Dr B. fixed me when all others failed. While doing a hard workout followed by some heavy squats at my gym, I felt something click in my lower back. I immediately starting having spasms in my lower back and had to call it quits for the day. I sat in the jacuzzi afterwards but that did not help at all. In fact, I think it made it worse. I could hardly get out of the jacuzzi so I knew I had something serious. After going to a neurologist and then an orthopedist in Atlanta and after spending an obsene amount of money on diagnostic tests including an MRI, the neurologist and orthopedist did not have a clue on what was causing my intense lower back pain, nor did they know how to fix it. They gave me anti-inflammatory drugs, pain killers and muscle relaxants. Thats not a fix and not treating the cause of my problem. Thats treating my symptoms. "I don't know what it is but take this drug" is an insult to anyones intelligence. No wonder a health care crisis exists in America. Next, I was referred to a physical therapist. The motion they put me thru during treatment was very painful and each day after treatment I was having more spasms than before. I tried massage but I could not lie on the table for very long because of the severe spasms and pain. Fortunately, my wifes sister referred me to her chiropractor, Dr. Batchelor in Roswell. He found a pinched nerve in my lower back. He also explained that a standard MRI would not be able to diagnose my condition because the tests were done when I was lying down and I don't have pain when I am horizontal. He mentioned that there are very few MRI's around Georgia that test the patient when they are vertical but that the clinics that purchased a $3,000,000 outdated horizontal machine are not going to replace it with a new $4,000,000 vertical machine even though the new machine would have found the pinched nerve. Similar to jacking your car up in the air to see if the tires are flat. The tires would look fine but when the car is placed back on the ground, you can see that the tires are flat. In my case, I had a pinched nerve that was not caused by a disc problem so nothing showed up on the lying down MRI. Dr. B spent about 20 minutes with me, used a lumbar decompression table, adjusted my lower back and I felt instant relief. My pinched nerve pain was gone and you could imagine how happy I was. I was highly impressed. $10 copay + instant results= happy patient:)
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