Posted in Back / Spine on Sep 1st, 2007
Everyone experiences back pain at some time in their life. In fact, it is in the top three complaints that people bring to the doctor’s office.
In most cases there is soft tissue inflammation, muscle spasms, or degenerative arthritis. These respond well to conservative treatments such as anti-inflammatory medicines, stretches, and osteopathic manipulative therapy. Physical modalities [...]
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Posted in Back / Spine on Sep 1st, 2007
If you suffer from severe back pain and fear that surgery may be necessary, or if surgery has been recommended and you question the wisdom of it, you may want to try some non-surgical physical treatments first.
Unless your back pain is due to an infection, malformation of the back, or tumor, some type of physical [...]
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Posted in Back / Spine on Sep 1st, 2007
Spondylolisthesis, a condition that can affect athletes in all sports that require a wide range of movement and flexibility, is a degeneration of the exterior portion of the vertabrae in the spine, reducing not only its integrity, but support, flexibility, and strength.
No matter how severe the condition, a patient may experience extreme discomfort, lack of [...]
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Posted in Back / Spine on Sep 1st, 2007
What is sciatica? Sciatica is the official name given to a pain in the leg, foot, or buttock, brought on by a form of irritation to the sciatic nerve, the longest nerve in the entire body.
Sciatica is most commonly caused by a slipped disc in the lower back, some form of arthritis, or a pinched [...]
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