New Swedish Report Highlights Success of “New-Wave” Alternative Back Pain Treatment
Going to the doctor for back pain? Maybe NOT such a good idea for 80-90% of those with acute or sub-acute back pain.
You’ve maybe read my tweets or blog posts on the new approach to back pain relief promoted by the American Academy of Orthopedic [...]
Vertebroplasy – (Maybe) Fast Pain-relief for Compression Fractures
Pop #2 – If there is a vertebral compression fracture. Prompt minimally-invasive vertebroplasty may be a good option, especially if pain meds aren’t enough in the first few days. Vertebroplasty – depending on your specific fracture may be a reasonable (if controversial) option.
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Increasing use of hardware and devices for various types of surgery such as spine surgery, joint replacement surgery and fracture fixation serves as an infection magnet.
The foreign material in the body – once thought to be completely inert – appears to increase the risk of infection. This is especially true in the presence of the [...]
New Cochrane Reviews Suggests Benefits?
Chiropractic back pain therapy may be worthy of consideration, especially if you suffer from chronic lower back pain. So finds a new review of existing research about that spinal manipulation or “adjustment” of your back alignment often performed by chiropractors. Review authors say this is the kind of hands-on regime that [...]
MRI a Bad Idea For Most Back Pain
Looking for back pain relief, you might find yourself in the “Back Pain Health Center” of top-ranked WebMD.
Today the #1 Google site offers a commentary on the Annals of Internal Medicine article (February, 2011) advising against the all-too-common and overused Rx of X-rays and MRI’s for back pain.
Sadly, [...]
Too often “more surgery”, “more procedures”, and “more costly gizmos” to kill pain are a formula for continued failure. In many cases, several alternative therapies – taken together – will do the trick! [...]
The search for an anatomic or structural cause of the back pain FAILS in 80-90% of cases…Why wait for pain-relief? With the new approaches – hours-days [...]
Grave Robbers Document Ancient Back Pain Solutions
Egyptian Low Back Pain Cure 3,500 Years Old
Pain in the lower back has been a problem with no good remedies for thousands of years. Mummy-hunting grave-robbers dug up an Egyptian papyri dated over 3,500 years ago that describes a common treatment plan for lower back strain. Their treatment [...]
…”targeted-delivery” of pain medication to give you fast pain relief…Next – There’s the whole new approach to lower back pain relief based on “Pattern-Recognition”…Faster, Safer, less than HALF the pain medication needed…and, Yes, Cheaper [...]