Spine Facts

There are 30 individual and distinct known sources of chronic lower back pain; therefore, are 30 potential “pain generators” in the lower back that can cause chronic pain.

Chronic Pain is intermittent or constant pain lasting 6 weeks or more.

The most common cause of chronic lower back pain is a disc injury.

Disc injuries account for 85% of chronic lower back pain.

Facet joint injuries are the second most common cause of chronic lower back pain.

Facet joint injuries account for 10% of chronic lower back pain.

Piriformis muscle injuries are the third most common cause of chronic lower back pain.

Sacroiliac joint injuries are the fourth most common cause of chronic lower back pain.

Fractured vertebrae, coccygeal ligament injury, spinal infection, spinal tumors are rare causes of chronic lower back pain (less than 1%).

Degenerative spine conditions are the most common causes of chronic back pain.

Disc injuries from trauma lead to degenerative disc disease, the most common cause of lower back pain.

Degenerative disc disease starts with an annular tear and includes disc bulge, herniated disc, disc protrusion and extrusions, ultimately ending is spondylosis of the disc with Modic changes.

Modic changes are structural changes to the disc and vertebral endplates resembling arthritis of the joint.

Fractures, tumors and infections are rare causes of chronic lower back pain (less than 5%).

Successful treatment of one pain generator will not fix other untreated pain generators.

All pain generators must be properly treated to completely cure back pain. Deuk Spine Institute specializes in diagnosing and curing chronic back pain with advanced treatments.

The average patient with chronic back pain has 5 pain generators.

Chronic back pain originates from inflammation within a spinal joint or muscle in 99% of patients with chronic back pain.

The best treatment for painful lumbar disc injuries (herniation, bulge, degeneration) is Deuk Laser Disc Repair®.

The best treatment for painful lumbar facet joint injuries (facet arthropathy, hypertrophy) is Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®.

The best treatment for painful sacroiliac joint (SIJ) injuries is Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®. SIJ Fusion should be avoided as it is overly invasive and dangerous with often poor results.

Piriformis muscle injuries are best treated initially with Deuk Piriformis muscle release.

Piriformis muscle injuries rarely heal on their own and often require surgical myotomy or release.

Open Piriformis muscle myotomy is painful and disfiguring with permanent gluteus muscle damage and high risk of complications. Deuk Spine Institute offers the first minimally invasive percutaneous piriformis muscle outpatient myotomy called Deuk Piriformis muscle release.

Chronic lower back pain rarely completely resolves on its own.

Disc injuries (herniation, disc bulge, slipped disc, degenerated disc, extruded disc, protruding disc, ruptured disc) do NOT heal on their own. Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is required.

Injections never cure chronic lower back pain. Injections give temporary relief at best.

Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) is a temporary treatment for painful facet joints lasting 3-6 months on average. Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® provides permanent pain relief.

Patented Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® uses FDA approved technologies.

Back pain typically gets worse with activities. Most people limit activity to reduce or avoid back pain. This behavior is called “guarding” or “fear-avoidance behavior”.

Most back pain can be cured at Deuk Spine Institute.

Curable back pain is often misdiagnosed as Fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia diagnosis is often mistakenly given to patients with curable back pain.

Back pain never comes from a pinched nerve root.

Spinal stenosis does not cause back pain.

Pinched nerves may cause lower extremity pain (sciatica), weakness, numbness, tingling, or fatigue.

Pinched nerves NEVER cause back pain. Most people mistakenly believe pinched nerves cause back pain.

Back pain comes from disc and facet joint injuries that trigger muscle spasms.

99+% of doctors are not capable of properly diagnosing the actual source(s) of back pain.

99% of chronic pain treatments fail to work and leave patients in pain.

Deuk Spine Institute is capable of making the correct diagnosis of back pain in 99% of patients.

The Deuk Spine Exam® is unique and highly accurate at diagnosing the causes of a patient’s back pain (pain generators).

Lumbar MRI scan is the most helpful diagnostic imaging test to aid in the diagnosis of back pain.

MRI alone cannot provide a diagnosis for the cause of back pain; the physical exam is essential to making the correct diagnosis.

MRI scans do NOT tell us where a patient’s pain is coming from. MRIs cannot talk.

You cannot see pain on an MRI.

MRI and CT scans show structural abnormalities. Pain is a physiologic-functional abnormality, not seen as structural.

Surgery is often necessary to eliminate chronic back pain, but most spine surgeries don’t work.

Spine surgery will not make an MRI scan look normal. Don’t expect a normal looking MRI after spine surgery.

Spine surgery for back pain is not “cosmetic” surgery. Your spine will never look normal again but pain can be eliminated even with an “abnormal” looking spine. The goal of our surgeries is pain relief and functional restoration.

Invasive spine surgeries such as laminectomy, discectomy, spinal fusion, artificial disc, spinal cord stimulators are dangerous, unnecessary, outdated and rarely eliminate chronic back pain.

Most spine surgeons don’t recommend surgery for back pain because they are unaware of the actual cause of back pain or have not been trained in the latest treatments that eliminate pain.

Most people have been told by healthcare providers that chronic back pain is not curable; however, back pain is curable with proper treatment available at Deuk Spine Institute.

Physical therapy cannot correct the most common causes of chronic back pain.

Chiropractic care cannot correct the most common causes of chronic back pain.

Pain management cannot correct the most common causes of chronic back pain.

Pain medications cannot correct any of the causes of chronic back pain.

The “opioid epidemic” is a result of doctors prescribing opioid painkillers for chronic pain when patients should have been referred for curative procedures. Greed was the main factor.

In Florida, 12 people die daily from overdose on prescription painkillers and far more lives are destroyed by addiction and abuse of opioids.

In an injured disc, the source of pain is inflammation caused by a herniated disc within the posterior annular tear. Discogenic pain is permanently corrected with Deuk Laser Disc Repair® or spinal fusion.

The source of pain in an injured facet joint is inflammation within the facet joint and capsule. Facetogenic pain is permanently corrected with Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy or spinal fusion.

The source of pain in an injured sacroiliac joint is inflammation within the SI joint and capsule. Sacroiliacogenic pain is permanently corrected with Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy.

Without proper treatment, chronic back pain will last a lifetime.

Without proper treatment, chronic back pain will steal your quality of life.

Surgery for chronic back pain is only necessary if you want to live without pain.

Family, friends and coworkers suffer along with the patient with chronic pain.

Chronic back pain costs the average patient $250,000 in medical bills and failed treatments.

Health insurers pay an average of $500,000 in treatments for the average back pain patient.

Chronic pain remains the most common reason for disability.

Untreated back pain frequently causes other joint and muscle injuries due to poor posture and gait.

Deuk Spine Institute is able to diagnose and cure 99% of common chronic back pain.

All of Deuk Spine Institutes curative procedures are outpatient with same day discharge.

90% of Deuk Spine Institutes surgical patients travel to Orlando, Florida from other states and countries. Deuk Spine Institute is an international medical destination.

Spondylolisthesis does not require spinal fusion. Deuk Laser Disc Repair® can eliminate chronic back pain.

Degenerative scoliosis does not require spinal fusion or deformity surgery. Deuk Laser Disc Repair® can eliminate chronic back pain.

Spinal Implants are big business. The average screw costs $1,000, rods $800 and cages $5,000.

Spinal fusion charges range from $50,000 up to $500,000 depending on how many levels are being fused and with what technique.

Complications from spinal fusion and disc replacement surgery can incur hospital charges between $250,000-$2 million USD.

Tarlov cysts do not cause back pain and rarely need treatment.

Invasive spine surgeries including laminectomy, discectomy, spinal fusion, artificial disc, and spinal cord stimulator rarely eliminate chronic back pain but they are well known to cause internal scar tissue, bone and ligament destruction, adjacent segment disease, spinal malalignment.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® has zero surgical complications to date.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is the safest spine surgery available to date.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is fully FDA compliant and uses only FDA approved equipment, supplies and medication.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® has been peer reviewed and published over 10 times in the medical literature.

Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy uses patent pending technology available only at Deuk Spine and Deuk Joint Institute.

Over 95% of chronic back pain can be cured with Deuk Laser Disc Repair® and Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® lumbar incision is 7mm, cervical incision is 4mm.

Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy incision is 3mm.

Deuk Spine Institute has been performing outpatient spinal fusions since 2007.

Microdiscectomy does not treat back pain.

The most common lumbar disc injuries causing symptoms are L4-5, L5-S1 then L3-4.

Medial branch block is the diagnostic test to confirm facet joint pain.

Deuk Spine Institute accepts Work Comp patients.

Thoracic spine pain is most commonly caused by a disc or facet joint injury. Pain from either condition can be cured at Deuk Spine Institute.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® has been peer reviewed and published for treatment of painful disc herniations with an average of 99% elimination of pain 13 months after treatment.

Deuk Spine Institute has pioneered new less invasive technologies to cure back and neck pain.

Muscle injuries cannot be reversed with spine surgery and they require time and therapy to rebuild tone and endurance.

Pinched nerves require up to 12 months after surgery to fully heal.

Deuk Spine Institute offers a virtual MRI review from the comfort of your home. Use the following link to schedule a personal MRI review: MRI.DeukSpine.com

Deuk Spine Institute’s vision is a world without pain and suffering.

There are 30 individual and distinct known sources of chronic neck pain. There are 30 potential “pain generators”.

Chronic neck pain is recurrent or constant pain lasting 6 weeks or more.

The most common cause of chronic neck pain is a disc injury.

Disc injuries account for 85% of chronic neck pain.

Facet joint injuries are the second most common cause of chronic neck pain.

Facet joint injuries account for 15% of chronic neck pain.

Degenerative spine conditions are the most common causes of chronic neck pain.

Disc injuries from trauma lead to degenerative disc disease, the most common cause of neck pain.

Degenerative disc disease starts with an annular tear and includes disc bulge, herniated disc, disc protrusion and extrusions, ultimately ending is spondylosis of the disc with Modic changes.

Modic changes are structural changes to the disc and vertebral endplates resembling arthritis of the joint.

Fractures, tumors and infections are rare causes of chronic neck pain (less than 5%).

Successful treatment of one pain generator does not fix other untreated pain generators.

All pain generators must be properly treated to completely cure neck pain. Deuk Spine Institute specializes in diagnosing and curing chronic neck pain with advanced treatments.

The average patient with chronic neck pain has 5 pain generators.

Chronic neck pain originates from inflammation within spinal joints (disc or facet) in over 99% of patients with chronic neck pain.

The best treatment for painful cervical disc injuries (herniation, disc bulge, slipped disc, degenerated disc, extruded disc, protruding disc, ruptured disc) is Deuk Laser Disc Repair®.

The best treatment for painful cervical facet joint injuries (facet arthropathy, hypertrophy) is Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®.

Chronic neck pain rarely completely resolves on its own.

Disc injuries (herniation, disc bulge, slipped disc, degenerated disc, extruded disc, protruding disc, ruptured disc) do NOT heal on their own. Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is required.

Injections never cure chronic neck pain. Injections give temporary relief at best.

Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) is a temporary treatment for painful facet joints lasting 3-6 months on average. Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® provides permanent pain relief.

Patented Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® uses FDA approved technologies.

Neck pain typically gets worse with activities. Most people limit activity to reduce or avoid neck pain. This behavior is called “guarding” or “fear-avoidance behavior”.

Most neck pain can be cured at Deuk Spine Institute.

Fibromyalgia diagnosis is often mistakenly given to patients with curable neck pain.

Neck pain never comes from a pinched nerve root.

Spinal stenosis does not cause neck pain.

Pinched nerves may cause upper extremity pain (cervical radiculopathy), weakness, numbness, tingling, or fatigue.

Pinched nerves NEVER cause neck pain. Most people mistakenly believe pinched nerves cause neck pain. Neck pain comes from disc and facet joint injuries that trigger muscle spasms.

99+% of doctors are not capable of properly diagnosing the actual source(s) of neck pain.

99% of chronic pain treatments fail to work and leave patients in pain.

Deuk Spine Institute is capable of making the right diagnosis of neck pain in 99% of patients.

The Deuk Spine Exam® is unique and highly accurate at diagnosing the causes of a patient’s neck pain (pain generators).

Cervical spine MRI scan is the most helpful diagnostic imaging test to aid in the diagnosis of chronic neck pain.

MRI alone cannot provide a diagnosis for the cause of neck pain; the physical exam is essential to making the correct diagnosis.

MRI scans do NOT tell us where a patient’s neck pain is coming from. MRIs cannot talk.

You cannot see pain on an MRI.

MRI and CT scans show structural abnormalities. Pain is a physiologic-functional abnormality, not seen as structural.

Surgery is often necessary to eliminate chronic neck pain, but most spine surgeries don’t work.

Spine surgery will not make an MRI scan look normal. Don’t expect a normal looking MRI after spine surgery.

Spine surgery for neck pain is not “cosmetic” surgery. Your spine will never look normal again but pain can be eliminated even with an “abnormal” looking spine. The goal of our surgeries is pain relief and functional restoration.

Invasive spine surgeries such as laminectomy, discectomy, spinal fusion, artificial disc, spinal cord stimulators are dangerous, unnecessary, outdated and rarely eliminate chronic neck pain.

Most spine surgeons don’t recommend surgery for neck pain because they are unaware of the actual cause of neck pain or have not been trained in the latest treatments that eliminate pain.

Most people have been told by healthcare providers that chronic neck pain is not curable; however, neck pain is curable with proper treatment available at Deuk Spine Institute.

Physical therapy cannot correct the most common causes of chronic neck pain.

Chiropractic care cannot correct the most common causes of chronic neck pain.

Pain management cannot correct the most common causes of chronic neck pain.

Pain medications cannot correct any of the causes of chronic neck pain.

The “opioid epidemic” is a result of doctors prescribing opioid painkillers for chronic pain when patients should have been referred for curative procedures. Greed was the main factor.

In Florida, 12 people die daily from overdose on prescription painkillers and far more lives are destroyed by addiction and abuse of opioids.

In an injured disc, the source of pain is inflammation caused by a herniated disc within the posterior annular tear.

Discogenic pain is permanently corrected with Deuk Laser Disc Repair or spinal fusion.

The source of pain in an injured facet joint is inflammation within the facet joint and capsule.

Facetogenic pain is permanently corrected with Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy or spinal fusion.

Without proper treatment, chronic neck pain will last a lifetime.

Without proper treatment, chronic neck pain will steal your quality of life.

Surgery for chronic neck pain is only necessary if you want to live without pain.

Family, friends and coworkers suffer along with the patient with chronic pain.

Chronic neck pain costs the average patient $100,000 in medical bills and failed treatments.

Health insurers pay an average of $250,000 in treatments for the average chronic neck pain patient.

Chronic pain remains the most common reason for disability.

Deuk Spine Institute is able to diagnose and cure 99% of common chronic neck pain.

All of Deuk Spine Institutes curative procedures are outpatient with same day discharge.

90% of Deuk Spine Institutes surgical patients travel to Orlando, Florida from other states and countries. Deuk Spine Institute is an international medical destination.

Spinal Implants are big business. The average screw costs $1,000, rods $800 and cages $5,000.

Spinal fusion charges range from $50,000 up to $500,000 depending on how many levels are being fused and with what technique.

Complications from spinal fusion and disc replacement surgery can incur hospital charges between $250,000-$2 million USD.

Benign spinal cysts do not cause neck pain and rarely need treatment.

Invasive spine surgeries including laminectomy, discectomy, spinal fusion, artificial disc, and spinal cord stimulator rarely eliminate chronic neck pain but they are well known to cause internal scar tissue, bone and ligament destruction, adjacent segment disease, spinal malalignment.

Invasive spine surgeries including laminectomy, discectomy, spinal fusion, artificial disc, and spinal cord stimulator are known to have serious complications including spinal fluid leak, wound infection, pneumonia, organ and blood vessel injuries, hardware failure or migration, failed back surgery.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair has zero surgical complications to date.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair is the safest spine surgery available to date.

Deuk Spine Institute has pioneered new less invasive technologies to cure back and neck pain.

Deuk Spine Institute offers a virtual MRI review from the comfort of your home. Use the following link to schedule a personal MRI review: MRI.DeukSpine.com

Deuk Spine Institute’s vision is a world without pain and suffering.

There are 50 individual and distinct known sources of chronic thoracic spine pain; therefore, are 50 potential “pain generators” in the thoracic spine that can cause chronic pain.

Chronic Pain is intermittent or constant pain lasting 6 weeks or more.

The most common cause of chronic thoracic spine pain is a disc injury.

Disc injuries account for 85% of chronic thoracic spine pain.

Facet joint injuries are the second most common cause of chronic thoracic spine pain.

Facet joint injuries account for 10% of chronic thoracic spine pain.

Fractured vertebrae, spinal infection, spinal tumors are rare causes of chronic thoracic spine pain (less than 5%).

Degenerative spine conditions are the most common causes of chronic thoracic spine pain.

Disc injuries from trauma lead to degenerative disc disease, the most common cause of thoracic spine pain.

Degenerative disc disease starts with a traumatic annular tear. Degenerative disc disease includes disc bulge, herniated disc, disc protrusion and extrusions, ultimately ending is spondylosis of the disc with Modic changes.

Modic changes are structural changes to the disc and vertebral endplates resembling arthritis of the joint.

Fractures, tumors and infections are rare causes of chronic thoracic spine pain (less than 5%).

Successful treatment of one pain generator will not fix other untreated pain generators.

All pain generators must be properly treated to completely cure back pain. Deuk Spine Institute specializes in diagnosing and curing chronic back pain with advanced treatments.

The average patient with chronic back pain has 5 pain generators.

Chronic thoracic spine pain originates from inflammation within one or more spinal joints (disc or facet) in 95% of patients.

The best treatment for painful thoracic disc injuries (herniation, bulge, degeneration) is Deuk Laser Disc Repair®.

The best treatment for painful thoracic facet joint injuries (facet arthropathy, hypertrophy) is Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®®.

Chronic thoracic spine pain rarely completely resolves on its own.

Pain medication, anti-inflammatories, injections and therapy will not cure the source of most thoracic spine pain.

Disc injuries (herniation, disc bulge, slipped disc, degenerated disc, extruded disc, protruding disc, ruptured disc) do NOT heal on their own. Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is required for natural healing to occur.

Injections never cure chronic thoracic spine pain. Injections give temporary relief at best.

Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) is a temporary treatment for painful facet joints lasting 3-6 months on average. Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®® provides permanent pain relief.

Patented Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®® uses FDA approved technologies.

Back pain typically gets worse with activities. Most people limit activity to reduce or avoid back pain. This behavior is called “guarding” or “fear-avoidance behavior”.

Most thoracic spine pain can be cured at Deuk Spine Institute.

Curable back pain is often misdiagnosed as Fibromyalgia, an uncurable condition.

Fibromyalgia diagnosis is often mistakenly given to patients with curable back pain.

Back pain never comes from a pinched nerve root.

Spinal stenosis does not cause thoracic spine pain.

Pinched nerves may cause lower extremity pain (sciatica), weakness, numbness, tingling, or fatigue.

Pinched nerves NEVER cause thoracic spine pain. Most people mistakenly believe pinched nerves cause back pain.

Thoracic spine pain comes from disc and facet joint injuries that often trigger muscle spasms.

99+% of doctors are not capable of properly diagnosing the actual source(s) of back pain.

99% of chronic pain treatments fail to work and leave patients in pain, often worse off.

Deuk Spine Institute is capable of making the correct diagnosis of thoracic spine pain in 99% of patients.

The Deuk Spine Exam® is unique and highly accurate at diagnosing the causes of a patient’s back pain (pain generators).

A patient must be actively in pain for Deuk Spine Institute to diagnose the source of pain.

Thoracic spine MRI scan is the most helpful diagnostic imaging test to aid in the diagnosis of thoracic spine pain.

MRI alone cannot provide a diagnosis for the cause of thoracic spine pain; the physical exam is essential to making the correct diagnosis.

MRI scans do NOT tell us where a patient’s pain is coming from. MRIs cannot talk.

You cannot see pain on an MRI.

MRI and CT scans show structural abnormalities. Pain is a physiologic-functional abnormality, not seen as structural.

Surgery is often necessary to eliminate chronic back pain, but most spine surgeries don’t work.

Spine surgery will not make an MRI scan look normal. Don’t expect a normal looking MRI after spine surgery.

Spine surgery for thoracic spine pain is not “cosmetic” surgery. Your thoracic spine will never look normal again but pain can be eliminated even with an “abnormal” looking spine. The goal of Deuk Spine Institute surgeries is pain relief and functional restoration.

Invasive spine surgeries such as laminectomy, discectomy, spinal fusion, artificial disc, spinal cord stimulators are dangerous, unnecessary, outdated and rarely eliminate chronic thoracic spine pain.

Most spine surgeons don’t recommend surgery for thoracic spine pain because they are unaware of the actual cause of thoracic spine pain or have not been trained in the latest treatments that eliminate pain.

Most people have been told by healthcare providers that chronic thoracic spine pain is not curable; however, thoracic spine pain is curable with proper treatment available at Deuk Spine Institute.

Physical therapy cannot correct the most common causes of chronic thoracic spine pain.

Chiropractic care cannot correct the most common causes of chronic thoracic spine pain.

Pain management cannot correct the most common causes of chronic thoracic spine pain.

Pain medications cannot correct any of the causes of chronic thoracic spine pain.

The “opioid epidemic” is a result of doctors prescribing opioid painkillers for chronic pain when patients should have been referred for curative procedures. Greed was the main factor.

In Florida, 12 people die daily from overdose on prescription painkillers and far more lives are destroyed by addiction and abuse of opioids.

In an injured disc, the source of pain is inflammation caused by a herniated disc within the posterior annular tear.

Discogenic pain is permanently corrected with Deuk Laser Disc Repair®.

The source of pain in an injured facet joint is inflammation within the facet joint and capsule.

Facetogenic pain is permanently corrected with Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®.

Without proper treatment, chronic thoracic spine pain will last a lifetime.

Without proper treatment, chronic thoracic spine pain will steal your quality of life.

Surgery for chronic thoracic spine pain is only necessary if you want to live without pain.

Family, friends and coworkers suffer along with the patient with chronic pain.

Chronic thoracic spine pain costs the average patient $150,000 in medical bills and failed treatments.

Health insurers pay an average of $250,000 in treatments for the average thoracic spine pain patient.

Chronic pain remains the most common reason for disability.

Untreated thoracic spine pain frequently causes other joint and muscle injuries due to poor posture and gait.

Deuk Spine Institute is able to diagnose and cure 99% of common chronic thoracic spine pain.

All of Deuk Spine Institutes curative procedures are outpatient with same day discharge.

90% of Deuk Spine Institutes surgical patients travel to Orlando, Florida from other states and countries. Deuk Spine Institute is an international medical destination.

Spondylolisthesis does not require spinal fusion. Deuk Laser Disc Repair® can eliminate chronic thoracic spine pain.

Degenerative scoliosis does not require spinal fusion or deformity surgery. Minimally invasive Deuk Laser Disc Repair® can eliminate chronic thoracic spine pain.

Spinal Implants are big business. The average screw costs $1,000, rods $800 and cages $5,000.

Spinal fusion charges range from $50,000 up to $500,000 depending on how many levels are being fused and with what technique.

Complications from spinal fusion and disc replacement surgery can incur hospital charges between $250,000-$2 million USD.

Tarlov cysts do not cause thoracic spine pain and rarely need treatment.

Invasive spine surgeries including laminectomy, discectomy, spinal fusion, artificial disc, and spinal cord stimulator rarely eliminate chronic thoracic spine pain but they are well known to cause internal scar tissue, bone and ligament destruction, adjacent segment disease, spinal malalignment.

Invasive spine surgeries including laminectomy, discectomy, spinal fusion, artificial disc, and spinal cord stimulator are known to have serious complications including spinal fluid leak, wound infection, pneumonia, organ and blood vessel injuries, hardware failure or migration, failed thoracic spine surgery.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® has zero surgical complications to date.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is the safest spine surgery available to date.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is fully FDA compliant and uses only FDA approved equipment, supplies and medication.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® has been peer reviewed and published over 10 times in the medical literature.

Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® uses patent pending technology available only at Deuk Spine and Deuk Joint Institute.

Over 95% of chronic thoracic spine pain can be cured with Deuk Laser Disc Repair® and Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® thoracic incision is 4mm.

Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® incision is 3mm.

Deuk Spine Institute has been performing outpatient spinal fusions since 2007.

Microdiscectomy does not treat thoracic spine pain.

The most common thoracic disc injuries causing symptoms are T6-7, 7-8, 12-L1.

Medial branch block is the diagnostic test to confirm facet joint pain.

Deuk Spine Institute accepts Work Comp patients.

Thoracic spine pain is most commonly caused by a disc or facet joint injury. Pain from either condition can be cured at Deuk Spine Institute.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® has been peer reviewed and published for treatment of painful disc herniations with an average of 99% elimination of pain 13 months after treatment.

Deuk Spine Institute has pioneered new less invasive technologies to cure thoracic spine and neck pain.

Muscle injuries or deconditioning cannot be reversed with spine surgery and they require time and therapy to rebuild tone, bulk and endurance.

Pinched nerves require up to 12 months after surgery to fully heal.

Deuk Spine Institute offers a virtual MRI review from the comfort of your home. Use the following link to schedule a personal MRI review: MRI.DeukSpine.com

Deuk Spine Institute’s vision is a world without pain and suffering.

Spinal stenosis means “narrowing” of the spine.

Spinal stenosis is most commonly caused by degenerative spinal conditions.

Degenerative spinal conditions that cause spinal stenosis include spinal disc injuries, facet joint injuries, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy.

Degenerative spinal conditions account for 95% of spinal stenosis.

Tumors, infection and spinal trauma account for less than 5% of spinal stenosis.

Spinal stenosis can occur in the lower back (lumbar), the neck (cervical) and thoracic regions.

Spinal stenosis most commonly occurs in the lumbar spine.

Some patients are born with spinal stenosis. This condition is called “congenital” spinal stenosis.

Congenital spinal stenosis rarely causes symptoms.

Most spinal stenosis is “acquired” throughout life from injuries to spinal joints (disc and facet).

Patients with congenital stenosis require less acquired stenosis to have symptoms because their spine is already narrow to begin with.

MRI scan is the best diagnostic tool for spinal stenosis.

There are 4 zones of spinal stenosis: central, lateral recess, foraminal, and extraforaminal.

Central spinal stenosis is rare in the lumbar spine (lower back) and more common in the cervical spine (neck).

Central stenosis is narrowing of the spinal canal behind the disc.

Central stenosis is rare in the lower back (lumbar spine).

Central stenosis is common in the neck (cervical spine).

Lateral recess stenosis is the most common form of spinal stenosis. Lateral recess stenosis is present in over 95% of cases of patients with symptoms of stenosis.

Disc herniations are the most common cause of lateral recess stenosis.

Lateral recess stenosis in the neck (cervical) causes shoulder and arm pain, weakness, numbness and tingling.

Lateral recess stenosis in the back (lumbar) causes hip and leg pain, weakness, numbness and tingling in the leg.

Laminectomy cannot fix lateral recess stenosis, but it is still recommended by spine surgeons worldwide.

Microdiscectomy or discectomy cannot fix lateral recess stenosis, but they are still recommended by spine surgeons worldwide.

To treat lateral recess with laminectomy or discectomy, part or all of the facet joint must be removed. This will destabilize the spine.

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) is a failure of the spine surgeon to adequately treat lateral recess stenosis.

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) is the most common cause of failed spine surgery.

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) is the most common cause of disability after spine surgery

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) never occurs at Deuk Spine Institute with our state-of-the-art treatments.

Treatment of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) is big business.

Treatment of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) is how many pain management physicians make their living.

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) gives the spine surgeon the reason needed to make a spinal fusion recommendation. This is what the surgeon wanted from the beginning.

If the patient is in enough pain, they will be forced to accept spinal fusion.

Invasive spine procedures like laminectomy, discectomy, MILD procedure are destructive to the stability of the spine and will eventually lead to more pain. Spine surgeons know this.

Laminectomy and discectomy are “entry level” spinal stenosis procedures that often lead to more invasive treatments like spinal fusion and spinal cord stimulators.

If laminectomy is performed properly to effectively treat spinal stenosis, the surgeon will need to remove so much bone and ligament from the spine that postoperative instability and fusion would be unavoidable.

Spinal fusion is the highest paying procedure a spine surgeon can perform.

Spinal fusion pays the surgeon 2-3 times more money than brain surgery.

Spine surgeons are financially rewarded for recommending and performing spinal fusion.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair does not use spinal fusion.

Spinal cord stimulator placement is the highest paying procedure a pain management doctor can perform.

Spinal cord stimulators pay over 300 times more than an epidural steroid injection.

Patients with spinal stenosis are often referred to spine surgeons and pain management doctors who then recommend procedures that don’t provide long term relief.

Deuk Spine Institute procedures are non-invasive and curative of spinal stenosis symptoms. Our procedures do not lead to more invasive treatments.

Foraminal stenosis is the second most common type of spinal stenosis.

Foraminal stenosis is narrowing occurring in the neural foramen.

Disc herniations are the most common cause of foraminal stenosis.

Lateral recess stenosis and foraminal stenosis account for 99% of symptomatic spinal stenosis.

Lateral recess stenosis and foraminal stenosis are present together in most patients with spinal stenosis.

Spinal stenosis never causes neck pain.

Spinal stenosis never causes back pain.

Neck pain and back pain are most commonly caused by herniated discs in the neck and back (discogenic pain).

Pain comes from inflammation, not pressure nerve roots.

Pressure on nerve roots from spinal stenosis can cause arm or leg weakness, numbness or tingling (paresthesia).

Patients with pinched nerve root symptoms need decompression spine surgery.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® can decompress nerve roots without opening up the neck or back.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is performed with a band aid size incision in the skin and immediate recovery without hospitalization.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is FDA compliant and generally accepted as safe and effective for treatment of symptoms of disc disease.

Central spine stenosis can put pressure on the spinal cord in the neck or thoracic spine.

Myelopathy is damage to the spinal cord.

Cervical myelopathy may cause balance problems, numbness in the hands and feet, bladder urgency or incontinence, loss of coordination.

The most common cause of myelopathy is a herniated disc in the neck.

Deuk Laser Disc Repair® is the safest and most effective treatment for herniated discs.

Spinal stenosis is best diagnosed on MRI of the spine.

CT scan can diagnose spinal stenosis but is less conclusive.

Spinal stenosis is often misdiagnosed.

Deuk Spine Institute can properly diagnose spinal stenosis.

Spine surgery is the only effective treatment for spinal stenosis.

Most spinal stenosis does not need treatment. There are millions of people with asymptomatic (silent) spinal stenosis.

Spine surgeons often incorrectly recommend surgery for spinal stenosis when there is actually a different diagnosis causing the patients symptoms.

Non-clinical doctors misdiagnose spinal stenosis often and recommend treatments that don’t work