Say Goodbye to Back Pain

Scoliosis Scoliosis is an abnormal lateral (side-to-side) curvature of the spine with rotation (twisting) of the vertebrae withi ...

Risk Factors for Osteoporosis 1.^ Increases with age^ 2. Most common in women over the age of 50. Bone loss is much more rapid i ...

posture is very severe, the nerves of the spine can become compressed, which can cause severe back pain. The head being forward ...

The syndrome has colloquially been referred to as “wallet sciatica” since a wallet carried in a rear hip pocket will compress th ...

Cauda equina syndrome is sometimes caused by a herniated disc that breaks open (ruptures) into the center of the spinal canal an ...

Tumors of the spine Multiple Myeloma This is a fatal tumor of the bone marrow occurring in the elderly. The tumor arises in cert ...

Non spinal complications – redness and pain in the eyes and blurring of vision and decreased expansion of chest when breathing – ...

common, more so if the endometriotic implants embed in the back wall of the pelvis. In addition, adhesions (thickened fibrous ti ...

is based upon the symptoms. The most widely accepted set of criteria was elaborated in 1990 by the American College of Rheumatol ...

h.^ Kidney stones^ i.^ Menstrual pain^ j. Pelvic inflammatory disease Summary In this chapter, we have covered the chief patholo ...

evaluation first when back pain occurs Hence, t he first thing that we must do when we are incapacitated due to back pain is to ...

This will include a detailed medical history, clinical examination and possibly investigations such as a blood test, X-ray, CT o ...

serious. This in itself will cut down the number of persons who require detailed investigations. Secondly, I am advocating for y ...

Difficulty in moving the ankle upward or downward or raising the great toe^ 5.^ Gait disturbance –^ difficulty in walking^ 6. ...

Do not be impressed by an orthopod who says that you have a major disc prolapse or that your osteoarthritis is in a late stage. ...

Management of back pain: Appropriate surgical treatments Building up our algorithm, the next step after diagnosing any condition ...

recover their movements within one month. With or without an operation, more than 80% of patients with obvious surgical indicati ...

 Foraminotomy: “Otomy” is the medical term for making an opening. This procedure enlarges the opening of the intervertebral for ...

Fusion of vertebrae: Spinal fusion may also be referred to as “arthrodesis” (Arthro – joint; desis – fusion). In this type of s ...

Percutaneous Discectomy The entire decompression can be performed percutaneously (per – through; cutaneous skin i.e. through a ...