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More than 80% of Americans will have back pain at some point in their life — whether from injury, overuse, or as a result of the degenerative process that accompanies aging. Chronic low back pain is frustrating, not only because of the severe pain but also because it can be…
Sciatica is not a specific disease, instead it is a condition characteristic of several different disease. Simply put it is a mild to intense pain in the left or right leg. Sciatica is caused by a compression of one or more of the five sets of nerve roots in the lower back. These compressions are typically caused by a disc rupture or bone spur in the lumbar spine. It causes pain, numbness, tingling, and weakness in the arms or legs.
Thoracic spinal stenosis is a condition in which the spinal cord or spinal nerves are compressed by narrowing of the spinal canal or the openings between vertebrae.
Millions suffer from back pain. Most back pains are not serious and can be eased, even eradicated, by taking the right approach. This article discusses 6 steps that must be considered by all back pain sufferers.
Degenerative Disc Disease, or DDD, comes with age. As we mature and grow older the tough and rubbery discs between our vertebrae dry up and lose their cushioning height. For illustration purposes, I associate a spinal disc to Homer Simpson?s favorite sofa cushion (the sofa cushion in front of the TV). As years passed by, Homer?s weight would shatter the sofa ultimately and wear out the fabric.
Gaining weight will hurt your back. Gaining weight during the holidays will cause back pain next year. It is very hard to lose the weight put on from those fudge squares. Most people take up to 10 months to lose the weight. 11% said that they never lose the weight. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine agrees: most people can’t shake their holiday weight until the next fall–just in time for the Halloween candy.
Putting on pounds will change your back. Over the years, people gain weight during the holidays, and that weight gained can turn into back pain. It takes most people up to 10 months to lose the extra weight they put on during the holidays. Many people simply give up on losing the weight after March of the next year. Most people can’t lose the holiday fat until the next fall, which they then immediately put it back on as the holiday season starts again. This offers little relief from the strain put on the back from weight gain.
If we are going to understand lower back pain, then we are going to need to take a closer look at the back in general. The back can be thought of as the body’s…
Sciatica is known as a nightmarish back and leg pain syndrome which often resists even the most seemingly appropriate treatment modalities. The sciatic nerve is the largest and most important single nerve in the entire body, being directly responsible for serving the neurological needs of the lower anatomy.
The spine consists of a number of vertebrae which are stacked, one on top of another, and separated from each other by discs. Down the center of this stack of vertebrae runs the spinal canal, an opening that accommodates the spinal cord. Between each set of vertebrae, the spinal cord sends out a pair of nerve roots.
Spinal stenosis is a condition where there is not enough room in the spinal canal for the spinal cord and nerve roots. The most common cause of spinal stenosis…
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