Enjoying Life Again

Spinal Decompression of Oklahoma helps patient look forward to retirement and travel.

Rick Brewster is a new man today. Thanks to Spinal Decompression of Oklahoma in Claremore, Rick is able to sleep soundly each night without the aid of a painkiller.

Rick has been employed by PSO of Oklahoma for 35 years. Climbing ladders and lifting heavy spools of wire wore him down. “I was on my feet a lot,” he says. At age 49, Rick had to have a hip replacement. About six years later, the back pain began. Moving to a desk position with PSO seemed to ease it somewhat. However, the pain was interrupting his sleep. In fact, Rick admits to a need for 12 Ibuprofen a day or 2,400 milligrams of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug to cope with the pain and inflammation.

He thought the back pain might be caused by the hip replacement. After a visit to his hip surgeon, that was ruled out. “He sent me to a back doctor who wanted to do surgery,” he says. “I didn’t like the idea of surgery, nor did I want to start taking narcotics to ease the pain.”
Rick also feared the continual use of Ibuprofen. “I was twisting and turning every night with pain until I got up to take an Ibuprofen.”

On a visit to his family doctor, Dr. Dwight Korgan, he mentioned his back pain – which has been attributed to degeneration. After a thorough examination, Dr. Korgan discussed the use of spinal decompression to aid Rick with his pain so he could function in his daily life, sleep better and get off the medications.

After his first four treatments, Rick’s pain began to ease up. He visited Spinal Decompression of Oklahoma two to three times a week for the 45-minute to one-hour sessions. While he admits to being sore at first, there was no pain during the actual sessions. “They also give you a product called BioFreeze, which helps when you get sore,” he adds. “It’s also great when you overdo it every now and then.”

Rick finished up his 20 sessions of spinal decompression in January and has been pain-free ever since. “I can sleep all night without pain,” he says. Occasionally, when he overdoes it outdoors – like cleaning and stacking brush at his mother’s house – he feels a twinge of pain, which can be relieved with his stretching exercises and the BioFreeze.

Dr. Korgan advises his patients to do a twice-daily set of stretching exercises that he provides. “I do them faithfully, morning and evening,” says Rick. “It helps to loosen up the back muscles.”
Rick is so pleased with his results that he encourages friends and co-workers with back trouble to seek help through Spinal Decompression of Oklahoma. Recently, a friend from out of town recommended the treatment to one of Rick’s co-workers. With both men’s recommendations, the co-worker is now seeking relief from his back pain.

“It’s the best thing I’ve ever tried,” Rick adds. “It has helped me so much. I wanted to avoid surgery after other co-workers had undergone procedures for their pain. They told me to look for alternatives and to put it off as long as I could because it had not really helped them.”
Rick is now looking forward to retirement in a few years and traveling in his motor home with his wife, especially to visit his grandchildren in Houston. “Now, I can walk around to sightsee and spend time with my grandkids,” he adds. “Before, the pain wouldn’t allow me to do much walking.”

For more information, contact

Spinal Decompression of Oklahoma

1408 N. Florence

Claremore, OK 74017

(918) 341-1250