Summary
A patient from Iowa had been dealing with back pain for most of her adult life approximately 25 years. With pain escalating to the point where providers were recommending spinal fusion. After extensive online research and a recommendation from someone online, she discovered Deuk Spine Institute and was initially treated for bilateral sacroiliac joint pain. After that was resolved, she identified a remaining pain source and returned. Prompting a virtual Zoom MRI review that confirmed a bulging degenerated disc and facet joint pain at L4-5. Both were treated with the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® and Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® in a single visit. The morning after her second procedure, all remaining back pain was completely gone with no pain medication, and she was heading to the airport. Having resolved a total of five distinct back pain issues across two visits to Deuk Spine Institute.
Transcript
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Good morning. I’m Dr. Deukmedjian and I’m here with a lovely patient of mine from Iowa. She came here because her back was hurting her, and originally she did a lot of research online. I’ll let her tell you about that. She had her sacroiliac joints which were just unbearably painful. And we fixed the SI joints. And once we fixed the SI joints, I think she realized, well, I have another problem and it’s my disc. She did have a bulging, degenerated disc at L4-5. And we used the laser procedure here at Deuk Spine. Which is our version of laser spine surgery to repair her L4-5. How do you feel today?
Patient: I feel amazing. Unbelievable.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: When did you realize your disc herniation at L4-5 was causing back pain?
Patient: It’s probably bothered me for 25 years. Most of my adult life. And then I had pain that got really extreme, and I thought that was the same pain. Well, it turns out it was the SI joints that you fixed. Pain went away. And then probably a few weeks later, I started realizing I still have this other lingering pain that kind of started to get worse. I reached back out and you were spot on and said, “Here’s this disc.” Took care of that yesterday and amazing.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Today well, we did an MRI review of your lower back with a virtual consultation on Zoom and made the diagnosis of the disc pain plus the facet pain at L4-5. We fixed both yesterday. Do you still have that pain, or is it gone?
Patient: It’s gone. Gone. It’s gone.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: We cured it. It’s gone. And there’s no pain medicine we’ve given you?
Patient: I haven’t. Yeah, I haven’t taken anything.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Why did you choose Deuk Spine Institute for your back?
Patient: I had literally tried everything else with no relief. I had pain. People were starting to recommend fusions. So I just started Googling to find there have got to be other options. And when I stumbled across you. It was actually someone else who had mentioned you online. I started researching, and that’s how I found you. And I couldn’t be more happy to have found you. Life-changing is the words. Completely. Completely.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And what do you say to people out there who say it’s too good to be true? We watch the videos, we watch the testimonials; it’s just too good to be true.
Patient: I thought so too. But it truly is. He knows the science. He obviously created the process, the procedures. And I came back because it worked so well the first time with another issue. Heaven forbid something else comes up. I won’t hesitate to reach out again.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Well, I hope nothing else comes up for your back and that we’re done. Anything else you want to say? Because I know you have a plane to catch you’re heading home.
Patient: I know it sounds too good to be true, and I’m here to tell you. I’ve been here twice, with five different issues essentially. It’s all gone. It’s just gone. It’s truly unbelievable.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: We’re so happy for you. And I’m happy you chose Deuk Spine and avoided all those nasty, invasive, unnecessary treatments that don’t work. Congratulations. Safe travels.
Patient: Thank you so much.
Deuk Laser Disc Repair® & Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® at Deuk Spine Institute
This returning patient underwent multiple procedures at Deuk Spine Institute across two separate visits. First receiving the Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® for bilateral sacroiliac joint pain, then returning for the Deuk Laser Disc Repair® and a second Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® for facet joint pain after a virtual Zoom MRI review confirmed disc herniation and facet disease at L4-5. In total, five distinct sources of chronic lower back pain were identified and permanently treated across two visits. All without spinal fusion, narcotic pain medication, hospitalization, or any of the invasive procedures that other providers had been recommending for years. As this patient demonstrates, Deuk Spine Institute’s systematic approach to identifying and treating every source of back pain. Combined with the convenience of online MRI reviews and virtual Zoom consultations. Makes it possible to resolve even complex, multi-source chronic back pain permanently. Patients who have been told their only option is fusion are encouraged to submit their MRI for a complimentary free MRI review with Dr. Deukmedjian before accepting that recommendation.