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Help My Hurt

April 12th, 2008

Are doctors seeking the wrong target when treating back pain?

Lower back pain is one of the leading causes of chronic pain in the Western world. It’s also among the most difficult to treat because of the many possible causes.
Now, a leading pain specialist, Dr. Norman Marcus, is saying that treatment approaches are targeting the wrong areas for managing back pain.  Dr. Marcus says that […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 0 comments

April 11th, 2008

From severe back pain to climbing mountains

When you’re in pain, it’s hard to imagine what life would be like without it. One man in England, 62-year-old Roger Riley, can tell you. He’s gone from suffering from spondylolisthesis, a condition in which vertebra in the lower part of the spine slips forward and onto a bone below it, to walking pain […]

By Marijke Durning, RN -- 2 comments