Testimonials from our patients

I had chronic headaches due to a damaged disc in my neck. After 12 years or so of trying doctors, chiropractors, neurosurgeons and vitamins I heard of Carolina Back Institute. After a thorough evaluation from CBI, they recommended an epidural steroid injection. The procedure was almost painless and the results were phenomenal. Headaches are ...

Gerald

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On a recent visit to Carolina Back Institute Dr. Gwinn asked me about my leg and how long had it been swollen and I said about 2-3 weeks. He could have just treated me for the pain from spinal stenosis but said I needed to go to the hospital to see if I had a blood clot. I didn't, but was ready to have a heart attack because I was so full of ...

Victor

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I have suffered with severe fibromyalgia for several years. I have tried various medications and exercises and physical therapy. For the first time in years I have acquired relief of severe head, neck and back pains with proper medications and injections received due to thorough examinations and x-rays. I am so thankful to have the option and ...

Brenda

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I have been a long-standing patient of Carolina Back Institute. When I became a patient I had been diagnosed with severe degenerative neck and back disease with the recommendation of surgery. I was in pain and could not do any of the things that I enjoyed greatly of life. Everyone here has been helpful and time-conscious. I was especially ...

Janice

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I am writing this testimonial to let you and other people know there is help for your back and head out there. I often thought there was no help until I heard of Carolina Back Institute. My treatments have done wonders. You can never know how much it has helped and I am a walking testimonial for you and your staff. Keep up the good work.

Margie

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Dr. Fulghum’s Bare Back Facts

  1. As people age, back pain and loss of height may be due to thinning of the discs.
  2. A physical therapist does the greatest good for people with back pain by breaking bad habits of posture and poor movement patterns.
  3. When anti-inflammatory medicines, muscles relaxers, walking and/or exercises are instituted immediately, episodes of back pain due to a sprained muscle usually lasts no longer than six weeks.
  4. A sprained back and ruptured disc may produce similar symptoms, but the sprain usually heals within six weeks.
  5. Ruptured, slipped and herniated discs are the same things.
  6. A patient with a ruptured disc in the neck or back may have a normal spinal X-ray but will usually have an abnormal MRI scan.
  7. A ruptured disc or bone spur requires surgery only if the severe pain and weakness persists despite conservative measures such as medication, exercise and steroid injections.
  8. Very few people with ruptured discs require surgery.
  9. Sitting increases pressure in the lower back discs five times more than standing does.
  10. The first back operation is the most important.
  11. After lumbar disc surgery, most people return to their former level of activity within six weeks.
  12. People who smoke usually have back pain for longer periods.
  13. Women are not the only ones to get osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is preventable in both men and women when diagnosis is made early enough.