Is Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Possible? by Nick Messe

Like many of your friends, you enjoy getting up and heading to your local golf course for some good old fashioned competition. However, the back pain you have been experiencing has kept you from enjoying your passion for golf, not to mention many other facets of life. At times it gets so bad that you even have trouble leaving your bed.

You are yearning to get back to the life you are used to, including hitting the links with your friends, but the idea of back surgery is something that you don't even want to think about. What you need to keep in mind is that spinal surgery is much less complicated than it used to be. There are now minimally invasive procedures that are easily performed that can have you back on your feet and swinging your clubs again in no time.

Minimally invasive spine surgery maximizes the relief of your symptoms while minimizing surgical dissection. This type of surgery has many advantages over traditional back surgery. There are also non-operative procedures that may be able to help your situation. The first thing you should do is look for a back specialist in your area. By consulting with a professional you may find that the problem can be treated much easier than you had ever imagined.

There are many back problems that can now be corrected using minimally invasive back surgery. Minimally invasive techniques can be used to stabilize fractures, as a means of spinal canal decompression, and to correct spinal deformities. These simple procedures can also be used to remove herniated discs that are putting pressure on the nerve roots of the spine, thus causing weakness, pain, and numbness. The spine may also need to be stabilized or fused with instrumentation, which may sound complicated, but with the new Minimal Access Spinal Technologies that are now available, known as MAST, the procedure is now quick and virtually painless.

This new technology means you don't need to worry about being laid up for a number of weeks recovering from the surgery you have undergone. Minimally invasive back surgery can have you walking around pain-free and getting back to life as you knew it much faster than has ever been possible before. You will also experience much less pain after the operation and experience less damage to your skin and muscles than ever before.

Minimally invasive spinal surgery now results in smaller, hardly noticeable scars, unlike the very noticeable scars that usually occur with traditional spine surgery, and a minimal amount of blood loss. Your hospital stay will be short-lived, with many patients even able to have the surgery they need performed on an out-patient basis. This means you will be able to resume your normal, everyday activities much faster than ever before.

No longer do you have to sit around denying yourself the mobility you desire because of the complications of major back surgery. Consulting with a professional about minimally invasive back surgery can get you the relief you need and help you get back on the golf course within a matter of days.