A New Pathway for Chronic Sciatica and Severe Lumbar Back Pain

Clients living with chronic sciatica and severe lumbar back pain caused by degenerated or herniated discs now have access to a proven alternative to traditional spinal surgeries such as repeat discectomies and spinal fusion.

SpinePro, working closely with the world-renowned CCV Montpellier, is pleased to offer Prodisc® L total lumbar disc replacement to private clients in the UK and Channel Islands.

SpinePro works with MSK clinicians such as physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors and sports therapists, not instead of them.

MSK clinicians remain involved from initial identification & prehabilitation, through to postoperative rehabilitation and long-term recovery. We regard collaboration as essential for achieving the best possible outcome for eligible clients.

Says Managing Director Sonia Barden: “For many people, persistent lumbar back pain and chronic sciatica caused by degenerated or herniated discs feels like a life sentence. Loss of mobility makes simple everyday activities challenging and sports impossible.”

She goes on: “Prodisc® L offers the optimum solution because it completely replaces the diseased natural disc, safely restoring spinal mobility between vertebrae instead of permanently immobilising it. Patients return to an active, pain-free life and, working with their MSK clinician, usually resume strenuous activities and sports within one year.”

The procedure is carried out through a small abdominal incision which avoids spinal nerves, ensuring the lowest risk of complications such as paralysis and numbness. It is suitable for clients for whom steroid injections, repeat discectomies and nerve ablation have failed to provide permanent symptom relief.

Posterior paraspinal muscles are not dissected which significantly reduces recovery times compared to traditional treatments. Patients take a short walk on the day of the operation and typically return to work within a month.

CCV Montpellier invented Prodisc® L and is regarded as the global gold standard for total lumbar disc replacement. The clinic has spent more than 35 years specialising in the procedure and now treats more than 800 patients per annum seeking permanent relief from severe lumbar back pain and chronic sciatica.

Sonia adds: “Prodisc® L is the most widely studied lumbar disc replacement system in the world and has restored the lives of more than 225,000 patients. Complication and re-operative rates are less than 1%. It truly provides the best outcome for clients seeking permanent relief from debilitating symptoms and a return to an active, pain-free life”.

SpinePro provides a fully supported pathway that includes travel, hospital stay, time to recuperate in a nearby Montpellier hotel and home nursing on return to the UK. Total costs are in the region of £32,000 to treat a single level.

For more information, please see https://www.spinepro.uk/msk-clinicians/ or visit us at Stand B62. We look forward to collaborating with you!