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Back pain shows association with increased mortality risk in women
Source: Medical Xpress
New research from Boston Medical Center identifies elevated mortality risk for women with back pain when compared to women without back pain.What Not to Do If You Have Neck Pain
Source: Verywell Health
When treating your neck pain, you need to be active in your treatment, and you should stop doing certain things that may be causing your neck pain or things that may be leading to unnecessary worry and anxiety about your pain. Avoiding certain activities can be an important component of managing your cervical pain.Osteoporosis treatment before spinal fusion may lower risks of complications, revision
Source: Healio
Preoperative osteoporosis treatment lowered the risks of osteoporosis-related complications and revision surgery in patients undergoing spinal fusion of three levels or more at 1 year, according to published results.New proposal for the management of low back pain with a proprioceptive approach
Source: Science Daily
Low back pain in the elderly is the result of poor ‘proprioception,’ or the body’s ability to perceive its own position in space, caused by a deterioration of sensory receptors in their muscles called proprioceptors. In a new study, researchers demonstrate a protocol for the management of low back pain by diagnosing and activating impaired proprioceptors with localized vibratory stimulations, crowning an approach that can enable elderly people to lead better lives.How Can Surgery Help People with Ankylosing Spondylitis?
Source: Healthline
The outlook for people who have these AS surgeries is good despite the risk of surgery complications or death. Minimally invasive surgery options can help reduce those risks too.Is Your Back Pain Non-Specific, Mechanical, or Serious?
Source: Verywell Health
Non-specific low back pain is the type of back pain that neither you nor your doctor can definitively, accurately trace back to its root. In other words, it is not related to a specific, diagnosable disease. An example is a back muscle strain due to an athletic injury or other trauma.Overview of the Lumbosacral Joint (L5-S1)
Source: Verywell Health
The L5-S1 junction, located between the lumbar curve (which sweeps forward) to the sacral curve (which opposes the direction of the lumbar curve and goes backward) is particularly vulnerable to misalignment, wear and tear, and injury.Examining the value of lumbar spine surgery
Source: Medical Xpress
Since the 1990s the rate of spinal fusion to treat lower back pain has been on the rise. A new prospective clinical study published in the journal Neurosurgery, the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, found that lumbar fusions were three times more likely to be effective and obtain better patient outcomes, when guidelines for fusion were followed.Safe exercises for a herniated disk
Source: Medical News Today
Gentle exercises, stretches, and activities can all help relieve the pain of a herniated disk. Exercises can also strengthen and improve flexibility in the spine, neck, and back.Working from home? Here’s how to preserve your posture
Source: Medical Xpress
If you’re working at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, you need to have a work space that’s doesn’t cause pain or discomfort in your back, neck or legs, a spine specialist says.
