| You hear a lot about people hurting their upper back and their lower back. How come we don't hear as much about the middle part of the back? | 4 years 19 weeks ago | 614 |
| Yesterday I had my first treatment with a naprapathic doctor. My main problem is head and neck pain. Today I am very sore and my pain is actually a bit worse. Is this normal? | 5 years 46 weeks ago | 558 |
| Yesterday I had a car accident when I was rear-ended at a stop light. I'm wondering if I should still go to the emergency room for a check up? | 7 years 35 weeks ago | 542 |
| Years ago, I was in a car accident and suffered a broken leg and burst fractures of the spine. At that time, I was given the choice of having surgery to repair the vertebrae or casting and bedrest. I chose the more conservative route. I still have some back pain and mild disability. I've always wondered if I took the wrong treatment. Maybe I should have had that operation after all. Is there any way to tell? | 5 years 24 weeks ago | 558 |
| Years ago I had a chymopapain injection for a ruptured disc. Now I have another disc problem but can't find anyone to do the injection. Why not? | 6 years 25 weeks ago | 595 |
| With so much back pain and injury among adults, shouldn't we start early and teach our children how to prevent these problems? | 11 years 8 weeks ago | 488 |
| With so many different types of approaches to spinal surgery, how do doctors know which one is best for which patients? | 4 years 25 weeks ago | 578 |
| Why me? Why now? I'm finally pain-free after back surgery two days ago and now my right thigh is numb. Is this normal? Why me?? | 7 years 30 weeks ago | 574 |
| Why is the back so vulnerable to being hurt? | 5 years 1 week ago | 744 |
| Why is good posture important for my back and neck? | 12 years 13 weeks ago | 597 |
| Why don't more people make use of physical therapists? I've gotten the most help from them than anyone else for my back pain. And I've tried a lot of different people from acupuncturists to massage therapy. | 7 years 35 weeks ago | 462 |
| Why don't doctors and chiropractors agree about low back pain? My doctor wants to order an X-ray to see what's wrong. My chiropractor says it won't show anything because it's a soft tissue injury. My doctor wants me to rest and take anti-inflammatory drugs. My
chiropractor wants to treat me. | 7 years 35 weeks ago | 497 |
| Why doesn't my therapist just run the ultrasound along the center of my back, where the pain is? | 12 years 5 weeks ago | 500 |
| Why does physical therapy after surgery hurt so much? Can't it cause more damage? I had back surgery and it hurts to go through my exercises. | 4 years 31 weeks ago | 680 |
| Why do some people with back pain recover while others go on to have chronic pain? | 11 years 10 weeks ago | 485 |
| Why are there so many names for disc injuries in the back? I've heard the terms herniated disc, slipped disc, and bulging disc - but they all mean the same thing, right? | 4 years 25 weeks ago | 644 |
| Why are some cancers called sarcomas? | 5 years 48 weeks ago | 621 |
| Why are doctors trying to replace discs in the back or neck rather than just fusing them together as they used to do? | 5 years 29 weeks ago | 544 |
| Whenever I see the doctor, I always have to fill out some form asking me about my mental outlook and my general health. Why is this information collected? | 6 years 28 weeks ago | 517 |
| When will I finish physical therapy--when my back pain goes away? | 12 years 10 weeks ago | 548 |
| When surgeons use screws to hold the cervical spine after a fracture, how do they see what they are doing to get it in the right place? | 6 years 22 weeks ago | 458 |
| When studies say that patients were satisfied with their disc replacement (or other back surgery), what does this refer to? I've had two back surgeries and may need a third. I'm not very happy about the results. How do they measure this? | 5 years 15 weeks ago | 483 |
| When my wife went for her back surgery (through her abdomen), we expected her not to be allowed to eat beforehand, but we didn't expect for her to have to take very strong laxatives to empty her bowels and then to swallow barium. Why was that? | 5 years 3 weeks ago | 744 |
| When I'm down at the Senior Citizen's Center it seems everyone is getting medical information off the internet. I'm not "surfing savvy." Am I missing something by just asking my doctor about my problems? | 8 years 1 week ago | 428 |
| When I'm at the health club working out, I often see people hanging straight out over the edge of a table for as long as they can. What does this exercise do? | 5 years 43 weeks ago | 494 |
| When I was in my 40s, I had an injection for a disc problem. It worked great but now more than 20 years later I have back pain again. This time it's from spinal stenosis. Would an injection help? | 6 years 38 weeks ago | 489 |
| When I was a teenager, I had scoliosis. Now my mother at age 68 has developed scoliosis. I don't remember having any pain with this condition. But she complains all the time that her back and leg hurts her. Why is there so much pain for her? | 4 years 40 weeks ago | 488 |
| When I told my doctor 'no surgery' for my aching back, he suggested I at least talk to a surgeon about some of the minimally invasive procedures that are available now. He called these mini-operations 'interventional'. But I really don't know what I'm asking about. Can you help me out here with at least a description I can take with me so I know what to say? | 3 years 47 weeks ago | 557 |
| When I had cancer, they talked about being cured and remission. This year, I've had a series of episodes with back pain that's not related to my past history of cancer. But I never hear the doctor say anything about remission or cure. Is there such a thing with back pain? | 3 years 51 weeks ago | 486 |
| When I brought my mom to the doctor because of her persistent back pain, he asked her where it hurt most and then he actually pressed on the area himself, as hard as he could! My mother was almost in tears because it hurt. Why on earth would he do that? | 4 years 50 weeks ago | 613 |
