Can body self development system (Body-sds) treatment prevent patients with chronic back pain from surgery?

Objective

Chronic back pain (CBP) is the most prevalent, costly and disabling musculoskeletal problem in modern western societies. We want to study if the non-pharmacotherapy and non-invasive method of Body-sds could effectively reduce the symptoms of CBP. The complementary method, Body-sds, is a manual therapy, using chiropractic, lymph drainage and massage techniques.

Methods

A pilot study will be conducted on 20 patients with indication for discusprothesis operation. The test persons will undergo 6 treatments of Body-sds, followed by an evaluation of their physical and psychological health, as well as ADL and VAS variables. There will be 3 points of evaluation: the first one, before the treatment starts and the other two, 3 and 12 months after the treatment has stopped. The patient will be asked to fill out a series of questionnaires including the Oswestry back pain scale, the SF-36, the Euro-QOL life quality scheme and the VAS scale.

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