James Wood, 72, took cannabis to ease pain The Press, York By Megi Rychlikova » A YORK pensioner who turned to cannabis to cope with severe back pain has ended up with a criminal record and a drug conviction after a lifetime obeying the law. James Wood, 72, claimed taking the illegal drug was the only way he ... Read more »
Washington Island: Going the distance with Death’s Door swim – Green Bay Press Gazette
Washington Island: Going the distance with Death's Door swim Green Bay Press Gazette In addition, almost every day since his latest back surgery last fall, he has been trying to avoid chronic back pain by swimming for about a half-mile in the pool at the Mosling Recreation Center. "It was during those winter swims that I made the ... Read more »
Virginia Tech’s Scott Demler overcomes "career-ending" back injury to move to … – Daily Press (blog)
Virginia Tech's Scott Demler overcomes "career-ending" back injury to move to ... Daily Press (blog) It's a common cause of lower back pain . Read more »
Back Pain: Medtronic gets CE Mark for peripheral nerve stimulation device – Mass Device
SunHerald.com Back Pain : Medtronic gets CE Mark for peripheral nerve stimulation device Mass Device Medtronic looks to boost its restorative therapies group with the European launch of a peripheral nerve stimulation device for chronic back pain . Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) won CE Mark approval for a peripheral nerve stimulation device for treating .. Read more »
Placebo cures Studies show mind can be great healer – Winnipeg Free Press
Placebo cures Studies show mind can be great healer Winnipeg Free Press The surgeons hoped this approach would relieve back pain because compression fractures of the spine occur frequently in the elderly. Thirty-six other patients believed they were undergoing the same procedure. But in their case, to mimic the effect of ... Read more »
Gloucester’s Taylor Distefano plays through the pain – Daily Press
Daily Press Gloucester's Taylor Distefano plays through the pain Daily Press " Back pain isn't fun at all." It certainly wasn't fun Tuesday. But the following day, she was ready to laugh about it. Read more »
Dr. Brady studies a new hope for back pain sufferers – Ridgefield Press
Dr. Brady studies a new hope for back pain sufferers Ridgefield Press Dr. Robert Brady of Coastal Orthopedics, a Ridgefielder who is conducting the study through Norwalk Hospital, said the study is for patients 50 and older who have spinal stenosis, a condition characterized by a narrowing of the room for nerves that run .. Read more »
Ballwin Chiropractor, Dr. Rene Gassner, Helps Low Back Pain Suffers Find Relief – 1888 Press Release (press release)
Ballwin Chiropractor, Dr. Rene Gassner, Helps Low Back Pain Suffers Find Relief 1888 Press Release (press release) Dr. Read more »
Back pain group vows to fight on – The Press, York
Back pain group vows to fight on The Press, York THE group representing back pain sufferers in York has vowed to fight on after health bosses decided not to re-introduce routine pain injections. The board of NHS North Yorkshire and York unanimously voted yesterday to follow the ... Read more »
Ask The Trainer: Don’t know what to do about a pain in the neck? – Sheboygan Press
Ask The Trainer: Don't know what to do about a pain in the neck? Sheboygan Press Though not as common as lower back pain , neck pain affects 65 percent or more of the general population Read more »