Natural spondylolisthesis treatment is a controversial topic, since most therapies that are marketed as “organic and natural” tend to be classified more accurately as “scams”. These are the same garbage products like herbal and nutritional supplements, synthetic “stem cell” therapies and all manner of plastic junk for stretching, traction and support sold in the backs of reputable magazines and on a billion crap websites…
However, do not give up hope! There are a few options that can be considered completely natural, yet are widely used in the modern medical system to treat spondylolisthesis. These are the practices and products that we will focus on for the remainder of this discussion. We do not want to give the scammers any more publicity than they already receive from the criminal search engines that allow them to advertise their dangerous garbage to exploit people worldwide…
This post delves into legitimate all natural treatments for vertebral listhesis. We will explore both symptomatic care, as well as curative care and make definite distinctions between the two, so that you can make the best informed decisions when it comes to your therapy options.
Natural Spondylolisthesis Treatment Defined
“All natural” means that the treatment does not involve any pharmaceutical drugs or surgical procedures. Since modern medicine consists almost exclusively of drug and invasive therapies, this eliminates the majority of accepted “gold standard” options for spondylolisthesis care.
Natural treatment will never consist of oral or injectable drug therapies, such as pain pills, epidural injections or transdermal pain patches. While this seems to make the subject of natural listhesis therapy an open and closed book. There are some great options for organic care that are both safe and effective. Let’s explore further, starting with the very few curative options.
All Natural Curative Listhesis Therapy
The only real cure that is widely utilized for vertebral listhesis is spinal fusion. This is one of the most invasive of all back surgery operations and features the most risks of any spinal surgery, as well. Since listhesis involves migration of vertebral bones in the spine, there is simply no way to cure it without addressing this obvious point…
If you remove surgery from the list of treatment options, there is no way of curing spondylolisthesis. It is structurally impossible. However, there is still an important point to consider…
Remember that most minor to moderate listhesis is not symptomatic. Even some grade 3 and grade 4 cases are not painful or only occasionally painful. This is medical fact. However, many patients who demonstrate listhesis are diagnosed with pain that is directly caused by this spinal abnormality unfairly. In essence, they are misdiagnosed with painful listhesis when some other process is the true source of their pain. We see this often in our clinical practices.
In many of the above cases, the actual symptomatic source turns out to be oxygen deprivation caused by a mindbody ischemia syndrome. The listhesis only acts as a scapegoat to accept blame, but is not the origin of symptoms. In these cases, a truly natural treatment that can provide a real and lasting cure is knowledge therapy. This is why we integrated this practice into our own proprietary pain program and recommend it wholeheartedly to all patients with chronic pain of suspect origin.
Symptom-Targeting Natural Spondylolisthesis Treatment
When it comes to symptomatic care for listhesis, there are actually several very effective all natural options. If you are satisfied dealing with the condition, as long as symptoms can be managed, then symptom-based care might be optimal for you. The very best all natural symptom-targeting therapies include:
Physical therapy is a gold standard treatment that can provide many benefits for pain relief and improved functionality. PT is all natural and constructive, making it risk-free and supportive of overall good health. Self-managed fitness and exercise programs might be just as good for knowledgeable patients.
Acupuncture and acupressure might work well for some patients and are natural. These are safe pain management options that can be used by anyone with chronic symptoms.
Chiropractic can help some patients to find relief. Chiropractic is considered mostly safe and might be effective for some people and diagnoses. Chiropractic therapy is 100% natural.
Posture therapy and Alexander therapy might help strengthen the back muscles to better support the spine. Not the best option for most patients, but applicable for some with absolutely no risk whatsoever.
Spinal traction may provide some patients with some benefits. However, tractioning can be risky for listhesis patients, so we tend to NOT recommend it, particular in home-use forms like inversion.
Hypnotherapy can be used to reduce pain and improve functionality for anyone with chronic discomfort.
Pain coaching is a very effective specialty that can help patients to live better despite having vertebral listhesis. Most health coaches tend to use only natural practices to assure safety for their clients.
TENS is an all natural electrical therapy that remains controversial in its efficacy. However, some patients swear by it and the therapy is mostly considered safe.
Heat and ice are safe, natural and free to use. We love both of these for any type of pain and are always amazed have few people use them, considering they work so well!
Massage might provide some specific benefits for listhesis pain, but always provides general health benefits when administered by an expert care provider. Massage is safe and organic.
There are many other niche therapies, but this will get you started in the right direction! Best of luck and kudos for considering your overall health and wellness when it comes to listhesis treatment. So many patients make the very worst choices and suffer dire consequences from long-term drug use or barbaric surgeries…
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