The architecture of a spinal disc can be imagined as a slice of an onion, but with a jelly centre encased tightly by a vertebra above and below, If an injury causes that jelly centre to punch through successive rings in a focalised spot, but the last couple of rings remain intact, you have a disc protrusion.
This can be painful, as there is an internal injury to the disc, and the protrusion can potentially press against an exiting never root or spinal cord. Pressure to an exciting never root or spinal cord pressure to an exiting never root in the lower spine most often causes same side leg pain, numbness and weakness. This happens mostly to elderly people. But nowadays, youngsters also suffer from low back pain, due to a bulging disc in the spine.
Usually, this problem is addressed via spinal decompression surgery or discectomy, but nowadays it can be addressed through ‘4M – Ortho Therapy’ — an advanced non-surgical- orthopedic manual therapy combined with an advanced BSC and PEMF technology.
Forty-year-old Suganthi from Seerkazhi says, “I suffered from a total of seven disc prolapses of which four were in the lower back (lumbar spine) and three in the neck (cervical spine).”
After watching an interview on TV of Dr K Bala Kumaran’s about the 4M – Ortho Therapy procedure, she went ahead. She said, “In the first sitting itself, 50 per cent of pain was relieved. I was surprised that my limbs got immediate strength (muscle power) within a single sitting by BSC technology treatment also given to promote healing process. After 4M Otho therapy I am able to bend forward and touch the floor...
For an appointment, contact Dr K Bala Kumaran, Krishna Health Centre (4M-Ortho Therapy Centre-1st in India), 38(199), F Block,1st street,Anna Nagar (East),Chennai-600102. Phone: 044-2628 8899. Time: 9 am to 7 pm — (Sunday holiday)