We talked about Failed Back Surgery Syndrome last week and how it impacts one's life when even a large scale intervention does not bear fruit. Indeed, most people who suffer from FBSS are more likely to be depressed, report stress and increased pain and are generally perturbed by a lack of progress in their pain relief efforts.But there are few things you can do before the surgery itself to … [Read More...]
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What Is Failed Back Surgery Syndrome?
When it comes to back surgery, almost everybody is anxious and out of sorts with worry that the surgery wouldn’t be a success, or that their back pain would only reoccur. This is a very valid concern seeing that back surgery are successful in alleviating pain only about 50% of time. So what happens when […]
Chronic Pain Doesn’t Mean Medication and Surgery
Medications and traditional methods of treatment will always be the best course of action for Chronic pain. However, that doesn’t mean that they’re the only options you’ve got. In fact there are many alternative treatments which can offer your safer, equivalent effects or just be a supplementary treatment option to aid the progress of recovery. […]
Is A Spine Fracture The Cause Of Your Back Pain?
What you put down to regular and chronic back pain might just be caused by something more serious, such as a spine fracture. And the worst part is you wouldn’t even know about it until it’s too late given that osteoporosis is usually the underlying condition which does not display any significant, overt symptoms. Often, […]
Easy Diet Tips For Chronic Pain
In one of our previous articles, we talked in length about how foods you eat can have an impact on your back pain. While we did go into details, a few of our readers requested us to give them tips that they could use on a daily basis and didn’t involve frequent or expensive trips […]
Epidural Steroid Injections Is An Alternative To Surgery
If your back pain is serious and refuses to go away despite numerous interventions, it’s easy to believe that surgery is your only option. However, surgery comes with a huge risk most of the times and could lead to complications. Yet there does exist a nonsurgical option which ought to be exhausted before you think […]
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Preventing back pain related to yard work – fox2now.com
When doing yard work, it is very important to remember that the strenuous and sometimes … [Read More...]
Lactic acid that makes running agony, eases back pain – Daily Mail
STA-63 is being used to help alleviate pressure on discs and making it so that people with … [Read More...]
Will a rhizotomy help alleviate back pain? – Palm Beach Post
Disclose any medication that is taken with the doctor before the procedure, to determine … [Read More...]
Flip Flops May Be The Main Source Of Back Pain – News Talk Florida
Flat summer shoes may be a source of back pain, particularly for women. Flat shoes allow … [Read More...]
The ‘false message’ given to people suffering back pain – The Sydney Morning Herald
Over 90% of the population suffer from some type of back pain with a majority of these … [Read More...]