Digital Motion X-Ray (DMX)
Want to Experience the Latest in Technology for Correctly Identifying the Causes of Back and Neck Pain?
Patients hurt more when they move, and pain is commonly an indicator of injury. Digital Motion X-Ray (DMX) is a digital movie of x-ray in motion so doctors can take the X-Rays while the patient is in motion therefore resulting in a more accurate diagnosis of their spinal problem. As a leader and pioneer with this technology we are the first office offering the DMX in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and only 1 out of a few facilities in the whole state of Texas with this technology.
We offer a combination of procedures which no one else in the country offers – and we're here to offer these to you in order to RELIEVE YOUR PAIN!
What is DMX?
Digital Motion X-Ray (DMX) is simply a new type of fluoro-based x-ray system, coupled with new digital and optic technology, allowing Doctors to view the spine in real-time motion at 30 x-rays per second. The procedure is performed with the patient standing and actively moving in a weight-bearing position within the system.
How does Digital Motion X-Ray improve patient care?
It helps both the doctor and practice member see the injury in ways we've never seen before. Hidden injuries are revealed, helping us design a more effective treatment plan for the patient based on a more complete diagnosis. You will see exactly where the problem is, there is no guessing, 100% objective. This is why the DMX has been given the title as "the #1 diagnostic equipment to diagnose a moving subluxation".
Don't flexion-extension X-Rays show all ligamentous injuries?
We are taught in school that cervical flexion/extension x-rays were all we needed to rule out ligamentous injury. The truth is, these x-rays are taken during one arc of motion, at end points. This evaluates only 2 of the 22 major ligaments of the cervical spine. The only two ligaments the flexion/extension x-rays may detect if patient positioning is proper, are the anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments. The ligaments that are not diagnosed are the:
• Right and left alar ligaments
• Right and left accessory ligaments
• Transverse ligament
• Five right capsular ligaments
• Five left capsular ligaments
• Five interspinous ligaments
What is the difference between a DMX and an MRI?
DMX is simply a new type of x-ray system that allows the clinician to take x-rays while the patient moves in a standing weight-bearing position. DMX evaluates the bones in motion allowing us to detect which of the specific ligaments have been injured, which is creating the instability.
If you hurt more when you move, then you must be diagnosed while you move!
MRI of the cervical spine is designed to evaluate disc injuries while not moving, lying down, and not swallowing. The symptoms of a cervical disc injury are usually numbness and tingling in the upper extremities. The upper 30% of the spine and posterior aspect of the spine contain no discs, just ligaments. Headaches and posterior neck pain are commonly caused by stretched ligament injuries which cannot be detected by MRI.
What is the radiation exposure?
The DMX system can produce 2,700 x-ray images with the same amount of radiation as a standard x-ray machine, which gives you 6 static x-rays.
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