Lower Back Pain Resources
Resources
Describing the techniques used for spinal decompression, along with how this process will help alleviate some types of back pain.
Informing you on the symptoms, diagnosis procedures, treatments and surgery available for a herniated disk
Discussing back pain in detail. This includes conditions that cause back pain, procedures to correct back pain and symptoms of painful back conditions.
Discussing the many ways that you can increase the chances of having a healthy and pain free back for the longest period possible
Listing commonly discussed back conditions that cause painful symptoms.
Treatments
A Facet Thermal Ablation is a procedure performed to clean the facet joint and deaden the nerve that innervates the joint and causes painful symptoms.
Percutaneous Discectomy is the surgical removal of herniated disc/bulging disc material that presses on a nerve root or the spinal cord.
A laminotomy is a surgical procedure that is used to relieve pressure off the spinal canal for the exiting nerve root and spinal cord.
Foraminotomy is a medical operation used to relieve pressure on nerves that are being compressed by the intervertebral foramen.
When considering a spinal fusion, it is important to know that you have many other choices to can explore first.
Symptoms
When blood flow from a nerve is stopped the sensation of pins and needles will often be felt in the affect extremity
numbness can be a symptom for many painful back conditions.
Radiating pain can be felt when the sciatic nerve becomes impinged.
Weakness in the muscles is a side effect for a few common back conditions
A muscle spasm could be caused by a pinched nerve sending incorrect signals to the affected muscle
Causes
A common performed surgery is a Facet Thermal Ablation and it is used to treat symptoms of spinal arthritis.
Disc degeneration over a period of time can lead to the types of stenosis developed in the back
The natural deterioration of our spinal components will often lead to painful back conditions as we age.