A Kansas City woman reviewed how Chiropractor Dr. Robert Patterson treated her chronic back pain without medication or surgery. The patient, Carol Oster, discussed her personal experience living with back pain, long-term health care costs and Medicare in a new video. Read more »
Herniated Disc? Seen a Grown Man Cry? Las Vegas Chiropractor Releases New LCD Technology That Takes the Pain Away (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
New therapy reduces pain for many. More than 14.3 million office visits for back pain are reported annually. Read more »
Back pain caused by disc wear (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Q: I have recently been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease. I am 69 and also have osteoarthritis. My symptoms are groin, knee, hip and thigh pain - all on the left side Read more »
Treating Back Pain In Blood Marrow Cancer Patients (Medical News Today)
Treating non-osteoporotic compression fractures in patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, shows that the use of vertebroplasty - a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists using imaging guidance that stabilizes collapsed vertebrae with the injection of medical-grade bone cement into the spine - results in a reduction of pain, medication usage and disability ... Read more »
Vertebroplasty: Integral to treating back pain in blood marrow cancer patients (PhysOrg)
Treating non-osteoporotic compression fractures in patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, shows that the use of vertebroplasty -a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists using imaging guidance that stabilizes collapsed vertebrae with the injection of medical-grade bone cement into the spine -results in a reduction of pain, medication usage and disability ... Read more »
Vertebroplasty: Integral to treating back pain in blood marrow cancer patients (Science Daily)
Treating non-osteoporotic compression fractures in patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, shows that the use of vertebroplasty -- a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists using imaging guidance that stabilizes collapsed vertebrae with the injection of medical-grade bone cement into the spine -- results in a reduction of pain, medication usage and ... Read more »
Dr. Michael J. Breus: Sleep Tips: CBT Good For Sleep and Pain (The Huffington Post)
A study indicates that CBT can help patients who already are taking medications for pain and might be reluctant or unable to take additional drugs to treat their sleep problems. Read more »
A new way to handle pain (The Argus Leader)
Treating chronic pain can be a frustrating, even futile, endeavor, yet living with chronic pain portends a bleak future. Dick Almond has been on medication for years for rheumatoid arthritis Read more »
Managing back pain without costly medications: High-touch Integrative Medicine therapies may help (News-Medical-Net)
A new pilot study conducted with assembly workers at the Ford Motor Company in Louisville, KY focused on acute, work-related low back pain. Results of that study indicate that high-touch Integrative Medicine (IM) therapies can help employees manage back pain without the costly medications typically associated with managing their pain. Read more »
Preliminary Pilot Study Indicates Integrative Therapies Reduce Back Pain Medication Use and Costs (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO -- A new pilot study conducted with assembly workers at the Ford Motor Company in Louisville, KY focused on acute, work-related low back pain. Read more »
