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Painful Lumbar End-Plate Disruptions: A Significant Discographic Finding New!

MRI Scanning and Discography New!

Low-Level Laser Light and Muskuloskeletal Pain

On the Psychotherapeutic Process and the Destruction of the Therapist: Contributions by Herman Hesse

To Tell the Truth: Ethical and Practical Issues in Disclosing Medical Mistakes to Patients

Degenerative Conditions of the Lower Cervical Spine

FAQs - General Population
An overview for those of us with typical back symptoms: What do they mean? What do we learn about them? When do we do something about the problem? By an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon.

General Info and FAQs for Health Care Providers
This article is actually the transcript of a general teaching session with internal medicine residents given by one of the Spine-dr.com Orthopedic Spine Surgeons. It provides insight into many of the issues surrounding symptoms and treatment of spinal disease.

Back Pain Sourcebook
Excerpts from one of the best books about pain for laymen. This is a useful survey of common back problems, as well as conventional and alternative treatments, presented in a down-to-earh manner.

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Lumbar spinal stenosis is the leading indication for spine surgery in the medicare population and yet there are few treatment options for patients seeking relief of symptoms. Learn more about a multi-center pivotal clinical study currently underway to evaluate a new device for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.

Self Treatment

This section is designed to give you some tips in self-treatment of the most common back problems. In close to twenty years of caring for spine problem patients we have found that ninety percent of the problems fall into three simple categories which are easily identifiable and easily treated in their preliminary stages.

This section is to be used UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A BACK CARE SPECIALIST as some of you may have serious problems that could require immediate or even emergency treatment to prevent irreversible nervous system or other bodily damage. DO NOT ACT ON ANY OF THE INFORMATION HERE WITHOUT CONSULTATION FROM A STATE LICENSED BACK SPECIALIST. Although this situations are unusual they are 100% for the individuals involved.

REMEMBER THESE HALLMARKS OF SPINAL EMERGENCIES

1. LOSS OF SENSATION OR CONTROL OF YOUR BOWEL OR BLADDER FUNCTION
2. PARALYSIS OR WEAKNESS OF ONE OR MORE EXTREMITIES
3. FEVER WITH SEVERE BACK PAIN
4. SEVERE BACK PAIN WITH A HISTORY OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD VESSEL DISEASE OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A SYMPTOM CONSULT YOUR MD, DO. DC, OR PT.

A Simple System for Evaluation and Approach
A paradigm for pinpointing the right type of conservative treatment for your back problem by one of the Orthopedic Spine Surgeons.

Back Pain Sourcebook
Excerpts from one of the best books about pain for laymen. This is a useful survey of common back problems, as well as conventional and alternative treatments, presented in a down-to-earth manner.

Lumbar Degenerative Disease
Treatment-oriented overview of the disease process and how to deal with it by an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon.