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What is the Best Treatment for Spinal Stenosis?

What is the Best Treatment for Spinal Stenosis?

The right approach to treatment can make a big difference as to whether you spend your retirement actively walking or sitting to avoid pain.  Unchecked this condition can make walking more painful the older we get.

Do Sports cause Scoliosis?

Do Sports cause Scoliosis?

I was recently at the World Congress of Low Back Pain in Antwerp (October 2019).  Many of the luminaries were there and it was exceptionally thought provoking. 

Winning the WAR on Low Back Pain – Managing the attack

Winning the WAR on Low Back Pain – Managing the attack

One day it starts. Your back hurts even though you did nothing to injure it. The pain is intense. You feel sharp pain shooting down your leg. You bend forward and your muscles spasm. It’s almost impossible to straighten up.

Winning the WAR on Low Back Pain

Winning the WAR on Low Back Pain

One morning you wake up, get out of bed and find it difficult to straighten up. Your back is stiff. It’s hard to bend forward to put on your shoes.