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New Guidelines for Low Back Pain Treatment
Last month, the American Pain Society added to its recommendations to health care providers regarding the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain.
In addition, the Society decided to discuss openly procedures that could be risky to sufferers of low back pain, including recommendations on surgery and other invasive therapies.
Unfortunately, there is not a significant body of good evidence to justify unquestioningly embracing these new recommendations. It is difficult to find well-done cli...
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Expert & Community Posts
Low Back Surgery Can Cause Discitis
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert...infection of the spine can be dismissed as a "common back pain" case when in fact discitis is... Read more »
Somatic Symptoms of Depression
By Chris Ballas, M.D. , Health Expert...the types of mood symptoms that most people with back pain, stomach pain or dizziness have, you... Read more »
Are There Signs That I Have Prostate Cancer?
By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert...Symptoms of prostate cancer range from nothing to severe back pain and blood in the urine often... Read more »
Dr. Eisner Q&A #9
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...there is inflammation at the end of the esophagus. Back pain can be present, but other more... Read more »
Health Guide
Sciatica: What is it?
...pathway for the pain, not the cause of this leg pain. Neurogenic pain is a more accurate, descriptive diagnosis for all types of nerve generated pain in multiple locations: head, arms, legs, feet,... Read more »Diskitis
...(prognosis) With infectious causes, full recovery following treatment is expected and chronic back pain related to this condition is very rare. For auto-immune causes, the outcome depends on... Read more »TMJ Symptoms
...in mind that everyone is different. Please see a physician to receive a thorough examination and diagnosis before jumping to any conclusions about your health. If you have any questions, please... Read more »Spinal Stenosis: What is it?
...result: very unhappy nerves that are being strangled.Sara was not too happy when her doctor confirmed the diagnosis of spinal stenosis. Her MRI clearly shows the very narrow spinal canal at... Read more »Back Pain and Sciatica: Introduction
Alternative TreatmentsAcupuncture. People with back pain find longer lasting relief from acupuncture than physical therapy, according to a study in the British Medical Journal. Another... Read more »Images
Compression Fracture... Read more »
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October 03, 2008A recent survey suggests that people with chronic back pain are more likely to suffer from depression than the general population. Sixty-one percent... Read summary »
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