Volume 27, Issue 3
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A Back Pain Relief Option You May Never Have Heard Of
By John Droz Summer 2026
some, but the relief was temporary. Worse, the pain did not go away even when I laid down.
went back to my Primary Care physician, and he sug- gested seeing a pain man- agement MD. Fortunately, there was a good one nearby.
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location. One downside: many insurance policies don’t cover this, as it is still considered “experimental.” My cost was about $500. Of course, I said yes — what did I have to lose? What other options did I have? So, I went through this in- house procedure, which took about an hour. It was essentially a pain-free process. Results? By the next day, my back pain was gone. What a relief! Better yet, in the 5+ years since, it has NOT come back! I’m sure that there will be skeptics, but I was astound- ing how dramatic the change was, particularly after trying multiple other strategies. Will this work for every- one? Of course not. Each person and each person’s pain issue is very different. For those experiencing chronic back pain, my ad- vice is to: 1) consult with a competent Pain Manage- ment MD, and 2) discuss with them if a PRP injection might be of value to you.
One of the reasons I liked the idea here is that it is about fixing the problem (and in a natural way), rather than masking the
Pain management is BIG business. Physical pain, of course, can be caused by a multitude of issues. Unfor- tunately, when it comes to dealing with back pain (which is common), some of the options are extreme: surgery, opioids, etc. Every case is different, but I’m going to share my inter- esting experience with the hope that it may apply to 10% of my readers… I’m a healthy, active sen- ior. I walk every day, fre- quently play golf, have a good diet, am not over- weight, have no chronic health issues (e.g., dia- betes), etc. As such, it was surprising that I started having lower back pain about five years ago. I wasn’t aware of any trauma that might have caused this, so initially I thought it was temporary and would go away. It did not. The pain level steadily in- creased (up to 9 on a scale of 10). It soon got to the point where I was perma- nently (other than sleeping) attaching an icepack to my lower back. That helped
My next strategy was to visit a chiropractor to see if
what they did would help. Over the next year, I visited four different chiropractors (who used dif- ferent tech- n i q u e s ) , multiple times. There was no change.
symptoms (like with a corti- sone shot). I’m a big believer in effectively using all our natural re- sources. A MAJOR failing of the official posi- tions on the COVID-19 fi- asco is that al-
I went to my competent Pri-
mary Care Physician. His advice was to see a back specialist. I then went to a very experienced orthopedic surgeon who specialized in back issues. Several visits (over many months) resulted in two MRIs, multiple corti- sone shots, etc. Nothing changed. It was difficult to function during this painful period, as the pain was chronic and strong. I could walk, but had to stop playing golf, and many other things. At this point, almost a year had gone by with no reduc- tion in the constant pain. I
I subsequently met with this pleasant woman, and after a detailed consult, she asked me if I would like to try a PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) injection. Basically (a layperson’s ex- planation), the idea is that blood has healing proper- ties, but some back or joint pains can be caused by in- adequate blood in a sensi- tive area. So the MD draws blood from another part of your body (e.g., your arm), processes it in a centrifuge to extract the blood plasma, and then injects that into the location where they be- lieve the pain is originating
most none of it involved explaining to citizens the ex- treme importance of having a healthy immune system, and exactly how to do that. (Natural prevention is al- ways a better approach rather than treatment after- wards.) However, Dr Fauci, the CDC, the FDA, the WHO, etc. did not do that. This was a clear sign that we had left the realm of real sci- ence. The PRP procedure is es- sentially painless, and it’s very unlikely that there will be side effects. If it doesn’t work, it can be tried again at another time in a different
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