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Highlights from our radio program - Back pain
Highlights From the
Marc Darrow, M.D.,J.D. Radio Show

A Caller With Low Back Pains
Caller: I have had low back problems for a number of years, and I would say that once or twice a year my back will go out. I have been trying to do everything I can to strengthen it.

My back will go out at the strangest times, I could be sitting in a chair and when I get up, it can go out. I am at the end of my wits with this.

Dr. Darrow: Your situation is very common; most of the people who have back pain, and that is about 80% of the population at some point or another who have recurrent back pain like you do, have what we call lax or loose ligaments that connect the pelvis to the vertebrae. (Ligaments attach the bones to the bones).

So what happens is you can get in certain position where you lift something or there is some activity that you do, the ligaments, because they are loose, will allow the bones to move out of position causing inflammation and pain.

You have to strengthen the abdominal muscles. We have at our clinic, a machine that is called MedX which is very specific for getting those muscles right around the vertebrae tightened up and strengthened up and then Prolotherapy is absolutely perfect for that because it grows back these ligaments and when I say grow back I mean it increases the density by about 50% and the tensile strength by 200-400%. Scientific citations.

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