What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe best course of treatment for acute back pain may be to leave well alone and let it get better on its own, according to French researchers. ...
A man goes to the dentist and says, “I’ve got a terrible toothache”. The dentist takes one look at the tooth and says, “There’s nothing wrong with that tooth. You need to get your intestines cleaned out”. The man undergoes colonic irrigation and the...
The latest fad for chronic low back pain namely injecting steroids into the facet joints has just been proved useless. ...
Women who are given epidurals for pain relief during labour are more likely to experience long term backache. ... ...
Women who have had epidurals during labour and birth are more likely to experience long term problems like backache and headache. ...
An amazing four out of five adults will experience significant low-back pain at some time during their life. The most common reason, say experts, is work-related back injuries, but activities at home and at play can also result in back pain.
Patients with low back pain do better with an exercise programme than they do with their GP's advice, according to new research. ...
Eighteen months ago, Mr J.R., a middle-aged truck driver, came to me with mysterious pains in his lower back and right thigh that had started more than three years earlier. He’d undergone MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) investigations to check the...
Epidural anaesthesia for pain relief during childbirth and for outpatient 'awake' surgery has been found to cause a high incidence of long-term back pain.
At some point in life, 80 per cent of all adults will suffer back pain - and mostly in the lumbar region. The lumbar vertebrae lie near the base of the spine and are the major supports of the body’s weight. They are also the site of the lumbar...
