When the discs between your vertebrae can tear or bulge and cause a lot of pain. While treating disc pain without surgery is difficult, it is possible. 

Under image guidance  one of our highly trained physicians can inject medicine in and around the disc. Anti-inflammatory medication and local anesthetic (freezing) can reduce inflammation and relieve pain. 

Another alternative is to inject and orthobiologic (cells from your own body) in the same way. Though the use of orthobiologics to treat disc pain is at an investigational stage, early research suggests these procedures carry the same risk profile as a cortisone injection but may provide more significant relief. 

The video shows this intervention using “stem cells”, an orthobiologic. As of right now, Health Canada is regulating the use of stem cells, requiring a lengthy and costly drug trial before they can be sold to the public. Until this changes, PRP, another orthobiologic, can be used.