Back Pain: Treatments

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  • Can You Really Throw Your Back Out?

    Article
    02/21/06, Harvard Health Publications

    The fact is, you cannot actually throw your back out — it’s a figure of speech, or, if taken literally, a myth. However, the experience of sudden, severe back pain is no myth to the person suffering through it.

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  • Herniated Disc - Home Treatment

    Article
    08/09/06, Healthwise

    Home treatment can help relieve symptoms caused by a herniated disc. Home treatment can also strengthen your back, which may help prevent further injury.

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  • Low Back Pain - Home Treatment

    Article
    02/15/06, Healthwise

    Whether your low back pain is mild or severe, home treatment will be an important part of your care.

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  • Scoliosis - Home Treatment

    Article
    08/30/07, Healthwise

    If your child or teen has been diagnosed with mild scoliosis and has a spinal curve of less than 25 degrees, it is important that a doctor check the child's spine every 4 to 6 months to see whether the curve is getting worse. Even thou

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  • Discectomy or microdiscectomy for a herniated disc

    Article
    08/09/06, Healthwise

    Discectomy (also called open discectomy) is the surgical removal of herniated disc material that presses on a nerve root or the spinal cord. Before the disc material is removed, a small piece of bone (the lamina) from the affected vert

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  • Percutaneous discectomy for a herniated disc

    Article
    08/09/06, Healthwise

    Percutaneous means "through the skin" or using a very small incision. Discectomy is the surgical removal of herniated disc material that presses on a nerve root or the spinal cord.

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  • Spinal fusion (arthrodesis)

    Article
    02/15/06, Healthwise

    Spinal fusion (arthrodesis) is a surgical procedure that joins, or fuses, two or more vertebrae. Spinal fusion is major surgery, usually lasting several hours. There are different methods of spinal fusion.

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  • Cervical spinal fusion

    Article
    08/24/06, Healthwise

    Cervical spinal fusion (arthrodesis) is a surgery that joins selected bones in the neck (cervical spine). There are different methods of performing a cervical spinal fusion:

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  • Stop Back Pain Instantly!

    Article
    12/04/06, Prevention

    Here are ways to halt the hurt

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  • Chemonucleolysis for herniated disc

    Article
    08/09/06, Healthwise

    Chemonucleolysis is the injection of an enzyme into a bulging spinal disc, with the goal of reducing the disc's size. This procedure is performed in a hospital or surgical center as an outpatient procedure.

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