side between the lowest ribs and pelvis). Evaluates: Vertebral bones, Discs, Joints, Nerves and Soft Tissue.

MYELOGRAM: Where dye is injected into the spinal column and then the area is flexed and x-rayed.

DISCOGRAPHY: Discography is a diagnostic procedure used to determine the level of the painful disc.

EMG: The EMG/Nerve Conduction Study is a useful test to study the nerves in the arms and legs.

BONE DENSITY: Bone density testing is fast, painless, and noninvasive. During a test, patients lie fully clothed on a treatment table while the machine scans the bone areas, normally only takes minutes.

BONE SCAN: A bone scan in Nuclear Medicine is a procedure which involves two steps:

The patient arrives three hours prior to their actual scan to receive an injection of a small amount of radioactive “tracer” that is “tagged” to calcium like substance. Usually injected into a vein in the patients arm, but in cases where it is difficult to find a vein, other sites of injection is used. The “radiopharmaceutical” has no side effects and the patient can be released immediately to give the calcium time to circulate and be taken up by the bone. There are no dietary restrictions.

After the three hours, the patient returns for their scan. The patient is placed on a table and a head to toe scan is preformed by a “gamma camera” .