Hot or Cold for Back Pain Relief?

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In a press release from PRWeb, renowned Endoscopic spine surgeon Dr. Kaixuan Liu advises on hot v cold therapy for Back Pain relief. “There’s a popular myth out there that heat and cold are interchangeable in treating back pain,” Dr. Liu explains. “It’s true that they both relieve pain, but the mechanisms that produce that […]

Laser Treatment for Persistent Back Pain

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According to spine expert,Dr. Kaixuan Liu MD, PhD, when traditional back surgery fails, endoscopic spine laser treatments offer relief for persistent back pain. A relatively simple procedure may make persistent back pain go away, even if it’s the result of a botched or misguided surgery. As many as 80,000 Americans face the nightmare of a […]

Take a Break to Prevent Back Pain

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Preventing back pain might be as easy as getting up from your chair and walking every couple hours, according to US physician Michael Schafer in an article in USA Today. “As people have become more sedentary — and especially with people who sit at computers all day — a big toll is taken on the […]

Can Spinal Manipulation Help Back Pain?

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Medinda reported on that a recent review of existing research has found that spinal manipulation is as good as common treatments like the use of painkiller for relief from back pain. Researchers said that the treatment is not only effective, it is safe as well. According to lead author Sidney Rubinstein, a chiropractor in private practice […]

Concerns over Spinal Fusion Surgery

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Medical News Today reported that a study which appeared in the February issue of Spine suggested that for workers’ compensation patients with chronic low back pain, spinal fusion surgery leads to worse long-term outcomes, including a lower rate of return to work-compared to nonsurgical treatment. At a time of continued debate over the role of […]

Intradiscal Injections For Chronic Lower Back Pain?

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The findings of a study, indicating that short-term lower back pain relief with intradiscal steroid injections, a minimally invasive, nonsurgical therapy that could alleviate chronic lower back pain for millions of people worldwide, have been published in the February 2011 issue of The Spine Journal, an international multidisciplinary scientific journal of the North American Spine […]