Say Goodbye to Back Pain

Spinal fusion For spinal arthritis, the only effective surgical treatment is spine fusion surgery to stop movement at the painfu ...

back (decrease of the lumbar curve) and fracture of the vertebral body and/ or pedicle may also occur. Of late, dynamic stabiliz ...

the right and left sides, just off the midline of the back. Within a few hours, patients are up and moving around. Most go home ...

Summary – Surgical Treatments As of date, these are the common procedures performed by orthopods. Do not be taken in by new-fang ...

Management of back pain: Step One Measures Let us continue to develop our algorithm for management of back pain. We have seen so ...

heat^ Heat increases the blood flow and thus aids healing. People with osteoarthritis often find that warmth, through warm towel ...

Medications There are many types of medications available to help patients control the pain level and to reduce the swelling aro ...

Pain-relieving creams, rubs, sprays Pain-relieving creams, also called topical analgesics, applied to the skin over the joints c ...

from the side of the bed. Now roll over and slowly lower your feet on to the floor as you sit up sideways with the help of your ...

crucial as strong back muscles for supporting the lower back and preventing lower back pain. Strong quadriceps (front of thigh m ...

Rest to prevent flare-ups Exercises should include regularly scheduled rest and breaks, including taking breaks from such tasks ...

Management of back pain: Active Rehabilitation Just as we discussed for Step One Measures, there are three possible outcomes whe ...

BACK PAIN (^) PATHOLOGICAL CAUSE NO PATHOLOGICAL RED FLAGS^ BUT NO RED FLAG^ CAUSE^ (^) APPROPRIATE SURGICAL (^) P (^) STEP ONE ...

Chronic back pain, as discussed earlier, is pain persisting for three months or more characterized by:  ^ Persistent pain that ...

Active Rehabilitation Reasoning behind active rehabilitation The initial back pain may cause a fear psychosis wherein you are te ...

Aims of active rehabilitation The chief aim in active rehabilitation is to restore lumbar function and movement control and redu ...

So, are you willing to take charge of your pain and reduce it to such an extent that you can lead a normal life? Or do you want ...

Pacing of activities i.e. a regular schedule of activities and breaks is taught to counteract any tendency to strain beyond you ...

The behavioural treatment of chronic pain aims to improve physical performance and coping skills and to transfer the control of ...

even countries have cognitive behavioural therapists or active rehabilitation programs. What will you do then? Chronic low back ...