Lumbar spondylosis/ Targeted Conditions

Degenerative lumbar spondylosis is mainly caused by the effects of age, the work environment and physical exercise.
These factors may result in the following:

• Disc degeneration
• Lumbar spine instability
• Bone deformity and formation of bone spurs due to repeated contact between the lumbar vertebrae

The progression of these deformities and degeneration may cause damage to bones, discs, and nerves, all causing inflammation, which in turn causes pain. Along with this degeneration and deformation, the degeneration also spreads to the surrounding joints and ligaments. As the deformity progresses, the narrowing of the spinal canal and nerve pathways may lead to spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and scoliosis, among other conditions.

Conservative treatments

There are two types of treatment: drug therapy and therapeutic exercise.
In some cases, symptoms caused by an impeded blood flow can be relieved by improving the blood circulation, and medication for this purpose may be prescribed. We use therapeutic exercises to prevent aggravation of the stresses caused by the deformity and to correct the lifestyle-induced imbalances in the muscles and joints back into a stress-free state. If no improvement is seen with these methods, surgical treatment may be considered.

Surgical procedures

Surgical procedures are often used to reduce pressure on the nerves, and in the case of spinal stenosis, it involves a procedure called spinal fusion, in which muscles and ligaments are removed in order to secure the unstable bones and, using an endoscope, parts of the lumbar vertebrae and the enlarged ligaments are shaved off in order to suppress the pressure. However, sometimes the inflammation does not go away after the surgery or does not even improve, or the pain may also recur. In this case, factors others than the discs and lumbar spine, such as the physical constitution, muscles, and ligaments, may be involved in the cause of pain, and in this regard, this procedure cannot be considered a root treatment. At our hospital, we recommend a treatment called The Discseel® Procedure, which promotes intervertebral disc repair and regeneration, relieves disc inflammation by stopping its degeneration and also reduce the inflammation from the muscles and ligaments through therapeutic exercise, in combination with therapeutic exercises implemented at the Soma Rehabilitation Center, a rehabilitation facility specialized in low back pain that is affiliated with our clinic.