Common Causes

•	Overview	•	Backpacks and back pain in children	•	All about upper back pain
•	Coccydynia	•	What is whiplash?	•	Cervical herniated disc symptoms and treatment options
•	Degenerative disc disease	•	The myths and reality of back pain	•	Back pain in kids and teens
•	Disc herniation	•	Causes of lower back pain	•	Pain from synovial cyst in the lumbar spine
•	Fibromyalgia	•	What you need to know about sciatica	•	Lumbar spinal stenosis diagnosis and treatment
•	Infection	•	What is sacroiliac joint dysfunction?	•	Scheuermann's disease of the thoracic and lumbar spine
•	Osteoporosis	•	Golf and low back pain	•	Facet joint disorders
•	Piriformis syndrome	•	Stress related back pain	•	Chronic pain as a disease: Why does it still hurt?
•	Pregnancy	•	Types of neck pain	•	Modern theories on chronic pain
•	Sports injuries	•	Ergonomics and back pain in the work place	•	Avoid back injury with the right lifting techniques
•	Tumors	•	All about neuropathy and back pain	•	Pillow support and comfort
•	Bone spurs (osteophytes) and back pain	•	Understanding scoliosis	•	Mattress guidelines for sleep comfort
•	Where does it hurt? Categories of low back pain	•	Degenerative scoliosis	•	Sciatica and the sciatic nerve
•	Sciatica first aid	•	Reducing back pain while sitting in office chairs	•	Spondylolysis and isthmic spondylolisthesis
•	Spondylolysis profile and diagnosis	•	Study on the best types of mattress for back support	•	Posture and ergonomic office chairs, mattresses and pillows
•	Sleep comfort, mattress and pillow	•	Nutrition, diet and weight loss	•	Depression and chronic back pain
•	The truth about sciatica	•	Managing chronic back pain and depression	•	When is back pain a fracture?
•	Understanding osteoarthritis of the spine

Conservative Care

•	Overview	•	The integrated approach to back pain treatment	•	Ahh...Ice massage
•	COX-2 inhibitors	•	Chiropractic treatments for whiplash	•	Epidural steroid injection
•	Medications	•	What is the McKenzie Method	•	Electrotherapy for pain relief
•	Physiatry	•	Sports and your spine	•	All about chiropractic treatments
•	The osteopathic medical visit	•	The myths and reality of back pain	•	First steps in caring for low back pain
•	Osteopathic medicine and back pain	•	How a physical therapist can help with exercise	•	Water therapy exercise program
•	Prolotherapy and chronic back pain	•	Effective coping strategies for chronic pain	•	Stress related back pain
•	The importance of abdominal exercise and back exercise	•	Degenerative disc disease—non-surgical treatment options	•	Lumbar stabilization as physical therapy for lower back pain
•	Sciatica exercises	•	What to expect at your first chiropractic visit	•	Rehabilitation and exercise for a healthy back
•	Osteoarthritis treatments - Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate supplements	•	Treatment options for a lumbar disc herniation	•	Treatment options for neuropathic pain
•	Specialists who treat back pain	•	Chiropractic treatments of the sacroiliac joint	•	Exercise ball physical therapy for back pain
•	Pain management for chronic back pain	•	Bracing treatment for idiopathic scoliosis	•	Percutaneous neuromodulation therapy (PNT)
•	Calcium requirements for kids' growing bones	•	Benefits of heat therapy for lower back pain	•	Pilates exercise system to promote back health
•	Preparing for your consultation with a spine doctor	•	Cervical herniated disc symptoms and treatment options	•	Manipulation under anesthesia for pain
•	Back support in office chairs	•	Yoga for back problems	•	Massage chairs for pain relief
•	Healing benefits of yoga for back pain	•	Acupuncture: an ancient treatment for a current problem	•	Tai Chi for posture and back pain
•	Procedural skills in spinal manipulation: do prerequisites matter?	•	Good posture helps reduce back pain	•	Exercise walking for better back health
•	Ten tips for improving posture and ergonomics	•	How to select the best chiropractor	•	Choosing the right ergonomic office chair
•	Study on the best types of mattress for back support	•	Back exercise and fitness for back pain relief	•	Sleep comfort, mattress and pillow
•	Choosing the best mattress for low back pain	•	Cervical, thoracic and lumbar interlaminar epidural injections	•	Costotransverse and costovertebral joint injections
•	Weight loss for back pain relief	•	Cervical, thoracic and lumbar facet joint injections	•	Food for thought: diet and nutrition for a healthy back
•	Review of adjustable beds	•	A healthy weight for a healthy back	•	Exercise for a pain-free pregnancy
•	Radiofrequency neurotomy for facet and sacroiliac joint pain	•	Insights and advice about herniated discs	•	Vioxx recall and recommendations
•	Answering questions about side effects of NSAIDs and COX-2 inhibitors	•	Effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate for osteoarthritis	•	Exercise bikes for a low stress workout
•	FDA advisory on Bextra, Celebrex and other NSAIDs	•	Spinal arthritis complete treatment guide	•	Exercise ball therapy for low back pain
•	Easy exercise program for low back pain relief	•	4 tips to help cope with chronic pain and depression	•	Pain-free travel tips

 

Diagnostics

•	Overview
•	Lumbar discography for back pain diagnosis
•	The myths and reality of back pain
•	Do I need an MRI?
•	MRI scan of the lumbar spine
•	Getting an accurate back pain diagnosis

Surgery

•	Overview	•	Kyphoplasty—a new treatment for osteoporotic fractures	•	Failed back surgery syndrome: What it is and how to prevent it
•	Bone graft substitutes for lumbar spine fusion surgery	•	How to select a spine surgeon	•	Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)
•	Kyphoplasty interactive animation	•	When to see a surgeon for lower back pain	•	Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: percutaneous injection procedures for vertebral fractures
•	Research update on IDET	•	Treatment options for a lumbar disc herniation	•	Vertebral fracture treated with kyphoplasty: case review
•	Lumbar fusion for degenerative disc disease	•	Modern lumbar spine fusion	•	Minimally invasive spine fusion systems
•	Postoperative care for spinal fusion surgery	•	Scar tissue and postoperative pain	•	Update on minimally invasive spinal fusion
•	The importance of psychological preparation for back surgery	•	Electrical stimulation for spinal fusion	•	Elements of a spine fusion
•	How to prepare psychologically for back surgery	•	Rehabilitation following spine surgery	•	Minimally invasive anterior approach to spine surgery
•	Postoperative care for lumbar microdiscectomy	•	How an electrical bone growth stimulator works	•	IDET: an alternative to invasive surgery for chronic low back pain
•	Preoperative preparation for fusion surgery	•	Getting a referral to a spine surgeon	•	Kyphoplasty for vertebral compression fractures
•	Disc nucleus replacement as an alternative to artificial disc replacement

Interactive animations

•	Kyphoplasty
•	IDET
•	Inter-body fusion
•	Bone fusion
•	Laminaplasty
•	Laminectomy
•	Lumbar microdecompression
•	Inside the spine
•	Spondylolisthesis
•	Lumbar disc herniation
•	Spinal stenosis
•	Epidural steroid injection

Research

•	Rechargeable spinal cord stimulators for chronic pain
•	Bracing for scoliosis found less effective for overweight teens
•	Spinal disc replacement with the CHARITÉ Artificial Disc
•	Research update on IDET
•	Osteoarthritis treatments - Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate supplements
•	Kyphoplasty—a new treatment for osteoporotic fractures
•	Update on artificial discs
•	Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET)
•	Lumbar artificial disc surgery for chronic back pain
•	Percutaneous neuromodulation therapy (PNT)
•	Pneumatic vest—a new lower back pain treatment option
•	The Graston Technique
•	Bone graft substitutes for spinal fusion: August 2003 update
•	Artificial disc for cervical disc replacement
•	Preventing post-laminectomy spinal deformity in children with intramedullary spinal cord tumors
•	All about the Charité artificial disc: now approved for use in the U.S.

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