Say Goodbye to Back Pain

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 ...

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 ...