Readers Questions about Back Pain Management
There are so many conflicting views on the best back pain management,sometimes its difficult to see the wood for the trees. It can be very difficult to get to the answers.
I have a real commitment to offering my patients evidence based advice. I have done my best here to give answers that are supported by research wherever I can find it.
So....below are some questions that my readers have asked. They vary from wanting to know more about a particular type of back pain treatment. Uncertainty about the different types and causes of lower back pain. They may have read something and wondered if it was true.
I'm really sorry but I can't give specific treatment advice for individual back pain problems (it would be wrong of me to do that without meeting you and assessing the problem as everyone is different). Any advice offered here is general advice to help guide you.
I am not taking any new questions just at the moment but I hope some of the questions that others have asked may hold the answer you are looking for.
Questions Other Visitors Have Asked
Click below to see questions from other visitors to this page...
McKenzie Exercise Program
I have heard of a type of exercise called the Mckenzie exercise program, based on extension of the back.I have heard is good with acute lower back pain,...
Long term back problem
My physiotherapist is using manipulation to loosen up the area at the bottom of my spine which he says is inflexible and is causing my back pain. I have ...
Safe Lifting
I am trying to locate the actual weight your lower back lifts when you bend straight over to lift instead of kneeling down, pulling object into you and ...
Epidural back pain
I have had 2 epidural anesthesia injections, could these have caused a weakness in my back leading to lower back pain? Is there anything I can do about ...
Femoral Nerve Pain
I suffered a slipped disc approx 3 weeks ago and although my back feels fine now it has left me with a pain down the front of my thigh from my hip to my ...
Back Pain Mattress
Is it proven that memory foam mattresses do help to relieve pressure from your back, or is a firm mattress preferable? What type of mattress would you ...
Back Pain Injections
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I have had chronic lower back pain for all of my life. I am 49 yrs old.I am 6'1" tall and weight 194lbs. I am in relatively good condition except for my ...
Swimming and back pain?
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I swim three mornings a week following a night shift in a hospital. I swim for half and hour but lately I have experienced what I think is sciatica. Could ...
Worries about an old disc bulge
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I had a problem with my back after bending down to put on my socks one morning in 2005! It was such a small everyday sort of thing to do and to have that ...
Can poor posture cause disc bulges?
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I have been a dental hygienist for 30 years and have spent a lot of my working life bending over. I have recently been getting lower back pain and have ...
Leg Numbness
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When I stand up or walk for a few minutes, my lower legs are numb as they can be. When I sit down a couple of minutes, they go back to normal. They are ...
Back pain while sleeping
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I get back stiffness when I wake up, is there any position when sleeping, that will help to prevent back stiffness in the morning? Do you have any advice ...
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Back Pain Management Advice - Evidence based information about different treatment options
20-Aug-2010
