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Health Encyclopedia: Back Pain And Sciatica Causes
- Back Pain and Sciatica - Causes
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Causes
In about 85% of back pain cases, the origin of the pain is unknown and even imaging studies usually fail to determine the cause. Disk herniation and disk degeneration due to aging are the most common causes of low back pain. Other problems can also cause this pain, however.
Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease
Over the years, the disk can degenerate and produce low-grade inflammation and irritation. This age-related condition is a major source of chronic low back pain.
Herniated Disk and the Infl...
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Expert & Community Posts
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 »
Anti-Depressants and Chronic Low Back Pain: Not Always a Happy Solution
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...use of anti-depressants in the treatment of chronic low back pain. However, the authors of a... Read more »
Low Back Pain? Strengthen Your Core
By Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert...problems seen in a primary care medical practice is low back pain. It accounts for more... Read more »
Solution for the Pain Pinch: A Walking Stick
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert...by 10%. By reducing knee joint stress, the pain, swelling, and stiffness is less likely to... Read more »
Low Back Surgery Can Cause Discitis
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert...her treatment with me, she had a severe episode of low back pain after shoveling snow. She went... Read more »
Health Guide
Foot Pain: Introduction
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...vision, and hearing changes. Another common neurologic problem is pain in the lower spine. It resembles low back pain from arthritis (although in the case of Lyme disease the skin near the spine... Read more »Health Risks of Smoking
...knee or hip replacements.Smokers whose jobs involve lifting heavy objects are more likely to develop low back pain than nonsmokers.Smoking may increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in some... Read more »Fibromyalgia: Diagnosis
...diagnosis of fibromyalgia, these tender sites should normally not show signs of inflammation (redness, swelling, or heat in the joints and soft tissue). The tender points may also change in... Read more »Images
Related News
Study: NSAIDs, spinal manipulation don't ease back pain
October 03, 2008Researchers say two widely used treatments for acute lower back pain--non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and spinal manipulation--don't... Read summary »
Experts issue new back-pain guidelines
October 03, 2008New 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 »
Study: Back belts don't prevent pain
October 03, 2008New research suggests that lumbar belts--those large belts people wear while lifting large or heavy objects--are not effective at preventing low back... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Celebrex versus Ultram for chronic lower back pain
October 02, 2008This is a study to see if Celebrex is as effective as Ultram for patients with chronic lower back pain. This national study is currently recruiting... Read summary »
Clinical trial: New pain med for chronic lower back pain
October 03, 2008This is a study to determine the safety and effectiveness of a new transdermal pain med in patients with chronic lower back pain. This national study... Read summary »
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