Back Pain

Back Pain
Back pain is like a cold or the flu in that we all will experience back pain at one point or another in our lives.

There are some things that we can do to help try to prevent it, and to treat it once we have it, and the good news is that there is a lot that you can do to help yourself.

Read through some of these articles to get familiar with back pain issues and if you have any questions, please let me know.

Enjoy,

Andre A. Broussard, D.C.

Famous Football Star - Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49rs Shares His Experiences

Back Pain - The Problem

Back Pain - Risk Factors

Back Pain- Information and Advice

Ice Therapy Protocols and Advice

Back Pain - The Back Pain Book

Back Pain - What About Surgery; Recent Research Findings

Back Pain - New (2007) Diagnosis & Treatment Guidelines

July 8th, 2010

Ask Dr. OZ: Alternative Medicine

Dr. Oz explores the alternative medicines and all-natural cures you can seek to get relief from common ailments like seasonal allergies, sleep troubles and back pain. A panel of experts from different sectors of the medical community - conventional, integrative and alternative - weighs in to explain the many treatment options that are available to you.

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/ask-dr-oz-alternative-medicine-pt-3

June 8th, 2010

Surgery for Back Pain Often Fails

Aol Health (AP)

"Why did they cut you?"

The shocking question came from a respected spine surgeon tracked down by Keith Swenson, who was still in severe pain after an earlier back operation.

http://www.aolhealth.com/2010/06/08/surgery-for-backpain-often-fails/?icid=main

April 13^th, 2010

Chiropractic Care Offers Relief for Early Low Back Pain

Cochrane Review

Health Behaviour News Service

Many choose chiropractors, which typically combine spinal manipulation with such treatments as exercise, massage, heat or electrical stimulation. This approach modestly is successful in reducing pain of recent onset and improving disability, at least for a few weeks, according to a new Cochrane review.

http://www.cfah.org/hbns/archives/getDocument.cfm?documentID=22245

April 2010

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology

This journal edition is completely devoted to several issues related to low back pain. A few articles are entitled:

Recent advances in the evaluation and management of nonspecific low back pain and related disorders
Measuring the global burden of low back pain
What is the prognosis of back pain?
Exercise therapy for chronic nonspecific low-back pain
Back pain and work
Prevention and management of chronic back pain

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/15216942

February 3^rd, 2010

Cymbalta Significantly Reduced Chronic Low Back Pain in New Study

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb 03, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- In a new study, 60 mg of Cymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) taken once daily significantly reduced chronic low back pain, as measured by the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) average pain rating, compared with placebo.(1) The data were presented today at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) in San Antonio, Texas.

Full story here: http://newsroom.lilly.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=442413

Do Chiropractic Physician Services for Treatment of Low Back and Neck Pain Improve the Value of Health Benefits Plans? An Evidence-Based Assessment of Incremental Impact on Population Health and Total Health Care Spending.

10/21/2009

Low Back Pain: Many Options for Relief - WebMD article 10/1/2007

Chiropractic Managment of Low Back Pain & Low Back Pain Related Leg Complaints

12/10/2007

Mayo Clinic recommends spinal manipulation and acupuncture as treatment options for back pain

Fortune 500s Waste Over $500 million on Unnecessary Back Surgery

Consumer Reports Magazine Rates Chiropractic Treatment Best for Back Pain

April 2009

Consumer Reports

Overtreating Chronic Back Pain: Time to Back Off?