Back pain sufferers unable to find back pain relief from physical therapy or back pain medications may look to alternative therapies for a solution, particularly acupuncture. According to an article that appeared in the American Council on Science and Health, if you are considering acupuncture, you may want to consider the results of a new […]
It was reported through WABC (Health News) that doctors in the US were studying a new device that could be much more effective in the treatment of lower back pain than the current surgical options. Each year, Americans spend nearly fifty billion dollars on doctor’s visits and treatments for lower back pain, but a new […]
In a press release from PRWeb, renowned Endoscopic spine surgeon Dr. Kaixuan Liu advises on hot v cold therapy for Back Pain relief. “There’s a popular myth out there that heat and cold are interchangeable in treating back pain,” Dr. Liu explains. “It’s true that they both relieve pain, but the mechanisms that produce that […]
In a recent press release, it was suggested by Dr Kenneth Light of San Fransisco that spinal disc implants offer rapid recovery for back pain sufferers and could eventually could eventually replace up to 80% of all spinal fusion surgeries. For many people, back pain is a temporary problem that can be treated with conservative, […]
According to spine expert,Dr. Kaixuan Liu MD, PhD, when traditional back surgery fails, endoscopic spine laser treatments offer relief for persistent back pain. A relatively simple procedure may make persistent back pain go away, even if it’s the result of a botched or misguided surgery. As many as 80,000 Americans face the nightmare of a […]
A single injection in the back might be a new way to tackle a slipped or herniated disc. The injection uses a drug produced from bacteria to digest the tissue that’s ruptured out of the disc. The tissue then shrinks so it no longer compresses the nerves. An article that appeared in the Daily Mail […]
Preventing back pain might be as easy as getting up from your chair and walking every couple hours, according to US physician Michael Schafer in an article in USA Today. “As people have become more sedentary — and especially with people who sit at computers all day — a big toll is taken on the […]
Medinda reported on that a recent review of existing research has found that spinal manipulation is as good as common treatments like the use of painkiller for relief from back pain. Researchers said that the treatment is not only effective, it is safe as well. According to lead author Sidney Rubinstein, a chiropractor in private practice […]
Medical News Today reported that a study which appeared in the February issue of Spine suggested that for workers’ compensation patients with chronic low back pain, spinal fusion surgery leads to worse long-term outcomes, including a lower rate of return to work-compared to nonsurgical treatment. At a time of continued debate over the role of […]
The findings of a study, indicating that short-term lower back pain relief with intradiscal steroid injections, a minimally invasive, nonsurgical therapy that could alleviate chronic lower back pain for millions of people worldwide, have been published in the February 2011 issue of The Spine Journal, an international multidisciplinary scientific journal of the North American Spine […]