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AAOS Created: Thursday, May 23, 2013 Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2013
AAOS defined.
How to Buy a Mattress For A Bad Back Created: Thursday, March 14, 2013 Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013
If you have a bad back, making a mattress purchase requires some forethought. Here are some tips on how to buy a mattress for a bad back.
Should My Mattress be Firm or Soft? Created: Friday, April 12, 2013 Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013
If you have a bad back, you may be wondering if you should shop for a firm mattress or a soft one. Find out what medical research studies say about mattress selection for people with bad backs.
Gossypiboma or Textiloma Created: Friday, April 12, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013
Gossypiboma and textiloma definition
Paresthesia - Pins and Needles Created: Thursday, June 30, 2005 Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013
Pins and needles, needles and pins including hand pins and needles may be coming from your back. Learn more about pins and needles and its technical name parasthesia.
10 Ways to Prevent a Broken Neck Created: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013
Preventing a broken neck may be one of the best things you ever do for yourself. Cervical fractures and broken necks can be devastating, if not fatal, spine injuries. Learn how you can prevent a ...
What is Torticollis? Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013
Torticollis, wry neck - some spell it wryneck, spasmotic torticollis, congenital torticollis or even crooked neck - whatever you call it, torticollis can be seen as a twisted neck position. Learn ...
What is an HEP or Home Exercise Program? Created: Thursday, March 21, 2013 Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013
What is a Home Exercise Program - aka HEP?
Aspirin for Back and Neck Pain Created: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Aspirin is often the first thing you reach for when you have a back ache or neck pain. Aspirin is an over the counter medication that helps with back muscle pain, spinal arthritis and minor injuri...
Deep Cervical Neck Flexor Muscle Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013
The longus colli is a deep cervical neck flexor muscle. Learn more about the longus colli with this definition.
Chiropractic Adjustment Defined Created: Sunday, April 02, 2006 Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013
Chiropractic Adjustment Defined
Subluxation Definition Created: Sunday, March 12, 2006 Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013
Subluxation definition.
Motion Segment Created: Sunday, April 02, 2006 Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013
Motion segment defined
Neck Exercises for Arthritis Joint Pain Created: Sunday, December 30, 2012 Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013
Neck exercises for arthritis joint pain can make or break your quality of life. Here are the basics of arthritis neck exercises, as well as a few tips for sleeping when your neck hurts
Sacroiliac Joint Created: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Updated: Monday, February 11, 2013
Sacroiliac Joint, also known as the SI joint, is a joint between the spine and lower extremity. Learn sacroiliac basics
Implanted Neurological Stimulators Don't Mix with MRIs Created: Friday, May 20, 2005 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
The FDA has issued a warning to pain management professionals that patients with implanted neurological stimulators who have MRI are at risk for serious injury.
Health of Children and Communities - Public Health Awareness Week 2006 Created: Sunday, April 02, 2006 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
American Public Health Association focuses on the health of children in communities.
Cognitive Behavorial Therapy for Back Pain Created: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
What happens in a cognitive behavioral therapy session for chronic back pain management?
Yoga for Back Pain Created: Sunday, August 27, 2006 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Yoga is a mind/body exercise system that relieves back pain and neck pain and improves back and neck conditions. Chronic low back and neck injuries and pain can be helped with the right kind of yoga.
Medical Marijuana for Chronic Pain Created: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Medical marijuana for chronic pain and other medical conditions is promising, according to an IOM report. Learn about medical marijuana, how its used for chronic pain, and about efforts to decrimi...
What Is Radiculopathy? Created: Thursday, May 20, 2010 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Radiculopathy is most often caused by a herniated disc. Radiculopathy can cause neck pain and back pain. There can be cervical radiculopathy or lumbar radiculopathy. Learn more about radiculopat...
Surgery for Lumbar Herniated Disc Created: Thursday, October 28, 2010 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Surgery for lumbar disc herniation may be the treatment that works the fastest to relieve lower back pain. Compare lumbar disc herniation to lower back pain exercises for treatment of spinal hernia...
Stacy Lewis Created: Friday, July 01, 2011 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Stacy Lewis is not only a champion golfer, she is also a spokesperson for the Scoliosis Research Society. Learn more about Stacy Lewis.
Sharp Lower Back Pain Created: Friday, July 22, 2011 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Sharp lower back pain may be one of a number of things. Learn more about sharp low back pain.
Sciatica Created: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Sciatic nerve pain, aka sciatica may cause radiating leg pain. Learn about sciatic nerve pain.
Herniated Disk Created: Thursday, February 24, 2011 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Herniated disk, including herniated disk protrusions and neck herniated disk, is a medical condition with a number of treatment options. Learn about herniated disk treatments, surgery for herniate...
What is Neurogenic Claudication? Created: Friday, June 04, 2010 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Neurogenic claudication is associated with lumbar spinal stenosis. Learn about neurogenic claudication and spinal stenosis.
What is Discogenic Pain? Created: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Disocgenic pain is back pain or neck pain that originates from interverbal disks. Learn about discogenic back pain including causes of this type of back pain as well as symptoms, risks and treatme...
How Does Total Disc Replacement Stack Up Against Spinal Fusion? Created: Friday, April 13, 2012 Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2013
Which is safer and better - the total disc replacement or a spinal fusion?
Fungal Meningitis Outbreak - What are the Symptoms? Created: Monday, December 10, 2012 Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2013
Fungal meningitis is rare. But contaminated methylprednisolone acetate used for spinal injections caused an outbreak of fungal meningitis in 2012. This article goes over how the fungal infection ...
Weight Loss - Back Pain Created: Thursday, January 24, 2013 Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2013
Explore the relationship between weight gain and back pain.
Spinal Column Anatomy Created: Sunday, December 30, 2012 Updated: Thursday, January 10, 2013
Spinal column anatomy is a good thing to know about if you want to understand your neck or back pain diagnosis.

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