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?
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...
Conservative Treatment Approaches to Spinal Problems
The idea of back surgery will likely scare many people away, but luckily that is a last resort for treatment in most cases. If you’re experiencing back pain, numbness, weakness or other symptoms, there are lots of options for non-operative techniques that might...
Spinal Fusion: Risks vs. Benefits
Back pain and immobility may be good enough reasons for you to consider spinal fusion surgery. No doubt you want to get your normal life back to the way it was before the nagging or sometimes debilitating symptoms of back problems began. If you’re facing the...