- Well, I have issue, actually. The lower back.
I have a severe pain.
It's a pain shooting all the way down to my foot.
And it's really making my life miserable.
- How long has this been going on so far?
- Well, it's been going on since,
this pain began, I believe seven years ago?
- Mm hmm.
- And I went to see one of the, a spine doctor.
He inject some steroids,
told me like 50% might help, might not.
And after that, if that won't help you
then you need surgery.
So I was googling, looking around,
and I was looking also on Facebook,
and I saw you, actually.
I went deeper and deeper into all the videos,
and I was just like, I definitely gotta go
come over there and see you.
So I'm here today to see what can we do about it,
and how can we resolve this problem.
- You got it. Let's get rolling.
So, here's the deal.
I want to take a much more closer look
what's going on in that region over there.
'Cause evidently, you got sciatica going straight
all the way down to your foot.
- Okay.
- That's what this nerve is all about.
This nerve goes all the way straight down,
and right now, something is obstructing on it,
that's what you're feeling over here.
It's supposed to be nice and strong flowing,
and yet decreased flow.
Got it? So that's what you're feeling.
All that sensation going on over there.
So now here's the deal.
What I see over here, bottom line,
this is what normal's supposed to look like.
That's straight. Does that look straight to you?
- No. - Not even close.
- Not even close.
- This fellow over here. The fifth lumbar.
- Okay.
- This bone on you, it's supposed to be centered.
It is significantly toward the left.
- Okay.
- And what I see over here, not only has it went backwards,
it also tilted in for you as such.
So therefore, see this? This is stable.
- Okay.
- We're supposed to have this normal movement.
But some kind of trauma you experienced,
do you see how much abnormal movement there is?
There is way too much motion in this fella.
Very unstable. - Okay.
- So that's why I wouldn't be surprised
you feel a lot of muscle spasms in your back over here.
It's a defensive mechanism, trying to stabilize this.
Okay? - Okay.
- Now, it only reduces it about roughly,
let's say about a third or so.
- Okay.
- But it's still relatively unstable.
So, that's the deal, champ.
We gotta realign that fella, back to its place.
Get you a happy camper.
How do you like the sound of that, huh?
- Great. - Let's roll.
- Let's do it.
That's just not a happy nerve.
Right there.
Okay, so, we already identified it,
a lot of swelling over here.
More so on the left side, versus the right side.
Feel that bump right there? - Mm hmm.
- If I push that forward, tender?
- Yeah.
- I was doing it very light,
and it's already letting you walk there.
So that's that fifth lumbar right there.
Not too bad?
- Ow. - Yeah, I know.
- Mmm.
- Yeah. It's right there. - Pain gone.
- Okay. That was easy enough.
We already identified it,
that's what we're gonna fix.
- Okay.
(cracking spine)
- Ahhh!
- Just relax.
Just breathe.
- [Patient] (breathing heavily)
- Just breathe.
Fill me in. What's different?
- It allows me to actually move my leg right now.
- You can move your leg, huh?
- Yeah. - I understand.
That was an initial, that was a big shock.
- Yeah. Oof. Before I couldn't move my leg.
- Mm hmm.
- Wow.
Unbelievable.
- [Dr. Suh] Okay, that's enough.
Let's have you walk around.
- Wow. What a difference.
- [Dr. Suh] Walk up and down.
You look natural. Up and down.
- [Patient] It's unfreeze me.
- [Dr. Suh] Come again?
- I say, unfreeze me! It was like it was frozen before. Wow.
Unbelievable.
Before I couldn't walk at all.
I was just, like, limping around.
Wow.
And now I actually, even my body push me
towards more to step on it.
Before I could, just like this.
To get to the point.
Where have you been seven years ago?
- (laughing)
I've always been here! Where have you been?
(laughing)
- My goodness. I can't believe it!
Doctor wanted to suggest me for surgery for this things?
- Mm hmm.
- Wow. What a shocking. Thank you.
- Oh, you're very welcome! - Thank you. Wow.
- What other changes are you noticing right now?
- [Patient] When I step actually,
I don't feel that nerve shooting down.
Before when I was stepping,
the nerve was like, constantly shooting down,
and I couldn't just stand that position.
All my weight, throwing in on my left leg.
- [Dr. Suh] Mm hmm.
- [Patient] Now I can definitely, totally
be in this leg right now.
- [Dr. Suh] Now bear in mind, okay?
This is not an on and off switch.
Even though it feels like one, okay?
Your body needs to heal.
- [Patient] Okay.
- I want to be clear on this.
So here's the deal, okay?
This structure right here, that's the Nucleus Pulposus.
This fella acts like a ball bearing.
And these rings you see all over here?
These are the Annulus Fibrosus.
It acts like a containment dam,
to keep this liquid ball bearing in place.
Now there's 25 of these fellas.
- Okay.
- Now, due to trauma, your experiences,
especially like today, I would not be surprised
if you breached all 25 of them.
Yeah, exactly. - Wow.
- So here's the deal.
Just like having a cut, what does your body do?
Doesn't it like form a clot, seals it up, right?
Your body needs to do the very same thing
for this over here, as well.
So, what we did was we corrected your structure
by pushing it forward instead of backwards as such,
we pushed it forward, back in proper alignment,
and we pushed majority of it in place.
Now I wanna let you know, there's still
some residual of this nucleus pulposus
still remaining outwards.
Now your body, what it's gonna do is,
it's not gonna try to plug up all 25 of these layers.
This is not overnight.
Now even though you may feel a lot of big difference
right now, a huge improvement,
your body needs to plug these holes up.
So, in other words, no crazy activities.
I don't want to see you clubbing,
or doing like merengue or anything like that.
- Oh, no. - (laughing) Okay?
- No no no. - Exactly.
It takes two to four weeks for your body
to plug up every single one of these breaches, all right?
- Okay.
- So, here's what I want you to do.
Still, you have to take care of it.
Ice it for 20 minutes, three times a day,
try not to sit too much on it.
That's how you aggravate it.
- Yes. That's exactly what-
- And also, don't bend forward, okay?
And don't try to rotate left and right.
It doesn't like that, either.
- Mmm. - Any other questions?
- Nope. - Okay.
So, we'll see you on a follow up visit.
- Thank you very much.
- You're welcome.
- Thank you. Oh my gosh. You're my miracle doctor.
Thank you.
- You're welcome! - All right. Thank you.