About NLC

A Message from the Director

NLC Nonaka Lumbago Clinic offers medical treatment with a combined focus on the spinal conditions that cause low back pain.
By introducing advanced treatments from all over the world, we are able to expand the treatment options for patients suffering from back and other spinal diseases, and propose treatment solutions tailored to their symptoms and conditions.
Staying focused on diseases such as disc degeneration and disc herniation that cause spinal canal stenosis and back pain, we provide treatments that are less burdensome for elderly patients, for patients considering reoperation, and those seeking to return to society in a short period of time.

Clinic Director: Dr. Yasuyuki Nonaka

Profile

Memberships:

Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Japanese Circulation Society
Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists
Japanese Heart Rhythm Society

Fields of Expertise:

intervertebral disc degeneration
herniated discs
low back pain
spondylolisis / spondylolisthesis
spinal stenosis
compression fractures of the spine
sciatica
anesthesia / pain management

Procedures Performed

6,466 Cases
Avg 83/month
Jun. 2018 - Oct. 2024

Career Summary

2002 Graduated from Kawasaki Medical School, Obtained medical license. 2006 Began working at Shinko Kakogawa Hospital (Kakogawa Central City Hospital). 2011 Began working in anesthesiology, outpatient low back pain, and emergency medicine at Seishinkai Medical Corporation Koriyama Seiran Hospital. 2011 Appointed trustee of Seishinkai Medical Corporation Koriyama Seiran Hospital. 2018 Founded ILC International Lumbago Clinic. 2021 Founded NLC Nonaka Lumbago Clinic.

Physicians Introduction

Takaki Ishida

Specialty

Japanese Urological Association Specialist

Career Summary

2009 Graduated from Kochi University obtaining a doctor's license. 2012 Employed at Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital. 2013 Employed at Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital. 2014 Employed at Kansai Rosai Hospital. 2019 Employed at ILC International Lumbago Clinic. 2021 Currently employed at NLC Nonaka Lumbago Clinic where he obtained the license to perform the Discseel® Procedure

Rumi Sasayama

Specialty

Rehabilitation Specialist

Career Summary

2009 Graduated from Kochi University obtaining a doctor's license. 2011 Employed at Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital. 2013 Employed at Daini Okamoto General Hospital. 2014 Employed at Ishikawa Hospital. 2018 Employed at ILC International Lumbago Clinic. 2021 Currently employed at NLC Nonaka Lumbago Clinic in

About our clinic's back pain treatment

Our clinic provides minimally invasive outpatient treatment options for various spinal disorders such as spinal canal stenosis, disc herniation etc., as an alternative to conventional surgical operations.
We offer only the safest intervertebral disc treatment methods available in Europe and the USA that have medical evidence and proven efficacy reported by the academic societies*. It took us two years and a lot of hard work to bring in the latest treatment methods used overseas, and we are confident that patients from Japan and other Asian countries will be satisfied by the outcome of the treatment at our clinic.
There are five treatment methods that we provide. You can find some useful information about these minimally invasive methods including their history, unique characteristics, indications, and brief comparisons with some conventional surgical methods listed below.

Historical Development of Outpatient Vertebral Disc Treatment

^* Nov. 2017 OUTCOME ASSESMENT FOR PERCUTANEUS TREATMENT OF DISC HERNIATION WITH ETHANOL GEL.
^* Sept. 2016 TREATMENT OF ANNULAR DISC TEARS AND “LEAKY DISC SYNDROM” WITH FIBRIN SEALANT.

Compatibility Table for Treatments and Conditions We Treat

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Treatment Method Lumbago	Discseel® Procedure	The PLOT Method（Ozone&Laser）	The PODT Method（Ozone）	The PLDD Method（Laser）	Back Pain Rehabilitation
Disc Herniation	○	○	○	○	-
Spinal Stenosis	○	-	-	-	-
Degenerative Disc Disease	○	-	-	-	-
Spondylolisthesis	○	-	-	-	-
Spondylolytic Spondylolisthesis	○	-	-	-	-
Spondylolysis	○	-	-	-	-
Lumbar Vertebrae Instability Symptom	○	-	-	-	-
Lumbar Scoliosis	○	-	-	-	-
Muscles, Joints and Ligaments Related Back Pain	-	-	-	-	○

Treatment Comparison Table, Including Surgery

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Treatment Method Comparison	Discseel® Procedure	The PLOT Method（Ozone&Laser）	The PODT Method（Ozone）	The PLDD Method（Laser）	MED(Endoscopic Intervertebral Disc Ablation)	DiscoGel®	Spinal FusionandDecompression
Recurrence Rate Within 2 Years of Treatment	Extremely low	High	High	High	High	Low	Extremely high
Intervertebral Disc Repair / Regeneration Results	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Damage to Intervertebral Discs Post-Treatment	No	Yes	Slight	Yes	Yes	Slight	Yes
Hospitalization	Outpatient	Outpatient	Outpatient	Outpatient	Approx. 7 days	Outpatient	Approx. 21 days
Necessity for Regular Hospital Visits	Basically none	Basically none	Basically none	Basically none	Absolutely necessary	Basically none	Absolutely necessary