NDR Method

The NDR Method is a registered trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office{{Cite web|url=http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4809:tmdy97.2.1|title=TESS -- Error|website=tmsearch.uspto.gov|access-date=2016-06-24}} for the non-surgical medical treatment of spinal discs.{{Cite web|url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/intervertebral+disk|title=intervertebral disk|access-date=2016-06-24}} The NDR Method was developed by Dr. Eric M. Shapiro, D.C. of Charlotte, North Carolina, US. The treatment is only for use with patients whose medical histories and advanced radiological diagnostics (magnetic resonance imaging){{Cite web|url=http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri|title=Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-24}} have been performed and evaluated. The treatment is an advanced protocol for herniated, bulging and degenerative discs,{{Cite web|url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/herniated+disc|title=herniated disc|access-date=2016-06-24}} based on the currently known and accepted anatomy of the spinal disc.{{Cite book|title=Clinical Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine and Sacrum|last=Bogduk|first=Nikolai|publisher=Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone, 2005|year=2005|isbn=9780443101199|location=The University of Michigan|pages=}}