

Why Doctors Won’t Fix Your Back
Pain in your lower back is excruciating most days. But for years, your doctor explores options other than orthopedic surgery. Why the hesitation?
Pain in your lower back is excruciating most days. But for years, your doctor explores options other than orthopedic surgery. Why the hesitation?
Patients obtaining a measure of relief with acupuncture swear it cures everything. How does it work and what are realistic expectations?
Nerve compression transcends physical strength to immobilize the most powerful patients. How can you differentiate stenosis and resume normal activities?
Spinal surgery for scoliosis is more of an aesthetic remedy than medical resolution. What are considerations before going under the knife?
In the absence of a well-defined body of evidence, early symptoms of percolating problems may be misdiagnosed or ignored.
How to endure and treat sciatica with persistence and multidisciplinary cooperation.
Much of the debate involves blamestorming — fining manufacturers and punishing physicians. Are patients benefiting or suffering?
Are you dependent upon pain relievers to perform daily tasks? Untreated chronic pain can have dangerous physical and emotional consequences.
Coping with chronic pain that alters how you live your daily life can transcend the care medical doctors provide.
There is a correlation between chronic pain and obesity. Will losing weight ease the pain?
Most men boast about their virility to the point of exaggeration. This makes the conversation about impotence difficult.
Historically considered clinically insignificant, Schmorl’s nodes can be an active symptom or cause of pain in some patients.
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