degenerative disc disease

About 300,000 back surgeries per year are performed in the US. What defines a necessary back surgery versus those that are elective?The indications for a necessary back surgery include the following: Increasing neurologic deficit Cauda Equina Syndrome Fracture with significant   … Read more

If you have prolonged moderate to severe back pain, chances are at some point a doctor is going to suggest back surgery. Most likely this suggestion will come after pain med prescriptions and epidural blocks have lost their efficiency   … Read more

Amazon.comPart of the award winning public television series Healthy Body/Healthy Mind. Each year, over sixty million Americans suffer from lower back pain and by the age of fifty, eighty-five percent exhibit some disc deterioration of the spine. With age,   … Read more