FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to vertebrology, and can be applied for treatment of intervertebral disk hernia. For this purpose treatment is carried out in, at least, two stages. At the first stage carried out is, at least, one course of complex therapy, directed at maximal softening of disk hernia, at suppression of inflammatory response and reduction of pain syndrome. At the second stage carried out is, at least, one session of focused extracorporal shock-wave therapy, directed at the area of pathological focus of intervertebral disk.
EFFECT: method insures high efficiency, even in conditions of ambulatory treatment of patients, in absence of scar changes or other treatment complications.
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