Will Antibiotics Cure Your Back Pain?

by Manny Aragon

This week in the news, a new study came out indicating that persistent low back pain may be preceded by bacterial infection in the inter-vertebral disc space. This is big news because the findings indicated that this was the case in over 40% of all back pain cases. To put this into perspective, over $86 billion dollars are spent each year in the US on back pain treatment. This doesn’t include the cost of lost productivity, etc, – only treatment.

Currently the traditional treatment for low back pain in the medical setting generally goes in this sequence: pain killers and muscle relaxants, physical therapy (sometimes), and surgery- followed by- pain killers, muscle relaxants, physical therapy, and surgery and so on and so forth.

The problem with these treatment regimens is that all three of the treatment regimens fail to address the underlying problem or reason for the imbalance that results in pain and this is why they are so unsuccessful. Enter the new study data and hypothesis- that “subclinical” bacterial infection (sound familiar?) is the culprit and its now an ENTIRELY new game.

What better to get rid of bacterial infections than antibiotics?

Well, aside from the fact that rampant antibiotic overuse in humans and animals is at epidemic proportions and aside from the fact that antibiotic overuse has been directly tied to the rise in flesh eating superbugs like MRSA and the like, and even aside from the fact that antibiotic use in general is destructive to the body in myrid ways that outweigh the short term benefits ( with emergency medical use being the exception), the real problem with antibiotic use for elimination of back pain related sub clinical bacterial infections is that they AGAIN don’t address the reason why the subclinical infection is present in the first place.

Since our clinic has first hand experience with identifying and eliminating various types of subclinical infections quickly and naturally (in fact we have a specialist whos’ whole practice revolves around identification and resolution of subclinical infection- Dr Robert Janda- http://www.naturalcuredoctor.com), we have seen that these infections will return quickly after treatment until the underlying immune imbalance has been resolved.

In plain speak: If you treat subclinical infection with antibiotics it is highly likely that it will return quickly and often with a vengeance.

So, what I am saying is that while this study shows that ~40% of persistent low back pain is linked to subclinical bacterial infection, the other 60% of the time it isn’t (according to this study). What then?

How can you tell which one you have?

The best and fastest way to tell if your back (or body pain) is caused by subclinical infection is to get muscle tested specifically for that. This process takes less than 20 minutes and costs next to nothing. The result will let you know if you need to take certain supplements and herbs to rid you of the infection (while strengthening your body and immune system to prevent recurrence- something that antibiotic use doesn’t do. It also wont ruin your body’s floral balance like antibiotics, rather, it will enhance and strengthen your body’s floral balance resulting in better overall health).

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It will let you know if you need a more structural realignment approach (which, by the way, also strengthens the body’s immune response as a secondary effect of the work).

In short- when someone comes into my office with pain- I have implemented a practice to ALWAYS test them for subclinical infection PRIOR to presenting them with a treatment plan.

If you have back or body pain and want to know whether your pain is associated with subclinical infection before you go all in on a Structural Integration series, physical therapy, or even surgery, call the front desk and schedule an Initial Assessment- it’ll save you time, money, and give you a better picture of what pathway will likely best resolve your pain.

Appointments can be scheduled by calling (949) 954-6225