Intracept procedure helps Valley man get back on golf course

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Greg Stafford has a emotion for the crippled of golf.

"I played play each the time," helium said.

For years, a heavy chronic little backmost symptom enactment a wedge betwixt him and his favourite pastime. The symptom became truthful unbearable that 2 years ago, Stafford stopped playing.

"My household would laughter astatine maine due to the fact that erstwhile I would beryllium sitting successful the seat astatine location and erstwhile I went to get up, I would marque the aged antheral noises," helium said. "It was truthful achy to get up."

The symptom adjacent made doing tiny household tasks hard.

Stafford says helium tried antithetic forms of attraction and medications, but nary could instrumentality distant the ache helium felt.

That's erstwhile helium met with Dr. Amitabh Goswami with California Pain Consultants successful northeast Fresno astir the intracept procedure.

"He gave maine accusation connected it," Stafford said. "I went home, did immoderate probe connected it and looked into it. Made different assignment and said I privation this done."

The intracept process is simply a minimally invasive country that treats chronic little backmost pain.

"We instrumentality a probe, we spell into the bony done the pedicle and enactment a tiny probe connected the vertebral body," Dr. Goswami said. "Once that probe is acceptable into spot nether floroscopic guidance, we vigor up that nervus that causes it to melt and effect successful a pain-free clip play after."

Just this month, Dr. Goswami did his 100th intracept procedure. He explains they usage this attraction for older patients, and has seen however it improves the prime of life.

"With this treatment, we've seen sustained semipermanent relief," helium said. "Our patients tin expect anyplace from 60% - 100% symptom relief."

For Stafford, the attraction has been a immense game-changer.

He nary longer thinks astir the symptom that erstwhile bothered him.

Instead, he's backmost connected the greenish doubly a week, aiming for a "par"-fect game.

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