New procedure helps with common ailment: bulging discs

November 18, 2008 By Patricia Anstett

Bradley Scott woke up pain-free a couple weeks ago for the first time in two years. The stabbing pain in his leg is gone. He now walks more than a mile a day.



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  • Mauricio - Nov 18, 2008
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    Nothing like yoga, pilates, acupuncture and natural anti-inflamatories such as enzymes... the best, no surgeries, no drugs. And I had three herniated discs from lifting weights - very painful.

    But as Gandhi said "people want a life change, without changing their life"

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