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Case : FASTT Patch Healed Intercostal Neuralgia in 5 Days
Robert L. Meliodon, D.C., P.C., Huntingdon Valley, PA, August 2005

A 55 years old male presented to my office in the beginning of May complaining of severe acute low back pain. The patient was alert, awake and cooperative, well developed and reasonably fit with no other pathology present. The patient began conservative specific chiropractic adjustments to the L5 vertebrae, three times per week for four weeks. By the end to the treatment plan, the low back pain had been fully resolved. However, by the second week, the patient had developed severe intercostal neuralgia on the right side at the 11th rib just posterior to the mid-axillary line. After questioning the patient, it was determined that the intercostals neuralgia was the result of the patient having frequently assumed a twisted antalgic posture whenever possible both day and night. Despite the fact that the low back pain had been successfully treated, the patient related that by mid June the intercostal neuralgia had gotten worse even though he had discontinued the offending antalgic posture for two weeks. The patient was placed on moist heat therapy at home and diathermy in the office. After four weeks, the problem had neither worsened nor improved but remained as a severe discomfort. In addition to the heat modalities, the patient was taking medications prescribed by his family physician in the form of Naproxen, Vicodin and Neurontin: none of which helped. Finally, I prescribed two FASTT Patches from Wei Laboratories following standard treatment protocol and applied the patch to the patient in my office. The patient phoned me the next day to inform me that the pain was reduced by 50 percent. After using just one more FASTT patch the patient informed me one week later that the intercostals neuralgia had completely remitted. I have used WEI products before with great success and although it did not immediately occur to me to try the FASTT patch in this situation, I am not surprised at having attained wonderful results for the patient. One needs to keep in mind the possibility that any muscular, skeletal, tendonous or ligamentous injury is a candidate for improvement with WEI patches.