Low back pain: Steps you may be overlooking
Your main challenge is to pinpoint the true cause and limit invasive interventions. A leading rheumatologist tells how to achieve these goals.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Back pain diagnosis and management tools
An effective and relatively quick method for zeroing in on the root of back pain coupled with new findings about acupuncture treatment could help clinicians better manage this common complaint from patients.
Keep low back pain patients out of surgery
Education, self-management, and pharmacologic as well as nonpharmacologic therapies take center stage in this latest, jointly issued guideline.
Self-care can relieve back pain
Clinicians may be able to help patients with chronic back pain overcome discomfort by employing a self-care program known as the Alexander technique…
Was Mrs. W’s back pain preventable?
Her discomfort could have been from inevitable arthritis, but there were signs of a different diagnosis.
Tripod sign for back pain
A useful clinical pearl to help spot the drug-seeking patient with low back pain.
Back and leg pain aggravated by hiking
The patient began to lose hope after a canyon hike re-aggravated her low back pan and leg numbness.
Lidocaine patches for back pain?
Current studies have focused on these patches as adjunctive therapy to more traditional modes of treatment.
Choosing right the therapy for herniated disks
Studies have determined which patients would benefit from spine surgery and which ones would not.
Can a heating pad cause cancer?
The patient is concerned about skin and other cancers due to excessive exposure to the warmth.
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