| FAQ | I've been reading a lot about back pain and learned that people who have a harder time getting along with others are at more risk of having lower back problems. Is this true? | Matt | 470 |
| FAQ | My mother has a hump in the upper part of her back. She said her upper back hurts constantly because of it. Her mother also had the same problem. Is there any way I can avoid this, or am I genetically destined to end up with a hump like hers? | Matt | 749 |
| FAQ | My know-it-all neighbor said that the large hump in the upper part of my spine is from bad posture. I had excellent posture until my seventies, and then this stooping gradually developed. Can I tell her that she's wrong? Or, heaven forbid, is she right? | Matt | 620 |
| FAQ | I noticed at a recent bridge party that half of the women there had a dowager's hump, that hump at the top of the spine. Most of us are nearing 80. Why do some people develop a hump and others don't? | Matt | 594 |
| FAQ | I fell off a ladder at work and fractured one of the bones in my lower back. My doctor put me in a brace and told me to lie low. But I'm sick of staying in bed all day. Is it okay for me to move around? | Matt | 556 |
| FAQ | I recently fell off a scaffold while doing construction and fractured a vertebra in the lower part of my back. Will I be able to get back to work? | Matt | 386 |
| FAQ | I broke a vertebra in the lower part of my back, and the doctor wants to put a screw in it. I've heard stories about people being paralyzed from back surgery, and I don't want to wind up in a wheelchair. Should I let the doctor operate? | Matt | 576 |
| FAQ | My 12-year-old daughter injured her neck in gymnastics, and there's a big competition coming up. Our doctor says it's okay for her to participate, but I'm worried. Should I let her compete? | Matt | 524 |
| FAQ | I had a serious neck injury skiing last winter. I quit the ski team, but is it okay to do other sports? | Matt | 567 |
| FAQ | I had a neck injury playing football, and I'm trying to decide whether to go back and finish the season. I asked two different doctors what I should do, and they told me different things. Why is that? Who should I trust? | Matt | 586 |
| FAQ | I am 55 and suffer from chronic back pain. I don't do heavy labor, but it seems like the stress I have at work makes it harder to deal with my back. Is the pain I feel all in my head? | Matt | 539 |
| FAQ | I've been experiencing pain in my lower back for quite some time. My doctor doesn't seem to be able to determine the cause, but she also doesn't think I should have X-rays of my lower back. If she's uncertain of the cause, why wouldn't she order the X-rays? | Matt | 358 |
| FAQ | I've been suffering from low back pain, and it seems to be getting worse. My doctor has suggested that I have X-rays of my lower back. A friend had a similar problem and didn't get X-rays. Why the difference? | Matt | 394 |
| FAQ | I've been to two different doctors who have suggested two different reasons for my low back pain. I'm frustrated by this. Neither doctor has suggested X-rays. I'm afraid of offending my current doctor by suggesting something so obvious. Should I bring the subject up? | Matt | 310 |
| FAQ | Is my sacroiliac joint supposed to move? Ever since I got injured in a car accident, I keep feeling a clunk in my low back when I lift my leg up. | Matt | 737 |
| FAQ | I have a kind of low back pain that makes it hard to bend over. My doctor says this is a problem of the sacroiliac joint. She wants me to have physical therapy. Will physical therapy take the pain away? | Matt | 381 |
| FAQ | What is the sacroiliac joint? | Matt | 458 |
| FAQ | I have low back pain that hits right where my back and pelvis come together. I've had it for about three months. What do I have to do to make it go away? | Matt | 424 |
| FAQ | I was a horse-racing jockey for 10 years and never had an injury. I quit the sport, but now I'm having a lot of pain in my low back. Is this normal? | Matt | 541 |
| FAQ | My dad and I both race horses, which we've heard can be hard on your back. He thinks I'm more at risk for back problems because I have less experience racing. I say he is because he has older bones. Who's right? | Matt | 411 |
