Neck Pain Relief by Ballooning Laser Procedure

Before you decide to get neck pain relief, firstly, you need to assess accurately what type of neck pain that you suffer. A well-trained pain specialist can certainly assess and treat acute and chronic neck pain. Pain Care Center in Singapore, they have a multidisciplinary approach from a variety of specialists with expertise and resources required for neck pain relief.

According to Dr Bernard Lee MK, Director of Interventional Pain Management Services, Pain Care Center Singapore, acute neck pain relief can be treated by medication and a brief rest (at most two days). If it does not lead to anything severe or serious, most of the pain will disappear spontaneously after a week. Any pain that lasts for more than a month, should be examined by a doctor or specialist.

Traditionally, there are only two sides of the spectrum to choose treatment, for example, conservative management with medication and physiotherapy on the one hand, and on the other side of open surgery and decompression.

Now, a new breakthrough in treating spinal pain through ballooning laser procedures (laser balloon) is now available. The principle of this neck pain relief (neuroplasty) is to free the nerve by tapping “pinched nerve” away from the discus with a balloon, and release of obstruction and open space narrowing, causing a significant reduction in pain (this is basically like a ballooning blood vessel narrowing in the heart disease).

Together with laser treatment, nerve or disc degeneration can be cured by laser to stop the inflammation and allows the recovery and regeneration. Significant advantage for these patients was 0 percent risk of paralysis and does not involve surgery so the recovery is faster.

Laser injection procedures specific to the spine is performed using local anesthesia in his actions. The procedure is safe, with minor complications and hospitalization is not required. No surgical wound and the procedure is almost painless, lasts 1 to 2 hours. With so little time is needed, patients can return to work immediately. Combined with a good exercise or rehabilitation programs, pain may not recur again.

Other available treatments called Nucleoplasty, is a breakthrough laser keyhole depreciation discus for cervical disc protrusion. Under the direction of the X-ray the right, the laser is applied by injection, accurate to the protrusion of the disc, causing the disc material becomes excessive yawning. This then serves as a vacuum and causes the surrounding tissue to shrink and shrink the bulge.

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