DRX 9000 is a standard, non-surgical decompressive treatment method for the waist, developed after many years of practical research and development by neurosurgeon and researcher C. Norman Shealy, who began his career at Harvard University School of Medicine and he dedicated his life to eliminating pain through treatment that did not require surgery. It first appeared in the American medical community in 1996. In 1997, after receiving FDA certification, it was made available to rehabilitation physicians and physiotherapists.
D.R.X 9000 is indicated for the treatment of conditions such as:
• Intervertebral disc herniation
• Intervertebral disc degeneration
• Disease of the articular surfaces of the intervertebral joints
• Narrowing of the intervertebral spaces
• Postoperative pain and relapses
• Low back pain not specifically defined
Clinical studies have shown that after three weeks of treatment, D.R.X 9000 has significant results in relieving the debilitating pain caused by projection, hernia, degeneration or rupture of the intervertebral discs, posterior articular syndrome and in treatment even in cases where surgeries failed.
To understand the results of the treatment of D.R.X. must understand somewhat the anatomy of the structures that make up the Lumbar Spine (waist).
The spine is the column of bone that passes through the center of the back. These bones are called "vertebrae" and are twenty-four. The discs, which are the cause of problems for a very large number of people, are located between the vertebrae. Simply put, the disc is a soft cushion that acts as a shock absorber between the bones (vertebrae) of the spine.
The discs have a unique anatomy and if you understand it you will understand:
a) why your back hurts and
b) how the D.R.X can intervene
The outer wall of each disc is called a "ring". It is made of cartilage and as with the lower end of your nose, it is quite solid. The inside of the disc, however, is quite soft and is called the "gel core". The gel-like core consists of a soft substance like jelly, it is malleable, soft, but also incompressible. You will understand what a tray is like if you think of a fried egg: it is solid on the outside and soft and viscous on the inside. Think about what happens to a fried egg when you break the egg white with your fork and reach the yolk. The same thing happens in case of disc injury.
As you can see, in the adjacent figure, the outer part, ie the cartilage, can be easily torn. Occasionally there are small lesions that cause small fissures. Over time, the outer wall of the disc weakens and becomes prolapsed. Then the diagnosis is made as: prolapse of the disc. Thus the injured disc may put pressure on the spine and thus cause pain in the lumbar spine (waist). In other cases, and especially if the disc has been injured, it ruptures suddenly and deeply. If the slit reaches the ring then the jelly-like core may slip out. This is called a disc herniation or disc herniation, and it can put pressure on the vertebral nerves, causing sciatica (pain in the leg), which can cause numbness and weakness in your legs. The pain in this case can be really unbearable.
There is one more interesting thing about discs. From about the 25th year your discs do not take blood. The vertebrae in the spine bleed. In fact, almost all the bones in your body are nourished by a network of arteries. This is why broken bones are repaired. However, there is no adequate source of nutrients for adult discs. It is the lack of perspiration that makes it difficult to treat disc injuries. This also explains why the discs degenerate or wear out, which is another type of disc injury. It is quite simple, after the 25th year it is very difficult for the nutrients and cells that are necessary for healing to enter the injured disc. Therefore, unlike bones, a disc does not heal on its own. Before the intervention of D.R.X. the only documented way to repair an intervertebral disc herniation or an enlarged disc was surgery and it is undeniable that many were the ones who helped with it. However, almost no one would choose surgery if they had another choice. Now with D.R.X. there is an alternative.
The key to the success of D.R.X. (which is also the difference between D.R.X. in relation to treatments such as: pulling or pulling - separation of joint surfaces, applied by physiotherapists until today), are the unusually low pressures that are created inside the injured disc. Usually, even when someone is lying down and resting, the pressure exerted on the inside of each of the disks is between 25mm and 75mm of mercury (mm or millimeters of mercury is simply the way scientists measure the amount of pressure exerted on the inside. of disks).
However, during D.R.X. the pressure inside your discs reaches such low levels that it equals 150mm of mercury negatives. Therapies with traction or traction / separation of joint surfaces can not achieve this vacuum and this is where D.R.X. treatment excels.
Remember, although there are veins and arteries in the vertebrae around your discs, there is no blood flowing from them to the discs. The consequence is the extremely low negative pressure created inside the disc during a D.R.X. treatment. to function as a vacuum and this vacuum to do two things:
First the material of the swelling or hernia is pulled back into place.
Second, which is very important and happens at the same time is that the nutrients (fluids and cells) are absorbed back into the disc due to the perspiration of the surrounding vertebrae. This is a very important element of the healing process and is a clinical achievement. The disc is fed, the gel nucleus is pulled back and the swelling disappears.