ILLINOIS BACK INSTITUTE OFFERS NON- SURGICAL, DRUG-FREE RELIEF FOR CHRONIC BACK AND NECK PAIN

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ILLINOIS BACK INSTITUTE OFFERS

NON- SURGICAL, DRUG-FREE RELIEF FOR CHRONIC BACK AND NECK PAIN

 
WHEATON, IL (May 2011) — Dr. Jeff Winternheimer is no stranger to back pain -- and not only because he is a longtime chiropractor with patients throughout the country. Dr. Jeff, himself, suffered chronic back pain for many years, spurred by a 70-foot leap he took off a cliff into a rock quarry as a college student.

"That jump turned into years of recurring pain,” recalls Dr. Jeff, founder of Illinois Back Institute and Functional Disc Rehydration®, the revolutionary non-surgical, drug-free, natural treatment he designed to help patients live pain free. "I stopped golfing. I couldn't pick up my kids.  I was in this capsule of back pain and couldn’t do anything.''

Similar to what he sees in nearly 20% of his patients, Dr. Jeff found that treatments would relieve his symptoms temporarily but that his pain eventually would flare up again. With many chronic sufferers, various treatments from medical doctors, acupuncturists, massage and physical therapists and chiropractors could help in the short term, but could not permanently "cure'' the problem and ward off future attacks. This left him frustrated, but motivated to find a long-term solution.

“I got to the point where I just couldn’t live in pain anymore,” states Dr. Jeff.  “So I dedicated my life to saving people from the misery of chronic neck and back pain.”

His quest took him to all kinds of back pain experts all over the country. He listened, learned, and drew upon the best of the treatments to put together his own non-surgical, drug-free, all-natural protocol for relieving chronic suffering.

The program he developed -- and has used to help free a multitude of patients from ongoing bouts of agony -- is called Functional Disc Rehydration®. From professional football players to children, his patients have been successfully treated through a procedure designed to relieve pressure from damaged spinal discs by letting nutrients flow back in.

“I lived with constant pain in my neck and back. I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t do anything,” says Steve McMichael, Super Bowl champion with the Chicago Bears.  “Then I met Dr. Jeff, and shortly after starting treatment, I walked a mile on the treadmill pain free – now I can enjoy my little girl and my life.”

Dan Hampton, another Chicago Bear and Hall of Fame football star, says, “Once you have chronic back pain, the world kind of shrinks.  You have to pick and choose what you can or should do.  I knew it was only a matter of time before I would have to go ‘under the knife’.  Then I went to see Dr. Jeff, whose techniques were different than any I had ever seen before.  He got me back into shape and helped me heal without any pain.”

As Dr. Jeff explains, healthy discs are flexible, and their nuclei are filled with gel, providing cushions between vertebrae. A herniated disc, or one that has been worn down, has little fluid and becomes "dehydrated". Dr. Jeff and the Illinois Back Institute aim to take pressure off of vertebral discs, allowing oxygen and nutrients into a disc's nucleus. He then uses techniques that help increase blood flow, and works on stabilizing the spine by reactivating the muscles that support it.

To validate his technique, Dr. Jeff conducted a study in November 2007 in conjunction with a PAC 10 university researcher.  More than 50 subjects with chronic back pain, ranging in age from 39 to 83, participated; each had tried other treatments, including chiropractic care, acupuncture, surgery and medicine.

The results were even better than Dr. Jeff had anticipated:

• After receiving a single treatment of Functional Disc Rehydration®, all patients experienced disc rehydration of at least 18 percent.
• Long-term therapy over 12 weeks produced 80 percent rehydration of the disc.
• All patients experienced a decrease in their herniated and bulging discs.

Dr. Jeff himself is a walking advertisement for the program.

"My pain went away,'' he said, "and my pain never came back.''

For more information, and to learn how to get a free consultation, contact the Illinois Back Institute at 1-866-693-0955 or visit www.illinoisbackpain.com.  Illinois Back Institute has locations throughout Illinois in Wheaton, Berwyn, Countryside and Orland Park.  Plans call for a new location to open in Arlington Heights in 2011.

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