If you are like many who suffer from chronic back pain, you have probably tried several prescribed remedies to help ease your discomfort. Frequent bed rest. High doses of pain medication. Perhaps even non-traditional approaches such as acupuncture. And like so many, you have come to accept the fact that you just have to learn to live with your pain.

Today, you don't have to live with that pain anymore. Thanks to the concerted efforts of a team of top physicians and medical engineers, a major advancement in medical technology was made to effectively treat low back pain resulting from herniated or deteriorating discs. The result of their efforts - the creation of the DRX 9000 not only significantly reduces back pain, but enables the majority of patients to return to more active lifestyles.

Your central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. Protecting the spinal cord are vertebrae (bones), protected in turn by discs made up of a gelatin-like substance. Functioning as a shock absorber to the bones, discs undergo tremendous amounts of stress, often resulting in a herniation or "bulging" of the disc. This is the most common cause of lower back pain.

Another common cause of back pain is disc degeneration, caused by a drying out of the disc area. Over the course of time, or through injury, dried discs will crack and induce pressure on nerves. The result is extreme muscle tension and back pain.

The DRX 9000 was created to effectively treat these conditions to help patients live a pain-free life.

DRX 9000 uses state-of-the-art technology to gradually relieve neurocompression often associated with lower back pain. The process has been proven to relieve pain by enlarging disc space, reducing herniation, strengthening outer ligaments to help move herniated areas back into place, and reversing high intradiscal pressures through application of negative pressure.

Your DRX 9000 treatment begins with a series of daily sessions for two weeks, followed by treatments three times a week as needed. Each session consists of 30 - 45 minutes on the DRX 9000. Following each therapy session, a cold pack with electrical muscle stimulation is applied to help paravertebral muscles consolidate after treatment.

An upper chest harness/shoulder support is used to help distribute the applied forces evently. Once in place, you are slowly reclined to a horizontal position. Following the physician's orders, the therapist localizes the pain, makes any adjustments and directs the treatment to the proper area. DRX 9000 helps to mobilize the troubled disc segment without inducing further damage to the spine.

COMPARATIVE TREATMENTS/COSTS
Treatment	Non-Invasive	Safe	Cost	Success Rate	Painless
DRX 9000 Decompression	Yes	Yes	$3,500 (Covered by Most Insurances)	Excellent	Yes
Laminectomy (Surgical Excision of Herniated Disc)	No	Standard Surgical Risks	$40,000 to $60,000	Depends on Severity of Condition	No
Discectomy (Surgical Removal of Diseased Disc)	No	Standard Surgical Risks	$30,000	Depends on Severity of Condition	No
IDET (Intradiscal Electro thermal Treatment)	No	Standard Surgical Risks	$20,000 to $30,000	Depends on Severity of Condition	No
Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression	No	Standard Surgical Risks	$7,500 to $11,000+	Excellent	Mild