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Stem Cell Cure Hope For Back Pain
Stem Cell Research Trial for Back Pain
Note: This Story was originally published by BBC News In November 2006
A patient’s own stem cells could soon be used to cure chronic back pain, say researchers.
The team from the University of Manchester hope their treatment will be available within three years.
They are perfecting a way to rebuild the [...]
Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine: Advanced Techniques and Controversies: Expert Consult: Online and Print
Motion Preservation Surgery Text Book
by James J. Yue (Author), Rudolph Bertagnoli (Author), Paul C. McAfee (Author), Howard S. An (Author)
Book Link: Motion Preservation Surgery
This is the most authoritative text available at the time of this writing (August 2008).
* Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
* Pub. Date: June 2008
Product Description
New motion-preserving devices are revolutionizing spine surgery but the [...]
Video: Lumbar Spinal Fusion for Fracture
Actual Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Although the background of this patient is not revealed in the Video it is clearly a trauma as there is discussion of a fracture and whether the patient will regain use of his legs. I am showing this video so those who have not seen spinal surgery can get a “feel” for [...]
5 Painful Facts You Need to Know
By Robert Roy Britt, LiveScience Managing Editor
http://www.livescience.com/health/080725-pain-facts.html
5 Painful Facts You Need to Know
First off, let’s set the record straight: Pain is normal. About 75 million U.S. residents endure chronic or recurrent pain. Migraines plague 25 million of us. One in six suffer arthritis.
The global pain industry peddles more than $50 billion in drugs a [...]
A Doctor that Specializes in Pain Management is a Physiatrist!
A Physiatrist (Pain Management Doctor) is the specialist to help you with non-surgical “conservative” treatments to reduce pain. These Doctors use many injection therapies and do no “cure” pain, they only treat it. Do not confuse Physiatrist with a Psychiatrist or Psychologist who treat mental disorders – not pain.
5 Pain Treatment Methods for Spinal Related Pain
About these Spinal Pain Treatment Modalities
Treatments I list on this page are those I have not investigated throughly. I have not tried these treatments, some mainstream, some alternative. I list them only so that those of you who are visiting the site may have additional access to possible therapies. it’s hard to say I’ve [...]
Exercise – Exercise Therapies – Yoga – Tai Chi
General Exercise
The body is designed for movement and movement aids healing, just don’t over do it! You have to remember there is no blood flow to the discs so if you do not move, the spinal fluid does not move!
Your road to recovery will be much slower or non-existent without some form of gentle [...]
Sympathetic Nerve Blocks
Sympathetic Nerve Blocks – Peripheral Nerves consist of two systems: sensory-somatic nervous system and the autonomic nervous system. All of the spinal nerves are “mixed”; that is, they contain both sensory and motor neurons. All our conscious awareness of the external environment and all our motor activity to cope with it operate through the [...]
Nucleoplasty
A minimally invasive procedure for disc Herniations involving radio wave therapy delivered via a needle to dissolve the disc herniation reducing pressure on the disc and the irritated nerves.
Learn more about the use of Nucleoplasty for Spinal Surgery.
TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurvedic Medicine
Ayurvedic Medicine
A whole different world of treatment opportunities to vast to cover in a single post. Start with this link for information on Ayurvedic Medicine
TCM Traditional Chinese
Another system of Medicine that has been around for thousands of years, but today typically falls into the realm of “Alternative Medicine” in the eyes of westerners. I would [...]
Suprascapular Nerve Block Effectively Treats Shoulder Pain
Suprascapular nerve block with bupivacaine and methylprednisolone acetate is a safe and effective treatment for shoulder pain experienced by patients with degenerative disease and arthritis, say Australian and Irish researchers.
These painful conditions can be difficult to manage, and are also common causes of morbidity, the researchers note, but there have so far been limited trials [...]
Cryoanalgesia – Cryoneuroablation – Cryoneurolysis,
Basic Description of Cryoanalgesia
Cryoanalgesia is a pain-relieving technique which uses cold to treat nerve pain. It’s been around for centuries, and in its crudest form, uses ice to numb nerves. The more sophisticated, current type of cryoanalgesia uses a needle-like probe to deliver very, very cold sensation and thereby incapacitate nerves.
Detailed Description of Cryoanalgesia
Cryoneuroablation, also [...]
