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Common Causes of Sciatica

Common Causes of Sciatica

If you’ve been told that you have sciatica, it is not a disease itself but a symptom of an underlying condition. Sciatica describes leg pain, often accompanied by numbness, weakness or tingling, that starts in the lower back and runs down the buttocks and sciatic...
Osteoporosis and Spinal Fractures

Osteoporosis and Spinal Fractures

A condition called osteoporosis, which causes bones to thin, can lead to spinal fractures. The kind of fracture usually resulting from osteoporosis is a compression fracture, defined as a vertebral bone that decreases at least 15 to 20 percent in height because of the...
Managing Chronic Back Pain

Managing Chronic Back Pain

When back pain lasts for 12 weeks or more, even after the initial acute pain was treated, it is referred to as chronic back pain. Roughly 20 percent of patients who experience acute back pain are still dealing with chronic back pain symptoms a year later. Chronic back...
Is Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery the Answer for my Back Pain?

Is Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery the Answer for my Back Pain?

Millions of people suffer from back pain, so if you are one of them, you are not alone in searching for relief. There are lots of ways that back pain can be treated, ranging from very conservative therapies to serious surgery. You may have heard of a relatively new...