Manipulation Under Anesthesia (MUA)

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Introducing the Best Kept Secret in Pain Management, M.U.A. (Manipulation Under Anesthesia)

The Safe, Non-Invasive Procedure That Could Give You Your Life Back!

What is MUA?

Manipulation Under Anesthesia (MUA) is a powerful technique that allows your doctor to perform deep stretches and spinal manipulations that would be too painful without sedation. MUA is so incredibly effective that you will need just three -5 to-10 minute procedures to achieve profound relief. Best of all, your treatment is probably covered by your health insurance.

This non-invasive procedure is designed to treat chronic & acute conditions such as neck pain, back pain, joint pain muscle spasm, shortened muscles, fibrous adhesions and scar tissue surrounding the spine. MUA is performed by specially trained and licensed physicains (like Dr. Vic Naumov, DC) certified in the technique.

What's the Importance of Sedation?

When you're injured or in pain, it's often difficult for your physicain to manipulate the injured area without causing you significant pain. But, that's not the only crucial reason for sedation, which also aids your treatment by:

* Blocking the nerves that perceive pain for more comfortable treatment.

* Stopping muscle spasm cycles so your physicain can manipulate your anatomy for more effective treatment.

* Completely relaxing the muscles, allowing your physicain to breack up scar tissue & adhesions and stretch shortened muscle groups.

Is MUA new or experimental?

MUA is neither new nor experimental. It's actually been practiced since the late 1930s and used by osteopathic physicians and orthopedic surgeons for many years as a proven form of treatment. During the past eight years, interest in MUA has greatly increased thanks to tremendous advances in anesthesiology. Today, MUA is a multi-disciplinary outpatient procedure that takes place in a controlled hospital or ambulatory surgical setting, usually over the course of one to three days. Using specialized chiropractic techniques, supported by the expertise of MDs, RNs and anesthesiologists, MUA achieves maximum results for qualified patients. Countless recent case studies and medical research continue to show that MUA is widely regarded as safe and effective and is gaining acceptance by the medical community at large.

Benefits of MUA?

Effective MUA treatment provides powerful results:

* Breaks up scar tissue & adhesions surrounding the spinal joints commonly caused by injuries or previous back surgeries.

* Decreases chronic muscle spasms.

* Relaxes you for more effective treatment of even sensitive injured areas.

* Stretches persistent shortened muscles, tendons & ligaments.

* Relieves pain from damaged intervertebral discs.

MUA can be a valuable procedure for people with chronic neck, back and joint problems conditions caused by long-term disabilities, accidents, and injuries that have not been responsive to conventional treatment - but MUA is not for everybody. Common, general indications that MUA could be effective include:

Fibro adhesion buildup
       Chronic disc problems
       Herniated disc without fragmentation
       Chronic myofascitis
       Intractable pain from neuromusculoskeletal conditions
       Torticollis
       Chronic re-injury
       Failed back surgery

Chiropractic patients who have reached a plateau using traditional therapy also can significantly improve their quality of life using MUA.

Is MUA Right for YOU?

Because adhesions & scar tissue can build up around the spinal joints and surrounding muscles, certain people don't find meaningful results from traditional therapies. Physical therapy, chiropractic, - even back surgery that doesn't address the built-up scar tissue may not permanently relieve your pain.

If you've undergone traditional treatments for 6 to 8 weeks, with little or no improvement, we urge you to consider MUA before you face the risk of surgery. Meet with Dr. Vic Naumov, DC to learn whether this procedure is your best option.

If you've been coping with pain that limits your activities, you owe it to yourself to explore all the benefits of MUA. Call our office today for more information.

Why does MUA work?

MUA achieves results where other treatments fail because it allows your caregivers to adjust the bones and muscles - the therapy of choice - without the usual resistance. "Twilight" sedation allows you to be responsive, but not apprehensive. Manipulations are completed gently and without the patient's usual psychological resistance. Fibrotic adhesions, which limit range of motion and contribute to pain, are altered; muscles are stretched; collagen fibers are remodeled to eliminate or reduce restriction. Pain and discomfort are decreased. The adjustments received using MUA are the same as those the patient experiences during regular chiropractic visits, but require less force simply because of the relaxed state.

How do I begin an MUA treatment plan?

Using standards of care as described by the National Academy of MUA Physicians, the chiropractor selects patients. The typical MUA treatment plan begins with a medical screening process to clear the patient for anesthesia. Medical tests usually will include:

CBC blood studies
       SMA 6
       Chest X-ray and EKG, or electrocardiogram for patients age 50 and older
       A pregnancy test for female patients

Your chiropractor may also order additional tests, such as an MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, CT (cat scans), and other diagnostic tests, if needed. After receiving medical clearance, the patient is scheduled at the facility where the MUA will be performed .

What's the MUA procedure like?

On the day of the MUA, the patient must be accompanied by a friend or family member to drive the patient home after the procedure. No patient will be allowed to drive following this procedure. The patient then confers with the anesthesiologist, is gowned and the sedative - usually Diprivan and/or Versed (and sometimes Fentanyl) - is administered to achieve the comfortable "twilight" sleep that makes treatment possible. If the full spinal procedure is performed, MUA begins with specialized techniques that first methodically start in the cervical spine with gentle axial traction, forward flexion and lateral flexion movements followed by adjustive procedures. The doctor then moves on to the thoracic spine, using mild stretching techniques and adjustment and finally into the lumbar spinal regions using flexion and traction techniques, plus stretching, targeted massage and knee-to-chest rolls, as well as lumbar adjustment.

What happens after the procedure?

After the procedure is completed, the patient is repositioned and awakened then taken to recovery, where he or she is carefully monitored by the O.R. nurse. Recovery time is generally 15-20 minutes. After recovery, the patient receives fluids and a light snack. The doctor and anesthesiologist also remain in attendance until the patient is discharged. To achieve results in most chronic cases, the MUA procedure is repeated. The doctor may adjust only the area of abnormality plus the adjacent area, the adjacent area only, or all three areas, depending on the doctor's assessment of the condition. Post-procedure care is one of the most important parts of the MUA procedure and makes it truly effective. The therapy begins immediately - the same day - after each MUA procedure is completed. At this time, the patient visits the chiropractor's office and undergoes a combination of stretching exercises, cryo-therapy and electrical stimulation to eliminate or reduce soreness. The patient then returns home to rest. Following the last MUA procedure, the patient should follow an intensive therapy program for 7 to 10 days. This post MUA therapy should be the same stretches accomplished during the MUA procedure and adjustments made in the doctor's office. This is followed by rehabilitation for the next two to three weeks, including stretching, flexibility and strengthening exercises, plus periodic adjustments as required by the doctor. A regimented program of post-MUA therapy will help the patient regain both pre-injury strength and help prevent future pain and disability.

Studies Supporting MUA

1. 83% of 600 patients with EMG-verified radiculopathies reported significant improvement.  -Robert Mensor, MD

2. Patients that had back pain for a minimum of 10 years reported 87% recovery rate after MUA. - 1987 with Ongly et al.

3. 51% of patients with unrelieved symptoms after conservative care had been exhausted reported good to excellent results 3 years post MUA.  -Donald Chrisman, MD

4. 71% of 723 MUA patients had good results (return to normal activity relatively symptom free) and 25.3% had fair results (return to normal activity with slight residuals) and that flexibility, elasticity and range of motion can be restored following MUA.  - Bradford & Siehl.

5. 83% of 517 patients treated with MUA responded well. - Paul Kuo, MD professor of orthopedic surgery

6. Krumhansi and Nowacek reported on an MUA study done on 171 patients who experienced constant intractable pain for several months to 18 years. All of the patients of the patients of the study failed other conservative intervention. The results of the study showed that 25% of the patients had no pain, 50% were much inproved with pain markedly decreased, 20% were better and could tolerate their pain, but it interefered with work and recreation. Failures comprosed 5% where there was minimal or no relief periods.

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