Osteoporosis & Spinal Fractures

Most Popular Back Pain Articles

• Intervertebral Disc Infection: Discitis and How it Affects Children
  
  Discitis, an infection of the intervertebral disc, is more common in children than in adults. Article explains causes, symptoms, and treatment options for the childhood form of discitis.
• Digging Your Way Through Winter: Tips for Snow Shoveling
  
  Keep your back safe this winter with our tips for preventing back pain while shoveling snow. Covers the best type of shovel, what you should wear, and what you should do before heading out in the winter wonderland.
• Herniated Disc and Sciatica: How to Find Pain Relief
  
  A herniated disc can cause terrible sciatic pain. What can you do to relieve the pain? A physical therapist and McKenzie Method practitioner explains how he'd evaluate and treat a patient with a herniated disc and sciatica.
• Spondylosis Prevention and Relief
  
  Whatever your age, regular exercise and healthy eating are two ways to maintain a healthy spine. Plus 7 other spine healthy tips.
• Surgery for Sciatica
  
  The 4 signs patients should be alert to when sciatica, piriformis syndrome, or low back and leg pain persists are presented. Fortunately, most patients respond well to non-surgical treatment and surgery is seldom considered.
• Cervical Pain and Treatment
  
  Neck pain commonly originates from strain and is often treated without surgery. Learn how doctors help patients through the acute stage.
• What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)?
  
  There are many terms used to described approaches to health care outside the realm of conventional medicine practiced in the United States. Some of the terms discussed include complementary, alternative, and integrative forms of medicine.