Ozone Therapy

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EFFECTIVENESS in treating a slipped disc or herniated
disc? At the 1999 orld congress o! o"one therap# in
Verona Ital#$ researchers presented clinical trials ith
s%ccess rates o! &' to 9'(. In addition to the ris)s
associated ith herniated disc s%rger# the rates o!
clinical s%ccess are not %s%all# this high. *ne large trial
ith 11+& herniated disc patients !o%nd ,-..( o!
patients ere completel# pain and s#mptom !ree$
1&..( achie/ed partial relie! and onl# 0.+( had no
response to treatment.
H*1 D*ES IT 1*23? The theor# is that the o"one helps
to red%ce the si"e o! the disc herniation 4# alloing the
ater$ hich ma)es %p or almost 9'( o! the
herniations si"e to escape. 1ater is normall# held in
place 4# ea) chemical 4onds ithin the herniated
material. 5nli)e en"#me in6ections that ere %sed in the
past$ o"one therap# does not e!!ect an# o! the
s%rro%nding tiss%es s%ch as the ner/es$ o%ter portion o!
the disc or /erte4ra. The lac) o! reacti/it# 4eteen
o"one and the
neigh4oring str%ct%res acco%nts !or m%ch o! o"one
therapies
remar)a4le sa!et# record hen %sed to treat herniated
discs.
H*1 IS *7*NE THE2A89 8E2F*2:ED? *"one therap#
consists o! a series o! in6ections ith o;#gen and o"one.
It is somehat li)e ac%p%nct%re. The in6ections are not
into the disc itsel! 4%t
instead into the s%rro%nding m%scles. The Sa!et# o! this
treatment is also d%e to the !act that in6ections are onl#
into the 4ac) m%scles.
Contact Dr. 3im Vanderlinden ND at the *cean 1al)
:edical Center 8h<-'.=9+0>1&&. Fa;<-'.=9++?091
email [email protected]
Dr Vanderlinden ill 4e a/aila4le T%e and Th%r !rom
11am to noon<paci!ic standard time=at no charge to
anser A%estions<0 to 1' min%tes=. I! #o% o%ld li)e to
4oo) a longer period o! +' to ?' min #o% can call the
clinic :on to Fri and arrange a time. These cons%ltations
are 4illed as reg%lar o!!ice /isits at B.' 5S or B-'
Canadian dollars.