Summary
A guitarist from North Georgia had spent 12 years battling bilateral sacroiliac joint pain and inflammation, especially triggered by bending. A movement central to his decades of driving and performing. He tried extensive physical therapy and PRP injections in Colorado, none of which provided lasting relief, with flare-ups occasionally leaving him unable to move and requiring days to recover. After years of researching options and finding every local doctor unwilling to perform less invasive procedures, he discovered Dr. Deukmedjian and Deuk Spine Institute online and traveled down for the bilateral Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® under X-ray guidance. Less than 24 hours after his outpatient procedure, he reported his SI joint pain was completely gone, with no steroids used and real, permanent relief. Already looking forward to golf, hiking, yard work, and getting back to guitar performances with his wife.
Transcript
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Good morning. I’m Dr. Deukmedjian, CEO and founder of Deuk Spine Institute, and the pioneer and inventor of the Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®. My friend here just came down from North Georgia with bilateral sacroiliac joint pain and inflammation. You had the Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® bilateral. You can see it being done here with the X-ray guiding the probe. This was done just yesterday, less than 24 hours ago. How do you feel today?
Patient: Excellent. Much better than when I arrived.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: And that sacroiliac joint pain… is that gone?
Patient: I don’t feel a thing. Gone.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Awesome. Now, why did you choose Deuk Spine Institute instead of somewhere in North Georgia?
Patient: Well, after doing research for years, all the doctors wanted to do these procedures that were invasive. Which were out of my thought process. Somehow or another I found your name, it popped up, and I’m like, let me check this guy out. So I did my research and saw — wow, this may be what I need. I looked through it and saw exactly what I said — this is non-invasive. I’m kind of into health, so I always watch and close to being 70, I’ve got to watch what I’m doing. I’m halfway there, so I’ve got to do something. I saw all the evidence, it was overwhelming, the success rate was phenomenal for those procedures. So I said, I’ve got to do this. Everything went — their staff was just phenomenal. Everybody was right on cue, they knew exactly what to do, and everything was just so systematic. Here I am today; just amazing how things have gotten so much better. You know, 12 years or so of having issues on and off. Physical therapy, you name it, I’ve done all of it. I’ve done PRP out in Colorado, I’ve done all these things and it just comes back. I was knocked down to the ground. Down for the count, not moving, wife had to come get me, get me up. Takes two or three days to get back in order again. I said, I don’t want to do that again. So this was the ticket after seeing everything online and being here through the whole system, it was great. It just went perfect.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Unfortunately, treatments like PRP. Where they actually add steroids in it. Give patients temporary relief. The procedure we did, we didn’t put any steroids in. We just gave you some numbing on the skin so we could cut you — that’s it. But we put nothing deep inside. So what you’re feeling is real, and it’s permanent.
Patient: Oh, that’s great. Good — great, glad you like it.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: So what’s life going to be like for you now that you’re pain-free in your sacrum?
Patient: Well, I could start playing golf again, doing my ritual hiking, pretty much any yard stuff, any fix-things that happen around the house. Bending is a big thing — that’s where the issues really started… bending. And I’ve driven for so many years, probably 35 or 40 years, sitting in a car driving all day.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Does your wife hike with you?
Patient: Yeah, she does. We’re very active. It’s beautiful up there in North Georgia.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Yeah, it can be nice. The weather right now is a little warm, but —
Patient: We’ve got all the seasons, used to that. But yeah, I try to get back to those things. I’m a guitarist — working, standing all day and playing, and trying to get through sessions is much needed. So this is kind of the ticket right here.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Well, congratulations. Safe travels to you. Hopefully we don’t have to see you again. We’ll send you a letter every once in a while.
Patient: I like that. Thank you. Yes, all right.
Dr. Ara Deukmedjian: Let’s get you out of here. You’ve got better things to do.
The Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®
This patient underwent the bilateral Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy®(DPR) for sacroiliac joint pain and inflammation at Deuk Spine Institute. A minimally invasive, X-ray-guided procedure invented and pioneered by Dr. Deukmedjian that permanently destroys the pain nerves supplying both SI joints. Unlike PRP injections containing steroids, which offer only temporary relief, the Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® uses only local numbing for the incision and delivers real, permanent results with no hospitalization and no steroid injections. After 12 years of recurring SI joint flare-ups that left him unable to move for days at a time despite extensive physical therapy and PRP treatments, this patient was completely pain-free less than 24 hours after his outpatient procedure. Patients seeking a non-invasive, permanent alternative to PRP or SI joint injections are encouraged to research the Deuk Plasma Rhizotomy® at Deuk Spine Institute.