Case 8 – Back pain in a mail again 73 years
Mr Clifford Jones
Mornington, VIC
Mr Jones had experienced ten years of lumbar pain which had spread to his right hip and leg. He was told he had arthritis and that nothing could be done for his pain. Tablets made no difference.
The procedure was performed on one occasion only and led to the reduction of his pain. He was virtually pain free for the following three years.
Mr Jones comments:
This has made the world of difference. I now have no pain whatsoever.
Case 9 – Lower back pain in a male patient aged 55 years
Mr George Webber
Hollywell, QLD
Chronic lumbar pain had dogged George’s existence for most of his life. He had always done heavy manual work and was an ex-boxer. All conventional treatments had made no difference. His pain was across his low back and was present every day. It had been much worse over the last 5-10 years.
Within two days of a single treatment all his pain had gone. Minor recurrences of pain led to further treatments but he was largely pain free for the next four years.
Mr Webber comments:
Marked improvement, although not a cure. I had some pain recurrence when walking 70 km per week so have reduced that by half.
Case 10 – Lower back pain in a male aged 33 years
Mr Graeme Deeth
Currumbin, QLD
Mr Deeth is a veterinary surgeon who had low back pain for fifteen years. Although he could continue working with relatively mild discomfort, heavy physical exercise resulted in severe right-side low back pain. Previous treatments had resulted in only temporary improvement.
The treatment was performed only once and led to a dramatic reduction in his pain level, enabling him to elevate his standing as az martial arts expert. Heavy exercise does not produce the pain it did previously.
Mr Deeth comments:
Having had chronic pain for numerous years, relief was almost immediate and near complete. Despite strenuous exercise, no further serious pain has occurred.
Case 11 – Neck pain in female aged 59 years
Ms Delma Cook
Tweed Heads, NSW
Ms Cook had had severe right side neck pains for four years. Cortisone injections had produced temporary lessening of her pain. Other treatments had no effect. She was told that she had neuralgia and that nothing could be done about it except an operation that might not work.
Trigger points were easy to feel on the right side of her neck and the procedure was performed on two occasions. She was free from neck pain four years later.
Ms Cook comments:
A hundred per cent relief. I would have been in an asylum by now if I had not received pain relief.
Case 12 – lower back pain in a male aged 68 years
Mr Alan Manterfield
Burleigh Waters, QLD
Alan had suffered low back pain for four years. In the eighteen months prior to seeing me the pain had become much worse and had localised mainly to the right side. He was a keen golfer and found his pain far worse after a round of golf.
Treatment led to rapid resolution of all his pain. He was pain free four years later and playing golf without any discomfort.
Mr Manterfield comments:
I am no longer ‘killed’ by pain. I can bend easier and can work in the garden or on my car without pain. My golf has improved considerably since the pain and stiffness has gone.
Case 13 – Lower back pain in a female aged 32 years
Mrs Sharyn Ellis
Coolangatta, QLD
Sharyn’s back pain had been present for about ten years. The pain fluctuated considerably and had been generally worse over the last year. Her pain was aggravated by vacuuming, making beds and physical exercise. She also had some pain in her thigh. Previous treatments had produced no substantial improvement. Computed tomography (CAT) scan showed no surgical pathology; she had been told she had a ‘bad back’.
The treatment was performed once and most of her pain resolved. She is now more mobile, and twelve months later had no acute relapse.
Sharyn comments:
Before I had this treatment, I couldn’t do any housework – even making the bed was difficult. I had trouble lifting my daughter up for a cuddle. Driving my car was a nightmare and exercise was a dirty word. After Dr Stuckey treated my back, I can now do housework, make beds and even scrub the floors. I have no trouble driving and I can exercise without feeling pain. I can pick up my daughter without the anticipation of pain. My quality of life has improved 100 per cent.
Dr. Richard Stuckey MB.BS. DRCOG. FAANaOS "Say Goodbye to Back Pain"
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Back Pain Relief Case Studies 3 - 7
From "Say Goodbye to Back Pain"...
Case 3 – Lower back pain in a female aged 30 years
Mrs Leanne Edwick
Tweed Heads, NSW
Leanne had experienced low back pain for twelve years. She had presented for chiropractic treatment each time the back became bad. The treatment was performed only once and she had no episodes of pain over the following two years.
Mrs Edwick comments:
I am now seven months pregnant with my second child and have not had the back pains I had when carrying my first child. My life has improved overall now that I have no pain.
Case 4 – Lumbar and neck pain in a male aged 56 years
Mr Mervyn Christie
Palm Beach, QLD
Mr Christie had a fall 8-9 years before seeing me. During that time he suffered constant severe low back pain. The tablets prescribed had aggravated his stomach ulcer. Other treatments had given only temporary help. Over the previous six months, his neck had been continually painful and this produced severe head-aches. Various doctors and specialists had told him that his spine was degenerating and the ‘degenerative nerves were rubbing’, producing his pain.
Trigger points were easy to find and the procedure was done four times for his low back pain and twice for his neck pain.
Mervyn estimated that his overall pain was reduced by about 85 per cent. Thus, while he was not cured, his life is now tolerable. He seldom takes pain-killing medication.
Mr Christie comments:
Dramatic difference is to the cervical area after the treatment enabling myself to discontinue using neck brace. The pain in my right shoulder and right arm has resolved. My low back pain has reduced dramatically and my intake of pain relieving medications is only fraction what is used to be.
Case 5 – neck pain in a female aged 38 years
Mrs Meryl Fray
South Tweed Heads, NSW
Meryl had suffered severe neck pain and head-aches for 25 years. The pain was present every day and radiated to the back of her head, causing severe head-aches. She was given a number of possible diagnoses including ’arthritis’ and ‘tension head-aches’. Multiple treatments had made no difference.
The procedure was performed on one occasion only and she did not experience head or neck pain for the following four years.
Mrs Fray comments:
I have no neck pain and no headaches. I wish I had been told about this twenty years ago and saved suffering terribly for half my life. As far as I am concerned the treatment is bloody brilliant!!
Case 6 – thorax pain in a female aged 67 years
Mrs Catherine Jaworski
Maroochydore, QLD
For five years Catherine had been tormented by excruciating pain in her right shoulder blade area. The pain was present constantly and often radiated to her neck and arm. A multitude of treatments, many specialists’ opinions and admissions to a pain clinic had made no difference. She had been told that a bone was pressing on a nerve.
Following the procedure, all her pain was eliminated. She had a total of three treatments, and three years later had virtually no pain and took no tablets.
Mrs Jaworski comments:
The pain in my shoulder blade, which had tortured me for five years, has gone.
Case 7 – neck pain in a male 63 years
Mr Tony Allen
Lyons, ACT
Mr Allen had experienced neck pain for more than thirty years. The neck pain fluctuated in intensity but was particularly bad after long drives, or sitting at a typewriter. He believed he would have to live with his pain.
He had two trigger points at the base of his neck and was treated at these points. His neck pain subsided rapidly and over the next three years hardly bothered him at all.
Mr Allen comments:
I have had no further problem with that severe pain that I had endured for many years. There is still no sign whatsoever of recurrence of that pain for which I must add that I am eternally grateful to you.
Case 3 – Lower back pain in a female aged 30 years
Mrs Leanne Edwick
Tweed Heads, NSW
Leanne had experienced low back pain for twelve years. She had presented for chiropractic treatment each time the back became bad. The treatment was performed only once and she had no episodes of pain over the following two years.
Mrs Edwick comments:
I am now seven months pregnant with my second child and have not had the back pains I had when carrying my first child. My life has improved overall now that I have no pain.
Case 4 – Lumbar and neck pain in a male aged 56 years
Mr Mervyn Christie
Palm Beach, QLD
Mr Christie had a fall 8-9 years before seeing me. During that time he suffered constant severe low back pain. The tablets prescribed had aggravated his stomach ulcer. Other treatments had given only temporary help. Over the previous six months, his neck had been continually painful and this produced severe head-aches. Various doctors and specialists had told him that his spine was degenerating and the ‘degenerative nerves were rubbing’, producing his pain.
Trigger points were easy to find and the procedure was done four times for his low back pain and twice for his neck pain.
Mervyn estimated that his overall pain was reduced by about 85 per cent. Thus, while he was not cured, his life is now tolerable. He seldom takes pain-killing medication.
Mr Christie comments:
Dramatic difference is to the cervical area after the treatment enabling myself to discontinue using neck brace. The pain in my right shoulder and right arm has resolved. My low back pain has reduced dramatically and my intake of pain relieving medications is only fraction what is used to be.
Case 5 – neck pain in a female aged 38 years
Mrs Meryl Fray
South Tweed Heads, NSW
Meryl had suffered severe neck pain and head-aches for 25 years. The pain was present every day and radiated to the back of her head, causing severe head-aches. She was given a number of possible diagnoses including ’arthritis’ and ‘tension head-aches’. Multiple treatments had made no difference.
The procedure was performed on one occasion only and she did not experience head or neck pain for the following four years.
Mrs Fray comments:
I have no neck pain and no headaches. I wish I had been told about this twenty years ago and saved suffering terribly for half my life. As far as I am concerned the treatment is bloody brilliant!!
Case 6 – thorax pain in a female aged 67 years
Mrs Catherine Jaworski
Maroochydore, QLD
For five years Catherine had been tormented by excruciating pain in her right shoulder blade area. The pain was present constantly and often radiated to her neck and arm. A multitude of treatments, many specialists’ opinions and admissions to a pain clinic had made no difference. She had been told that a bone was pressing on a nerve.
Following the procedure, all her pain was eliminated. She had a total of three treatments, and three years later had virtually no pain and took no tablets.
Mrs Jaworski comments:
The pain in my shoulder blade, which had tortured me for five years, has gone.
Case 7 – neck pain in a male 63 years
Mr Tony Allen
Lyons, ACT
Mr Allen had experienced neck pain for more than thirty years. The neck pain fluctuated in intensity but was particularly bad after long drives, or sitting at a typewriter. He believed he would have to live with his pain.
He had two trigger points at the base of his neck and was treated at these points. His neck pain subsided rapidly and over the next three years hardly bothered him at all.
Mr Allen comments:
I have had no further problem with that severe pain that I had endured for many years. There is still no sign whatsoever of recurrence of that pain for which I must add that I am eternally grateful to you.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Back Pain Case Studies
The history of human kind is sprinkled with bad backs, many of them belonging to famous people. Elizabeth Taylor has one of the most publicised bad backs of the century. Prince Charles has a bad back; John F. Kennedy had a terrible back and so, too, did the actors Sir Laurence Olivier and Rex Harrison.
Almost weekly, there are reports of famous sportsmen succumbing to bad backs. The case of the Australian Test cricketer, Bruce Reid is a good example, along with Mick Dittmann, the jockey. Personally, I find it frustrating to read that some of these sportsmen are subjected to traumatic and sometimes unproductive surgery to cure their pain. I am almost certain none of them has even been told about Nesfield’s Treatment.
There are two notable exceptions, so far as I know. The American golfer, Lee Trevino, suffered a bad back during the 1970’s and was unable to play golf properly. He was cured after receiving facet rhizotomy (a variation of Nesfield’s Treatment) and went straight back on to the winning list. The colourful Australian rugby footballer and broadcaster Rex Mossop, according to Dr Rees, was in a great deal of trouble with the pain before he was treated by Dr Rees at the age of 40 (nearly 26 years ago). Subsequent to the treatment he has been able to maintain an exercise and training regime which persisted until his recent passing.
But the silence about the procedure continues. Back pain sufferers learn about it mainly from patients who have received the treatment themselves. It is kind of bush telegraph in the wilderness of pain sufferers. Sadly, many learn about it after years of excruciating pain, and often after their lives have been irrevocably changed for the worse. Many, upon successfully undergoing the procedure, become justifiably angry that such vital information seems to have been deliberately withheld from them.
As I have stated, many back pain sufferers appear in my surgery, believing that Nesfield’s Treatment is a last option. Their optimism levels are low and their desperation high. They have been to a plethora of specialists and practitioners who have failed to alleviate their pain. I might even be a witch doctor to some, but by then they will try anything to get rid of their wretched pain.
A number of my patients have kindly assisted me in the course of writing this book by allowing details of their own cases to be revealed. For the following case histories, I have approached each patient and obtained permission to publish their file. I am grateful for their consent.
The following case studies represent a diverse number of ages and occupations and include both male and female patients living in various parts of Australia and their conditions as at March 1993.
Case 1 – Lower back and cervical pain in a male aged 59 years
Mr John Gardner
Tweed Heads South, NSW
At the time of his motor accident (1968) John was a fit, 39 year old, high ranking Victoria Police officer. Following the accident he developed severe neck and back pain. Conventional back pain treatments made no difference. He subsequently had the following operations:
1973 Neck fusion
1974 Enzyme injection to lumbar disc
1974 laminectomy
1975 Lumbar fusion
It was thirteen years later when I first met John. During those thirteen years he had been in constant pain, with crippling head-aches and severe low back pain. John would usually take in excess of ten pain-relieving tables each day (more on a bad day). He was assessed as untreatable and pensioned out of the police force.
He had once been a serious contender for the Deputy Commissioner’s job.
In 1988 I performed five treatments on his neck and one in his lower back.
He describes the subsequent four years as the best over the last twenty years. His head-aches have gone, his lumbar pain has virtually vanished, he takes no pain-relieving tablets and he has resumed playing golf.
He remained pain free until his death from other causes, some 15 years later.
Mr Gardner comments:
I have achieved an 80 per cent reduction in pain and a 100 per cent reduction in analgesic intake. I believe that if I had been offered this treatment 16 or 20 years earlier, I would not have been forced to retire and may in fact still be working. Fifteen years of superannuation money could have been saved.
Case 2 – Neck pain in a male patient aged 59 years
Mr Don Allen
Mermaid Beach, QLD
Don had suffered neck pain for twenty years. The pain was at the base of the neck and fluctuated markedly. When very bad, he needed to wear a collar and when he was ‘good’ the neck felt stiff. Trigger points were easily located and the procedure was performed twice. In the 3 ½ years following this treatment he had no pain and minimal tenderness in his neck.
Mr Allen comments:
More than pleased. I now have no neck pain, take no tablets and do not wear the neck collar.
Almost weekly, there are reports of famous sportsmen succumbing to bad backs. The case of the Australian Test cricketer, Bruce Reid is a good example, along with Mick Dittmann, the jockey. Personally, I find it frustrating to read that some of these sportsmen are subjected to traumatic and sometimes unproductive surgery to cure their pain. I am almost certain none of them has even been told about Nesfield’s Treatment.
There are two notable exceptions, so far as I know. The American golfer, Lee Trevino, suffered a bad back during the 1970’s and was unable to play golf properly. He was cured after receiving facet rhizotomy (a variation of Nesfield’s Treatment) and went straight back on to the winning list. The colourful Australian rugby footballer and broadcaster Rex Mossop, according to Dr Rees, was in a great deal of trouble with the pain before he was treated by Dr Rees at the age of 40 (nearly 26 years ago). Subsequent to the treatment he has been able to maintain an exercise and training regime which persisted until his recent passing.
But the silence about the procedure continues. Back pain sufferers learn about it mainly from patients who have received the treatment themselves. It is kind of bush telegraph in the wilderness of pain sufferers. Sadly, many learn about it after years of excruciating pain, and often after their lives have been irrevocably changed for the worse. Many, upon successfully undergoing the procedure, become justifiably angry that such vital information seems to have been deliberately withheld from them.
As I have stated, many back pain sufferers appear in my surgery, believing that Nesfield’s Treatment is a last option. Their optimism levels are low and their desperation high. They have been to a plethora of specialists and practitioners who have failed to alleviate their pain. I might even be a witch doctor to some, but by then they will try anything to get rid of their wretched pain.
A number of my patients have kindly assisted me in the course of writing this book by allowing details of their own cases to be revealed. For the following case histories, I have approached each patient and obtained permission to publish their file. I am grateful for their consent.
The following case studies represent a diverse number of ages and occupations and include both male and female patients living in various parts of Australia and their conditions as at March 1993.
Case 1 – Lower back and cervical pain in a male aged 59 years
Mr John Gardner
Tweed Heads South, NSW
At the time of his motor accident (1968) John was a fit, 39 year old, high ranking Victoria Police officer. Following the accident he developed severe neck and back pain. Conventional back pain treatments made no difference. He subsequently had the following operations:
1973 Neck fusion
1974 Enzyme injection to lumbar disc
1974 laminectomy
1975 Lumbar fusion
It was thirteen years later when I first met John. During those thirteen years he had been in constant pain, with crippling head-aches and severe low back pain. John would usually take in excess of ten pain-relieving tables each day (more on a bad day). He was assessed as untreatable and pensioned out of the police force.
He had once been a serious contender for the Deputy Commissioner’s job.
In 1988 I performed five treatments on his neck and one in his lower back.
He describes the subsequent four years as the best over the last twenty years. His head-aches have gone, his lumbar pain has virtually vanished, he takes no pain-relieving tablets and he has resumed playing golf.
He remained pain free until his death from other causes, some 15 years later.
Mr Gardner comments:
I have achieved an 80 per cent reduction in pain and a 100 per cent reduction in analgesic intake. I believe that if I had been offered this treatment 16 or 20 years earlier, I would not have been forced to retire and may in fact still be working. Fifteen years of superannuation money could have been saved.
Case 2 – Neck pain in a male patient aged 59 years
Mr Don Allen
Mermaid Beach, QLD
Don had suffered neck pain for twenty years. The pain was at the base of the neck and fluctuated markedly. When very bad, he needed to wear a collar and when he was ‘good’ the neck felt stiff. Trigger points were easily located and the procedure was performed twice. In the 3 ½ years following this treatment he had no pain and minimal tenderness in his neck.
Mr Allen comments:
More than pleased. I now have no neck pain, take no tablets and do not wear the neck collar.
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