Category: Back Pain & Sciatica

Dr. David Hanscom, a spine surgeon gives his recommendations on back surgery in this article in the National Pain Report. July 1, 2017 As a spine surgeon, who has been practicing surgery for over 30 years, I have attacked top-level fellowship spine problems with a fury. Convinced that I could help almost anyone in pain…

Authors’ conclusions: We have very little confidence to conclude whether surgical treatment or a conservative approach is better for lumbar spinal stenosis, and we can provide no new recommendations to guide clinical practice. However, it should be noted that the rate of side effects ranged from 10% to 24% in surgical cases, and no side…

European Spine Journal pp 1–9 Uneven intervertebral motion sharing is related to disc degeneration and is greater in patients with chronic, non-specific low back pain: an in vivo, cross-sectional cohort comparison of intervertebral dynamics using quantitative fluoroscopy Authors Alan Breen Cite this article as: Breen, A. & Breen, A. Eur Spine J (2017). doi:10.1007/s00586-017-5155-y Abstract…

This recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, compared Yoga to Physical Therapy for chronic low back pain.  They found that Yoga did just as well as Physical Therapy over a year, and both groups did not have to use as much medicine. Yoga, Physical Therapy, or Education for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized…

This 2017 study suggests that people who are active for 75 minutes of vigorous-intensiy activity, or 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity per week have reduced risk of reporting back pain. Examples of Vigorous Intensity: Race walking, jogging, or running. Swimming laps. Tennis (singles) Aerobic dancing. Bicycling 10 miles per hour or faster. Jumping rope. Heavy…

June 7, 2017 VIENNA — Patients who had previously undergone total hip replacement experienced less reduction of pain 1 year after low back surgery compared to patients with no prior total hip replacement, according to a presentation scheduled to be presented during the Free Papers award session for orthopaedics at the 18th EFORT Annual Congress…

Chiropractors provide spinal mobilization and manipulation as part of their treatments for back pain due to spinal disc degeneration.  Int this study, they compared spinal mobilization to conventional physical therapy for chronic back pain due to disc degeneration, and they found that manual therapy like spinal mobilization is preferable to conventional physical therapy in order to…

Looking at someone’s lower back from the side view, there should be a forward curve.  This forward curve is referred to a a lordosis.  This curve can be too much, normal, or not curved enough. This study shows a relationship between the loss of this curvature with back pain, disc herniation and disc degeneration. The…