Some back pain blog readers will recall that I purchased an ozonator a while back in order to make my own ozonated drinking water as an experiment to see if it had any beneficial effect. In particular my intermittent backache problems.
Well, as far as that goes I have been drinking ozonated water every day for a while now and to be perfectly honest I haven't noticed any great difference. At my age you expect a few ups and downs, some days better than others etc. And as far as the back is concerned, I haven't had any problems recently, but as it is intermittent that doesn't really prove anything.
Anyway, that wasn't really the point of this post, I just thought I'd mention it as I found an article on cbs news.com about an experimental treatment for chronic back pain being researched by Thomas Lehnhert M.D. assistant professor of radiology at Franfurt (Germany) University.
This involves spinal injections of ozone gas and steroids, which has apparently had good results in reducing pain in more than two-thirds of a test group of 327 people with back problems related to a herniated disc.
This treatment seems most effective with this kind of problem, and could help many patients with chronic back pain to avoid back surgery, with it's problematic record.
This ozone therapy works by reducing inflammation, shrinking herniated discs and relieving pressure on the nerves which send pain signals to the brain. The steriod content of the injection acts to furthur reduce inflammation.
Promising stuff, and if you do suffer with a herniated disc you may be interested to read further here.
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