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Friday, October, 23, 2009

How To Treat Back Pain

Shot of ozone zaps back pain

March 23, 2009
Radiologists predict oxygen-ozone therapy will become the standard treatment in the United States to treat herniated disks within the next five years. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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How to Relieve (and Prevent) Lower Back Pain From Returning
By Grant Cooper , Health Expert

If I had an episode of lower back pain, am I always going to be more likely to have lower back pain... Read more »

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New Guidelines for Low Back Pain Treatment
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...providers regarding the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain.   In addition, the Society... Read more »

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Welcome to Spine School
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

...school. Millions of people experience some type of back pain every year. Billions of precious... Read more »

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Study Shows Acupuncture Improves Chronic Low Back Pain
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

Back pain, especially low back pain, is a significant health problem.  According to the National... Read more »

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Alexander or Feldenkrais: Movement Therapy Can Improve Back Pain
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

...efficiently and with a better posture, would your back pain disappear? Well, some British... Read more »

Health Guide

Nonspecific back pain
Nonspecific back pain refers to pain in the back due to an unknown cause. Alternative Names Back pain - nonspecific Causes, incidence, and risk... Read more »
Sciatica: What is it?
...practitioners will know the general cause of the pain which is very useful information for determining treatment (See Referred Pain: Can it be treated?).On the other hand, if the leg pain is... Read more »
Back pain: low
Backache; Low back pain; Lumbar pain; Pain - back Home Care Many people will feel better within one week after the start of back pain. After... Read more »
Cortex Area of Brain Thicker in People with Migraine
...stimulation... This may explain why people with Migraines often also have other pain disorders such as back pain, jaw pain, and other sensory problems such as allodynia, where the skin becomes... Read more »
Emergency Migraine and Headache Care: Forms To Help
...medications, usually opioids, for the "high." The two conditions most frequently faked in this fashion are back pain and "migraine" because there are no tests to prove or disprove those... Read more »

Medications

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...center directly. Symptoms of overdose may include back pain, muscle pain, abnormal vision.... Read more »

Related News

Q&A: Does the Alexander technique work for back pain?
June 08, 2009

A study published in the British Medical Journal found that the Alexander technique--a non-invasive way of adjusting body posture to relieve stress... Read summary »

Fentora effective on low-back pain
October 02, 2008

Drugmaker Cephalon has announced that the pain medication Fentora is effective in treating chronic lower back pain in people who are able to tolerate... Read summary »

Back pain spending is up--but relief isn't
October 03, 2008

Researchers are reporting that though Americans are spending more money than ever to treat spinal problems, their back pain isn't getting better. A... Read summary »

Narcotics may give only temporary back-pain relief
October 02, 2008

Opioid medicines like OxyContin and Vicodin treat chronic back pain in the short term, experts say, but may not be good choices for long-term use.... Read summary »

Experts issue new back-pain guidelines
October 03, 2008

New guidelines from medical experts may change the way primary care doctors treat lower back pain. According to the new guidelines, doctors shouldn't... Read summary »