Lumbar Supports Not Particularly Effective For Low Back Pain
Lumbar or lower back supports - those large belts that people wear around their waists when they lift or carry heavy objects - are not very useful for preventing low back pain.
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Dynatronics Introduces New DynaPro Spinal Health System
Dynatronics Corporation introduced two new products: the DynaPro Spinal Health System for treating back pain and the Dynatron X5 "Turbo" soft-tissue oscillation therapy unit.
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Most Back Pain Could Be Cured Without Surgery Or Drugs
If you're suffering from back pain and unable to find relief, it may be because the real cause of your pain -- weak, stressed and damaged muscles, not your spine -- has never been recognized or treated.
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Despite Spine Spending Increase, Back Pain Remains High
Americans spend more on spine and back pain problems, but they still suffer from back and neck pain disability.
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Antidepressants Unproven As Treatment For Low Back Pain
Antidepressants might be worthless for treating low back pain.
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Website Dedicated To Reversing Back Pain Launched
The site www.stopmusclepain.com empowers individuals with all types of neuromuscular pain.
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Correct heavy object lifting doesn't prevent back pain
Effect of training and lifting equipment for preventing back pain in lifting and handling: systematic review.
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Low Back Disorders Chapter Released
The chapter on low back disorders is the latest revision to ACOEM's Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines: Evaluation and Management of Common Health Problems and Functional Recovery.
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New Method Eliminates Severe Low Back Pain The Natural Way
Dr. Thea Flock, author and spinal decompression doctor, has perfected a non-surgical treatment methodthat eliminates back and leg pain the natural way.
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Treatment Relieves Serious Back Pain Without Dangerous Drugs, Injections, Surgery
Non-surgical, spinal decompression is probably the last back pain treatment you will ever need.
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Amedica Receives FDA Clearance For Valeo Ceramic Spinal Implant
FDA has granted a Special 510(k) marketing clearance for Amedica's Valeo ceramic VBR spinal implant.
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Researchers Give New Hope To Restore Painful, Degenerate Discs In Spine
The intervertebral discs of the human spine might someday be used to help repair degenerating discs and remedy lower back and neck pain.
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Back Pain? Insoles Won't Help
When researchers actually probed scientific studies, they found no evidence that shoe insoles prevent or treat back pain.
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ArthroCare Releases New SpineWand For Less Invasive Spinal Surgeries
ArthroCare's MD SpineWand is now available for use in some of the most common spinal surgeries.
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Urologists Studying Regenerated Neo-Bladder Help Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Urologists are studying whether a neo-bladder construct grown from a patient's own cells can improve bladder function for adult spinal cord injury patients.
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Plasma Disc Decompression Effective For Contained Disc Herniation
Two studies on plasma disc decompression found that the procedure is effective for treating patients with contained disc herniation.
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Lower back pain treatment with acupuncture is effective
Acupuncture treatment for lower back pain may be more effective than conventional therapy.
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Latest Non-Surgical Technology Offers Relief for Severe Back and Neck Pain Within Only 20 Visits
The Low Back Clinic uses revolutionary non-surgical Spinal Decompression which has an almost 90% back pain treatment success rate in providing permanent relief to sufferers of conditions such as Disc Herniations, Spinal Arthritis, Disc Degeneration and Failed Surgery.
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Advice, Devices Ineffective In Preventing Worker Back Pain
Back pain is the number one cause of worker-compensation complaints, second only to the common cold in causing lost workdays.
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Boston Scientific Launches Of New Precision Plus Spinal Cord Stimulation System
Boston Scientific Corporation announced the launch of the Precision Plus Spinal Cord Stimulation System
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Surgery Is More Effective Than Other Treatments For Common Back Problem
When it comes to low back pain, physicians generally advise exhausting nonsurgical options before resorting to surgery.
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Bone Marrow Stem Cells Are Useful for Spinal Cord Injury
Tweny five pagients with spinal cord injury were treated with autologous bone marrow stem cells - meaning the cells were extracted from the patients' own bone marrow.
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Back pain risk is increased by laziness
Targeting inactivity could also be used in intervention and rehabilitation programs to decrease low back pain and future health care costs.
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IDD Therapy Offers Non-Surgical Back Pain Relief
If you are suffering from acute or chronic lower back pain, there is an innovative treatment option, which will get you back on your feet.
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MRI to predict recovery after spinal cord injury
MRI should be performed on all patients with acute spinal cord injuries whenever feasible as it provides information with prognostic value and serves to guide the clinician to optimize clinical care.
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Innovative Treatments Of Wounded Soldiers For Chronic Pain
Newsweek looks at how innovative ways of treating wounded soldiers returning from the battlefield is leading to treatments for chronic pain that will help civilians.
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LaDainian Tomlinson Reveals All-Natural Secret Weapon
According to Tomlinson, he turns to MyoMed over anti-inflammatory medication, because the all-natural pain cream doesn't leave toxins to build up in his system the way medication can.
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Paradigm Spine Receives CE Mark For DSS Dynamic Spine Stabilization System
Paradigm Spine announced that it has received a European Union CE Mark for its DSS implantable dynamic spine stabilization system.
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Swell gel could bring relief to back pain sufferers
Scientists believe injections of tiny sponge-like particles could provide an alternative to major surgery in the treatment of chronic lower back pain.
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Research Suggests New Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries
A multidisciplinary investigation has resulted in a new treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI).
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Spinal Cord Injuries Among Geriatrics Has Risen Five Times in Last 30 Years
Spinal cord injuries in older patients are becoming more prevalent
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Epidural Steroid Injections Limited in Treating Back Pain
A woman's breast cancer diagnosis can wreak as much havoc on her emotions as it does on her physical health.
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Thinking with the spinal cord?
Findings contradict conventional wisdom about spinal cord functions.
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Long-term narcotics use for back pain may be ineffective, leading to abuse
Narcotic drugs (opioids) are commonly prescribed for short term relief of chronic back pain, but their effectiveness long term has been questioned.
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Psychological Treatments Improve Outcomes for Back Pain Sufferers
Psychological interventions for chronic low back pain relief are effective, a new review of studies has found.
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One-Off Treatment To Stop Back Pain
UK researchers has developed a treatment for lower back pain using the patient's own stem cells.
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New Therapeutic Hope For Degenerative Disc Disease
Study suggests possible role of embryonic cells from the notochord of dogs to regenerate disc cartilage.
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Sitting Up Straight Linked To Back Pain
Sitting in an upright position places unnecessary strain on your back, leading to potentially chronic back pain problems if you spend long hours sitting.
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Backache Beaten By Good Vibrations
Manchester researchers are recruiting people with back pain caused by nerve root pain, commonly known as sciatica, in the first ever study to discover if therapeutic ultrasound can help their condition.
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Acupuncture Relieves Low Back Pain and Is Cost-Effective
Persistent low back pain relief may come from acupuncture and the treatment can be cost efficient.
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