Ozone injection 'can ease agony of back pain' - Researchers
inject ozone into damaged discs - 37 per cent still pain-free
six months later Previous studies have also highlighted the
pain-zapping qualities of ozone A single injection of a gas
linked with air pollution could ease back pain for millions of
people, new research shows. Around two-thirds of patients who
had ozone injected said it relieved the pain caused by disc
problems. The research, involving 327 volunteers with long-term
back problems that had failed to get better with other
treatments, is the latest in a long line of studies highlighting
the pain-zapping qualities of the gas. Ozone is a highly
reactive gas which can be beneficial or harmful to human health,
depending where it is in the atmosphere. The 'ozone layer',
which extends from six to thirty miles above the Earth's
surface, protects us from the Sun's harmful ultraviolet
radiation. But at ground-level, it can be a dangerous air
pollutant that damages the airways and inflames the lining o