Patient Education > Recent News > Spine - Lumbar Patient Education Topics: Spine - Lumbar | Spine - Lumbar FAQs Recent News Understanding the Sacroiliac Joint   Is Heavy Lifting a Risk Factor for Low Back Pain?   The Gray Tsunami: The Aging Spine in America   Review and Update on Isthmic Spondylolisthesis   No Evidence Yet That Pushing/Pulling at Work is Linked with Low Back Pain   The Problem with Trying to Study Drug Treatment for Back Pain   No Need For Muscle Relaxants with Acute Lumbar Disc Prolapse   When Lumbar Disc Herniation Occurs a Second Time   Report on the Safety and Usefulness of Bone Proteins for Lumbar Spinal Fusion   Disc Herniations Don't Come From Lifting   Predicting Success After Lumbar Spine Surgery   Various Surgeries for Synovial Cysts Have Similar Outcomes   Lumbar Spondylolisthesis More Common in Men Than Thought   When Do the Benefits of Lumbar Fusion Outweigh the Risks?   Back Pain: A Public Health Dilemma   Preventing Disc Degeneration After Spinal Fusion   How Long Can You Wait to Have That Spinal Fusion Surgery Before It's Too Late?   Surgeons Can Use Ultrasound to Guide Sacral Injections to Relieve Low Back Pain   Little Difference in Treating Chronic Lower Back Pain Intensively With Therapist or Group Multidisciplinary Approach   Association Exists Between Lumbar Disc Degeneration and Low Back Pain   Benefit of Lumbar Fusion for Older Adults   Does Sitting at Work Lead to Low Back Pain?   Imaging Studies Don't Match Up with Back Pain   Results of an Ongoing Lumbar Stenosis Study   Patients with Spinal Stenosis Can Benefit from Nerve Blocks   Managing Low Back Pain Without Medications   New Problem Discovered with X-Stop Devices   No Time Lost Results in Optimal Results for Transverse Sacral Fractures   Care and Cost of Treating a Herniated Disc   Surgeons Look Back at Results of Fusion for Spondylolisthesis   Workers' Compensation: A Risk Factor After Back Surgery?   Warning: Biologic Agents Must Be Used With Caution in Spinal Fusion   Does Acupuncture Help Low Back Pain?   Expert in Back Pain Clears Up Misunderstanding About Pain Types   Low Back Pain Patients Respond to Thrust Manipulation Techniques   Review of Various Types of Bone Graft Substitute for Lumbar Fusion   Examining Neck and Back Pain: Can We Predict the Response to Treatment?   Researchers Need to Investigate Costs Associated with Low Back Pain   Iliac Crest Bone Harvesting May Leave Lasting Pain   The Effect of Spinal Fusion Versus Disc Replacement on Lumbar Motion   Back Pain in Pregnant Women: More Than a Snapshot   Reviewing the Definition of Cauda Equina Syndrome   Opioids May Not Be Solution for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain   Which Surgical Fusion Method is Best for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis?   You Have to Learn to Live with the Pain   Chronic Back Pain Got You Down? Try Yoga!   Factors Affecting Patient Satisfaction with Health Care for Chronic Low Back Pain   Artificial Disc Replacement Holds Up Well After Spine Trauma   Advancing Evidence-Based Spine Surgery   Just How Common Is Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in the U.S.?   Narrowing Down Treatment For Low Back Pain   TLIF Popular Spinal Fusion Technique Has Some Major Problems   Validity of the Flip Test as a Sign of Nerve Root Tension   Latest Findings of the Stanford Discography Group   Revisiting An Old Topic: Lumbar Spinal Stenosis   Aquatic Exercise Benefits Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain   Finding the Optimal Treatment for Workers with Low Back Pain   Treatment for Low Back Pain: Does Lack of Evidence Mean It Doesn't Work?   Evidence-Based Approach to Back Pain   Piriformis Syndrome: What To Do?   The Value of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery   A Review of Available Interspinous Spacers   Replace or Regenerate Degenerated Disc Material: The Race is On   Taking a Look at Cervical Disc Replacement: The Big Picture   Spine Surgeons Give a General Overview of XLIF   The Benefits of Homeopathic Care for Chronic Low Back Pain   Evidence Against the Use of Shoe Insoles to Prevent Low Back Pain   Back Pain Again? Why Me?   Treatment of the Sacroiliac Joint: A Challenge   What Matters to Patients with Low Back Pain?   Eight Recommendations for the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain   Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Steroid Injections or Physical Therapy?   Taking Off Work Before Back Surgery May Not Be Such a Good Idea   Does Physical Activity Prevent Low Back Pain?   Disability Prevention After Episode of Low Back Pain in Workers   Do Disc Replacements Get the Green Light?   What Defines a Recurrence of Low Back Pain?   Value of Lumbar Spinal Fusion in Older Adults   New Evidence on the Importance of Motor Control in Preventing Low Back Pain   Chronic Work Loss Due to Narcotic Use   Behavioral Therapy Turns Subacute Back Pain Patients Toward Recovery   How To Interpret Lumbar Spine MRIs   The Difficulty of Diagnosing Sacroiliac Joint Pain   Can Decompression Surgery Reduce Leg Cramps Linked with Spinal Stenosis?   Conservative Versus Aggressive Disc Removal: What Do the Experts Have to Say?   Is It Safe to Operate on Obese Patients Who Need Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery?   Foot Drop with Degenerative Spine Conditions: Why and What.   Review of Rare Sacral Tumors   Guiding Piriformis Injections with Sciatic Nerve Stimulator   Some Steroid Injections Work Better Than Others for Back Pain and Here's Why   Most Effective Exercise Program for Low Back Pain   Latest News On Disc Problems   Preventing Back Pain in Working Adults   Sit-To-Stand: More Difficult When There's Back Pain   Lower Back Pain Frequently Originates Elsewhere   Injections Not Proven to Help Relieve Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain   Protruded Disc Disease Has Higher Recurrence of Disc Herniation   Are Sports Activities Linked with Disc Degeneration?   Spondylolysis: A More Complete Picture   Percutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation Appears Effective Treatment for Some Types of Lower Back Pain   Does Having Low Back Pain One Time Mean You'll Have It Again?   Back Pain Continues Despite Advances in Medical Knowledge   What You Need to Know About the New ICF Model for Low Back Pain Patients   Don't Blame Back Pain on Spinal Joints   Understanding, Diagnosing and Treating Cauda Equina Syndrome   Reducing the Risk of Infection After Tumor Removal in the Sacrum   So-Called Burned-Out Discs May Be Quite Painful   Spinal Surgery Best Option for Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, and Instability   Surgery Has Superior Outcome in Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation   Risk Factors Identified for Chronic Work Disability   Physical Therapists Recognizes Need For Emergency Care in Patient with Low Back Pain   Patient Preference Major Deciding Factor in Lumbar Disc Herniation Treatment   Research Shows Need for New Studies on Sacroiliac Joint Pain   Physical Therapists Move Ahead With Research to Prevent Chronic Low Back Pain   Is Low Back Pain Caused By Spinal (Facet) Joint Arthritis?   Work History Is An Important Factor in Disc Replacement   Watch What You Read About Preventing Back Pain   New Evidence on Acupuncture for Low Back Pain   Treatment for Back Pain: What Works Best?   Effect of Wearing a Corset After Lumbar Spinal Fusion   Using X-rays to Identify Pelvic Instability   Farming Life and Back Pain   CT Scan Instead of Fluoroscopy For Placement of Lumbar Drains of Cerebrospinal Fluid   What is the Optimal Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation?   Who's in Charge of Treating the Back Pain Patient? The Doctor or the Patient?   Disc Degeneration - Can we help change the processs?   Low Back Pain and Golf - Getting Into the Swing of It   Quality of Life After Lumbar Spine Fusion: What Is It?   Effect of Herniation Level on Results of Treatment   Women Affected More Severely With Lower Back Pain   Comparing Treatment Programs for Low Back Pain   Success of Staffing Patterns in the Treatment of Low Back Pain   Benefit of Early Steroid Injection for Radicular Low Back Pain   Dynesys System As An Alternative to Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis   Reducing Scar Tissue After Lumbar Disc Surgery   Coccydynia Caused by Calcium Crystal Deposition   Latest Summary of Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation   Does Gender Make a Difference With Sciatica?   Changing Patterns in Evaluating and Treating Chronic Low Back Pain   Update on Spinal Stenosis in Seniors   New Understanding of the Short-Term Benefits of Disc Surgery   Changes in Discs and Facet Joints After Total Disc Replacement   Is Exercise Helpful For Low Back Pain?   Can Physical Therapy Reduce the Total Cost of Care for Low Back Pain?   Driver Reaction Time Following Selective Nerve Root Block   Total Disc Replacement In Postdiscectomy Patients Versus Patients with No Previous Lumbar Surgery   Lumbar Adjacent Segment Degeneration and Disease After Arthrodesis and Total Disc Arthroplasty.   Radiological Features of Lumbar Spinal Lesions in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis   Partial Discectomy Helps Prevent Reherniation   Risk Factors for Next Level Vertebral Degeneration After Spinal Fusion   Back School Improves Quality of Life Among Back Pain Sufferers   New Guidelines for First-Line Care for Chronic Low Back Pain   Use of Prostaglandin E1 for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis   No Magic Answers To Long Spinal Fusions for Scoliosis   The Evidence About Epidural Steroid Injections and Opioid Use for Low Back Pain   Kinesiophobia in Chronic Low Back Pain   Periosteal Cells for Lumbar Segmental Fusion   Back Pain Research: No New Answers, No New Solutions   Update On Lumbar Disc Disease   Cross-Friction Algometry Is Valid and Reliable in Determining Referred Muscle Pain from Lower Back Pain   Clinical Production Model for Multidisciplinary Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain Not Supported   SI Degeneration After Lumbar Spine Fusion   Safety of Lumbar Laminectomy in the Elderly   Choosing Patients for Laminectomy Based on X-rays   Timing of Surgery in Cauda Equina Syndrome   Gas-filled Intradural Cyst   Patient Expectation Affects Back Pain Outcome   Workers Perceptions of Care for Low Back Pain Based on Type of Provider   Results of Osteogenic Putty Used for Single-Level Spinal Fusion   Advantages of Endoscopic Transforaminal Discectomy for Repeat Disc Removal   Patients' Beliefs About Causes of Low Back Pain   Fast, Efficient Diagnosis of Low Back Pain   Comparing Spinal Mobilization to Spinal Extension Exercises for Low Back Pain   Lumbar Disc Herniations at L5-S1 Can Be Treated With Transabdominal Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy   Primary Hydatid Cyst Associated with Sciatica   Lumbar Disc Herniation Can Cause Stump Pain   Impact of Total Disc Replacement on Spine Surgery in the Community   New Ceramic Graft Substitute Not Recommended   Pain Control After Lumbar Microdiscectomy   Advantages of Expertise-Based Trials for the Treatment of Low Back Pain   Role of tumor necrosis factor a (TNFa) in Chronic Low Back Pain   Reliability of Nonorganic Sign Testing   Update on the Treatment of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis   Problems with Adjacent Spinal Segmental Degeneration After Lumbar Fusion   Spinal Fusion for Stenosis in Older Adults with Osteoporosis   Preventing Loss of Correction After Balloon Kyphoplasty for Vertebral Compression Fractures   New Findings About Spondylolytic Tissue and Low Back Pain   Update on Latest Evidence in the Treatment of Spinal Stenosis   Pseudoradicular and Radicular Low Back Pain   Is There Really a Difference Between Radicular and Pseudoradicular Low Back Pain?   British Verify Use of American Method of Predicting Chronic Low Back Pain   Spinal Fusion, Degenerative Changes, and Clinical Outcomes Are Linked   A guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis.   Benefit of Arm Exercises in Rehab Program for Low Back Pain   Does the Patient's Position Affect the Results of Spinal Fusion?   Series of Epidural Steroid Injections May Not Be Helpful for Treatment of Radicular Low Back Pain   Preventing Low Back Pain in Adults with Scoliosis   First Study to Compare Back Pain Relief Between Surgery and Nonoperative Care for Disc Herniation   Careful Patient Selection Yields Good Results With IDET   Supervised Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain: Is It Really Needed?   No Benefit Reported from Viscosupplementation of the Spine   Results of IDET in Worker's Compensation Employees   New VAX-D Traction Technology for Low Back Pain   Searching For An Effective Way to Treat Chronic Low Back Pain   Management of Chronic Low Back Pain with Epidural Steroid Injections   Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment with Physical Therapy Modalities   Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain with Medications   Overview of surgical management of chronic low back pain.   Management of Chronic Low Back Pain with Trigger Point Injections   A Three-Step Psychologic Exam of the Spine Patient   Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Low Back Pain   Core Stabilization Training for Low Back Pain: Does It Work?   Back Strengthening Exercises for Low Back Pain   Treating Chronic Low Back Pain with Prolotherapy   Microdiscectomy Versus Sequestrectomy: Which Has Better Results?   MRI Results of Microdiscectomy Compared to Sequestrectomy   What's the Best Treatment for a Herniated Disc?   Education Can Play Role in Reducing Impact of Chronic Low Back Pain   Low-Dose Tricyclic Antidepressants May Be Effective in Treating Chronic Lower Back Pain if Other Analgesics Fail   Acupuncture May Provide Benefit in Chronic Lower Back Pain   Modifiable Lifestyle Factors (Smoking, Weight Loss, Exercise) May Contribute to Chronic Lower Back Pain   Watchful Waiting in Chronic Lower Back Pain   Evidence to Support the McKenzie Method for Chronic Low Back Pain   The Use of Natural Health Products to Treat Chronic Low Back Pain   Functional Restoration As A Treatment Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain   Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Low Back Pain   Traction Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain   Using Opioids to Cope with Chronic Low Back Pain   No Evidence to Support Manpulation Under Anesthesia for Chronic Low Back Pain   Studies Evaluating Costs Due to Lower Back Pain Vary Widely From Country to Country   Myriad of Back Pain Management Options Can Be Overwhelming to Patients   Massage Beneficial for Select Patients with Chronic Lower Back Pain   A Review of Studies Assessing Efficacy and Safety of Spinal Manipulation and Mobilization in Treatment of Lower Back Pain   Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy Promising in Select Patients with Chronic Lower Back Pain   WOMAC Does Not Predict Activity Level After Total Hip Replacement   Getting Back to Work After Acute Low Back Pain   New Low Back Pain Treatment Guidelines   Outcomes of Lumbar Microdiscectomy   Age and Total Disc Replacements   Can Patients With Previous Spine Surgery Have an Artificial Disc Replacement?   Patients With Lower Back Injury May Be Off Work Longer if Opioids Started Soon After Injury   Pain Management After Spine Surgery   Consider Psychosocial Aspects of Low Back Pain   Results of the FlexiCore Intervertebral Disc   Early Lumbar Disc Reherniation After Partial Discectomy   Mindfulness Meditation Appears to Help Older Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain   Acceptance, Rather than Resignation, of Low Back Pain Can Improve Quality of Life   Improving Back Pain: How Much Is Enough   Identifying Low Back Pain with Neurologic Involvement   Multidisciplinary Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain: When Should It Begin?   McKenzie Treatment Versus Strength Training for Chronic Low Back Pain   Measuring Spinal Motion After Artificial Disc Replacements   Update on the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain   Minimally Invasive One-Sided Microdecompression for Spinal Stenosis   ProDisc Total Replacements Take Less Time in Operating Room Than Do Circumferential Lumbar Fusions   Tears in Discs Change with Aging   Using Fluoroscopy to Guide Epidural Steroid Injections   Can Core Exercises Really Prevent or Cure Back Pain?   Controversy Over New Clinical Guidelines for Low Back Pain   Extension Exercises for Subgroups of Patients with Low Back Pain   Dynamic Instrumentation an Effective Option for Degenerative Spine Disorders in Some Patients   Fluoroscopically Guided Intra-articular Injection Helps Differentiate Pain Generator in Hip and Lumbar Pain   Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty XRay vs. CT Imaging   Comparison of Lumbar Supports in Sitting   Improved Surgical Treatment for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis   Classification and Treatment of Spinal Curve Deformities   Optimal Care for Adults with Scoliosis   Size of Spinal Canal Does Not Predict Symptoms of Spinal Stenosis   Outcomes in Direct Repair of Pars Defects at Multiple Levels   Chronic Low Back Pain, Psychosocial Distress, and Disability   Predicting Results of Surgery for Sciatica   Measuring Heatlh Care Workers' Attitudes and Beliefs About Low Back Pain   Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: What's the Next Step?   No Statistical Differences Found Between Patients with 1- or 2-Level ProDisc Replacement   Use of BRYAN Cervical Disc Prosthesis Appears Favorable Compared with Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion   Measuring Pedicle and Spinal Canal Parameters to Compare Achondroplast Population with Non-achondroplast   Circumferential Technique Appears Superior to Posterolateral in Lumbar Fusions   Diagnosing Low Back Pain   Change in Muscle Thickness in Response to Treatment for Low Back Pain   Spinal Manipulation May Affect Muscle Function   Ultrasound As a Feedback Tool in Low Back Pain   Dynamic X-rays of the Lumbar Spine: How Useful Are They?   Effect of Low-Level Heat Therapy on Low Back Pain   Twelve Signs Back Pain is From the Facet Joint   Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Occur Early in LBP Patients   Treatment for Flatback Syndrome   Comparing Results of Two Fusion Methods for Spondylolisthesis   Back Pain: Is It Environmental or Genetic?   Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults   Surgery May Be Best for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis   Seat Belts Protect Against Thoracolumbar Injury   Is Physical Therapy Treatment Cost-Effective for Sciatica?   Total Hip Replacement Reduces Low Back Pain   Adverse Results of Early Opioid Use for Low Back Pain   Vertebral Fractures and Spinal Fusions on the Rise   Treating Chronic Low Back Pain: Then and Now   Improved Design of Artificial Disc Tested   Pain From Bone Graft: Is It Overestimated?   Cause and Treatment of Lumbar Scoliosis in Older Adults   Sciatica Random Control Trials   Surgery For Spondylolisthesis: What's Best?   Factors Affecting Motion After Lumbar Disc Replacement   Results of Back Pain Trials: Significant or Important?   Review of Surgical Results for Lumbar Disc Herniation   Does Physical Fitness Decline with Chronic Back Pain?   Is Deconditioning the Result of Chronic Low Back Pain?   Cages Preferred Over Dowels for Spinal Fusion   Seated or Supine Straight Leg Raise Test: Does It Matter?   Exercise and Education Using the CBT Approach for Chronic Low Back Pain   Wallis Implant Appears Effective in Relieving Pain in Some Patients   Predicting Treatment Results for Sciatica   Squatting or Stooping to Lift: Does It Really Matter?   Radiofrequency May Help Manage Chronic Facet Joint Pain   Physical Therapists Test Ways to Prescribe Exercise After Discectomy   Comparative Study of Spinal Fusion for Spondylolisthesis.   New Diagnostic Tool for Chronic Low Back Pain   Which Type of Physical Therapy is Best for Chronic Low Back Pain?   Considering Removal of Implants if Back Still Painful After Lumbar Surgery   What Really Causes Disc Degeneration?   Results Compared of Two Treatments for Lumbar Disc Protrusion   Morphine, Nortriptyline Alone or in Combination Not Effective Treatment for Lumbar Radicular Pain   Review of Newer Methods of Lumbar Spinal Fusion   Review of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures   Results of SPORT Study Reported Inaccurately   Results of New Endoscopic Instrument Used for Disc Removal   Results of FDA Clinical Trial Comparing Disc Replacement with Spinal Fusion   Depression, Anxiety, Alcohol Use Not Uncommon Among People with Chronic Back or Neck Pain   Using the X STOP to Stop Back Pain from Spinal Stenosis   Comparing Walking Speed and Force for Patients with Back and Leg Pain   Results of FDA Pilot Study Comparing Single-Level and Multiple-Level Disc Replacements   Pain Most Prominent Indicator of Ability to Return to Work Following Acute Lower Back Injury   Clinical Results of Two Total Disc Replacements Compared   Results of First Study Using Neurontin for Spinal Stenosis   What's New in the Management of Low Back Pain?   What Do We Know About Epidural Steroid Injections for Back Pain?   Steroid Injections for Sciatica from Disc Protrusion   Determining Status of Discs Around Area to Be Fused Does Not Appear to Affect Surgery Outcome   Better Results with Evidence-Based Care for Low Back Pain   Beware Research Results Sponsored by Drug Companies   Update on the Mechanisms of Chronic Pain   How To Prevent Back Pain-Related Disability and Work Absence   Treatment for Disc Herniation: Does Surgery Make a Difference?   Early Diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis is Important   How Are Different Back Interventions Chosen?   Spinal Surgery Provides Higher Incidence of Relief for Spinal Stenosis   Can Exercise Help Relieve Lower Back Pain?   Use of Patient Education Material Back Book Has Positive Effect on Lower Back Pain Among Elderly   Can Back Pain Prevention Programs Reduce Ecomonic Losses From Lower Back Pain Injuries?   Reliability of Tests for Low Back Pain   Does Chronic Back Pain Respond Better to Surgery or Conservative Management?   Total Lumbar Disc Replacement Success Associated with Lumbar Motion Segment   Results of Surgery for Disc Disease on Foot Drop   Epidural Steroid Injection for Low Back Pain   New Technology for Spinal Stenosis   Facet Joint Pain and Chronic Low Back Pain After Surgery   No Consensus So Far on Best Way to Prevent Disability Following Back Injury   Can Back Pain Prevention Programs Reduce Economic Losses From Lower Back Pain Injuries?   Case Report of Chiari Formation Affecting the Cauda Equina   Results of Lumbar Disc Replacement Improved   Questions About Steroid Injections for Back Pain   Chronic Back Pain Responds Well to Psychological Treatment   Differences in Movement Pattern in Low Back Pain   Longer Operative Time Needed for Minimally Invasive Surgery   Long-Term X-ray Findings After Spinal Fusion   Best Treatment for Long-Term Results with Spondylolisthesis   Is There Any Advantage to Surgery for Spinal Stenosis?   Discectomy Better Than Doing Nothing for Some Patients   The Truth About Back Pain   Scoliosis Poor Prognostic Sign in Syringomyelia   Why Do Stabilization Exercises Work for Some Back Patients?   Exercise and Low Back Pain   Facet Distention Sign in Spinal Stenosis   Rate of Second Spine Operations   Bodyblade May Not Be Safe For All Low Back Pain in Patients   Artificial Disc Replacements May Not Last a Lifetime   Getting Back to Work After Low Back Pain   MRIs Don't Always Tell the Truth About Low Back Pain   The Link Between Psychosocial Factors at Work and Back Pain   Two Herbs Found Effective in Treating Acute Low Back Pain   Does Timing of Surgery for Cauda Equina Lesion Matter?   Nucleoplasty For Small, Contained Disc Herniations   New Tool For Evaluating Results of Treatment for Low Back Pain   The Impact of Back Pain on Work Productivity   Long-Term Results for Worker's Compensation Patients with Low Back Pain   Natural Course of Low Back Pain   Predicting Low Back Pain   Disk Replacement or Spinal Fusion: What's the Long-Term Benefit?   New Spinal Device for Lumbar Stenosis   Predicting Future Loss of Work Capacity After Back Surgery   Workers With Back Pain Deserve Better   Artificial Disc Replacements Must Reach Insurance Payers' Standards   The High Cost of Depression   Advantages of Microendoscopic Discectomy   National Survey Results on Low Back Pain   MRI Not a Good Predictor of Low Back Pain   Comparing Artificial Disc Replacement at One- Versus Two-Levels   Physical Therapy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis   Neurologic Symptoms After Steroid Injection   Results of Revision Surgery After Failed Spinal Fusion   Magnetic Nerve Stimulation Used to Diagnose Piriformis Syndrome   Should Back Pain Be Ignored?   Risks with Anterior Revision Procedures   Using Work Status as an Outcome Measure After Back Surgery   Backache Index (BAI): New Tool for Measuring Treatment Success   Evidence Demands Compliance in Care of Acute Low Back Pain   An Inside Look at the Multifidus Muscle in Back Pain   Repositioning Test Is Not Useful For Low Back Pain   Low Back Pain: No Benefit from Stabilization Exercises   MRI for Low Back Pain: Abnormalities Are Not Linked to Symptoms   Emotional Distress Linked to Chronic Low Back Pain   Lumbar Neutral Zone Exercises Prevent Low Back Pain   Factors Contributing to Disability in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis   Minimal Wear Debris with Charité Artificial Disc   Perfect Candidate for Artificial Disc Replacement   New Trends in Lumbar Spine Surgery   Nerve Blocks Help Back Pain Patients Avoid Surgery   The Importance of Classifying Back Pain   Artificial Bone Substitute for Spinal Fusion   When to Use the ProDisc II Total Disc Replacement   Rehab After Lumbar Disc Surgery   Review of Treatmemt for Back Pain: What Works, What Doesn't   Predicting Disability After Lumbar Disc Surgery   Women and Low Back Pain: Is There a Hormonal Link?   Three Spinal Fusion Methods Compared   Pilates Method Used to Treat Low Back Pain   Returning to Work After Back Pain   X STOP Device Gives Relief From Painful Neurogenic Claudication   New Tool to Evaluate Results of Treatment for Low Back Pain   Results of Revision Discectomy   Prevalence and Impact of Stenosis on Health   Effect of Physical Therapy on Back Pain   Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain: Reduce Symptoms and Increase Function   Transferring Low Back Pain Research Results to Clinical Practice   Spinal Stabilization Exercises Work Best for Chronic Low Back Pain   Return to Work Faster with Low-Intensity Back School   Reoperations After Artificial Disc Replacement   Identifying Patients at Risk for Future Back Problems   Fusion No Better than Activity or Exercise for Chronic Back Pain   Meta-Analysis of the McKenzie Method   Emotional Distress Predicts Disability in Low Back Pain   Problems After Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PLIF)   Risk Factors Leading to Recurrent Back Pain   Emotional Health Linked with Results of Low Back Pain Fusion   New Equipment Tested for Reliability of Spinal Strength and Motion Measurements   Complications of Lumbar Nerve Root Blocks   Surgeons Attempt to Classify Lumbar Fusion Patients   Pain Relief with Injection Doesn't Depend on Needle Tip Position   Impact of Low Back Problems on General Health   When to Order CT Scans for Acute Low Back Pain   Low Back Strength Training for Older Adults Advised   Conducting and Interpreting Discography   Questions Doctors Ask About Low Back Pain   Does Fear Predict the Future of Low Back Pain?   Patients with Nonspecific Low Back Pain Need Individual Treatment   Hysterectomy Increases Low Back Pain   Open TLIF Using Minimally Invasive Method   A New Epidemic: Back Pain   What's the Latest in Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation?   Treatment for Low Back Pain Based on Timing   Surgeons Offer Opinion on Treatment of Spondylolisthesis   Semilight Workout for Chronic Low Back Pain Equal to One-on-One Care   Case Report of Artificial Disc Failure   Diskography Can Help With Back Surgery Decision   News Flash: Lumbar Artificial Disc to Hit the Market Soon   Sacroiliac Joint or Low Back Pain? Special Tests to Help Decide   Poor Aerobic Fitness Linked with Low Back Pain   Reliable System to Classify Patients with Low Back Pain   Results of First Tests on New Anterior Lumbar Fusion Device   Reasons and Results for Back Surgery   Best Low Back Posture for Lifting   Results of Double-Level Posterior Spine Fusion   Doctors Review Nucleus Pulposus Implant   Treatment for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Still Debated   Is IDET Safe and Effective for Low Back Pain?   Japanese Surgeons Report New Technique for Laminectomy   Can a Shoe Insert Reduce Back Pain?   Back Pain in Nurses   Back Schools: How Much Does Your Back Really Learn?   Looking Back: Results of Artificial Disc Replacement   Poor Outcome with Dural Tears From Spinal Surgery   Emotional Distress Negatively Affects Patients After Spinal Fusion   People With Low Back Pain Have Global Pain Hypersensitivity   New Information on Pain Pathways From Brain to Muscle   Using Disc Space Height to Predict Outcome of Spinal Fusion   Physical Therapist Reports Back Pain From Cancer   Who Can Benefit From Stabilization Exercises for Low Back Pain?   Low Back Pain: Manipulation or Stabilization?   Disc Height and Type of Bone Graft: Do They Make a Difference in Spinal Fusion?   Back Pain: It Doesn't Just Affect the Spine   Incidence, Risk Factors, and Results of Nerve Pain After Surgery   First Study to Look at Muscle Strength in Patients with Disc Herniation   Results of Minimally Invasive TLIF   Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: The Rest of the Story   Good Care Doesn't Always Mean Good Results for Low Back Pain Patients   Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement: How Safe Are They?   Is Age a Factor in Spinal Fusion?   Two Thumbs Up for CHARITE'™ Disc Replacement   Getting Back Pain to Retreat   Wrapping Up Back Pain   Lumbar Disc Replacement Linked with Improved Function   Scaling a Mountain of Pain   Promising New Treatment for Low Back Pain   Turning up the Sound on Abdominal Muscle Action   The Future of Spinal Surgery is Here   Lumbar Traction: Guidelines versus Practice   The Fear of Back Pain   Patterns of Analgesic Prescriptions for Low Back Pain   First Report of Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement for Disc Herniation   Drawing Conclusions About Back Pain and Depression   MRI Findings in 40-Year Old Adults with Low Back Pain   Stabilizing the Spine While Preserving Motion   Low Back Pain Got You Down? Good News From a Five-Year Study   Wanted: Best Rehab Program after Lumbar Disc Surgery   Fear of Back Pain Disables More Than the Pain Itself   Updated Review of Acupuncture as a Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain   Surfing the Web for Information on Lumbar Disc Herniation   Take One Discogram, and Call Me in the Morning   The Incredible Shrinking Disc   Lumbar Fusion Throws Surgeons a Learning Curve   Getting to the Core of Exercises for Low Back Pain   Things Heat Up with New Radiofrequency Device for Disc Problems   Predicting Pain and Function in Patients with Low Back Pain   Asking More of the Abdominal Muscles   FDA Keeps Tabs on Approved Devices for Spinal Fusion   Exercise and Low Back Pain   Motor Control of Abdominal Muscle Linked to Groin Pain   Comparing Treatments for Coccygodynia: Surgery or Injection?   Injured Disc Takes the Path of Least Resistance   Timing Is Everything, Especially When Treating Low Back Pain   The Long and Short of Lumbar Fusion   Repeated Radiofrequency Treatment for Low Back Pain May Be Worth It   Measuring Abdominal Muscle Control in Low Back Pain   Track and Field Athletes at Risk for Bone Spurs in the Spine   Physical Therapists Stimulate Thinking about Treatments for Low Back Pain   High Cholesterol Linked with Low Back Pain   Effects of Surgery for Low Back Pain on Overall Health   Relationship between Gender and Low Back Pain   Tipping the Scales in Favor of Lumbar Spinal Surgery   Physical Therapists Attempt to Classify Low Back Pain   Getting an Angle on Spinal Stability   Pinning the Blame for Low Back Pain in Wrestlers on Muscle Weakness   Lumbar Interbody Fusion Holds Up over Time   Anterior Lumbar Surgery: Just How Safe Is It?   Factors Influencing Back Pain   Impact of Other Problems on Low Back Pain   Testing the Safety of Radiofrequency Treatment for Low Back Pain   Got Back Pain? Relax, without Relaxants   Improvement, Not Cure, with Spinal Fusion   Results of Two Kinds of Disc Surgery   Preemptive Strike in Spinal Surgery   Artificial Disc Replacements: The Next Generation   Quality of Life and Lumbar Disc Removal   Smoking Linked with Muscle Weakness in Low Back   "Preemptive Strike" in Spinal Surgery   Measuring Results of Treatment for Back Pain   Team Approach to Chronic Back Pain Goes the Distance   Steroid or Saline Injections: Sometimes, It's a Wash   When Treating Low Back Pain, Your Physical Therapist's Attitude Matters   IDET: Is it a Good IDEA?   Steroid Injections or Discectomy for Large Disc Herniations?   Comparing Treatments after First-Time Disc Surgery   Measuring Loads in the Spine While Lifting Off Center   IDET Beats Fake Treatment   Exercise Regularly to Beat Chronic Low Back Pain   Back Pain in the Balance   Finding Causes of Spine Slippage in Kids   New Tool to Measure Progress after Treatment for Low Back Pain   Bleeding after Back Surgery Is Rare but Dangerous   Injections to Treat Spinal Stenosis   Spine Fusion Results: Twenty Years Later   Cha-Ching! Counting the Cost of Lumbar Fusion   Lumbar Support Advised after Discectomy   Back Pain Again? Researchers Offer New Clues   Spinal Manipulation Isn't for Every Back Pain Patient   Spine Surgery Results in Diabetic Patients   Doing the Math for Best Results after Lumbar Stenosis Surgery   Relief from Back Pain Doesn't Always Improve Quality of Life   Exercise: The "Drug" of Choice for Back Pain   Supercharged Results after Failed Lumbar Fusion   Retraining Workers After Back Injury   Predicting Results after Subacute Low Back Pain   Support Groups Support Recovery after Lumbar Fusion   Helping Back Patients Overcome the Fear of Pain   New Study Helps Define the Role of Radiofrequency for Spine Pain   Steroids Can Help Ease the Pain of Disc Surgery   New Advance in Spinal Fusion   Routine Back Care Not Always by the Book   New Horseshoe Cage for Spinal Fusion   Spine Fusion Begins with the Endplate in Mind   Links between High Bone Mineral Density and Low Back Pain   Putting Low Back Tests to the Test   Military Reports on the Use of IDET for Disc Problems   Guidelines for Low Back Pain: A Nice Suggestion?   People with Diabetes Face Greater Risks after Lumbar Fusion   Pinpointing the Source of Low Back Pain   Fusion's Effect on Nearby Discs   Treating Back Pain with Antidepressants   Extreme Disc Herniation   Front to Back Comparison of Spine Fusion   Workers Comp Struggles to Define Recurrent Versus New Back Pain   Everyone Benefits When Workers with Back Pain Stay Active   Back Pain Improves Quickest with a Specific Treatment Program   Posterior Interbody Fusion Cages Get a Second Look   Spine Fusion for Spondylolisthesis Studied   Tugging Hard-to-Find Results of Traction for Low Back Pain   Temporary Blood Loss during Anterior Spinal Fusion   Are Muscle Relaxants a Good Idea for Back Pain?   Questioning Lumbar Fusion for Disc Degeneration   Comparing the Long and Short of Disc Herniation Surgeries   Muscle Energy Technique for Low Back Pain Studied   Stand-Alone Cages for Lumbar Fusion Don't Stand Up Under Low Loads   Biking Puts a New Spin on Back Pain for Aging Adults   Spine Exercises Shown to Improve Function, without Changes in Muscle Fatigue   Exercise or Encouragement: Which Works Better after Back Surgery?   Disc Herniation: Opinion and Practice of Osteopaths   When the Spine Degenerates, Everything Changes   Will Spinal Fusion at One Level in the Low Back Mean a Second Fusion Later?   New Ideas to Surgically Stabilize the Low Back   Partial Disc Replacement Works Well for Some Patients   What is in a Name? A Look at Spinal Manipulative Therapy   Results Five Years after Lumbar Spinal Fusion   Spine Fusion Methods and Materials Keep Getting Better and Better   When It Comes to Back Pain, There's Nothing to Fear Except Fear Itself   Teaming Up to Treat Back Pain   Lower Spine Muscles Mismatched by SI Joint Pain   Long-Term Results of Lumbar Fusion with Pedicle Screws   Osteopathic Manipulation for Chronic Low Back Pain?   Flexion-Relaxation Response Returns with Treatment   What Does Happiness Have to Do with Back Pain?   Physical Therapists Put Treatment to the Test   Popping the Myth of What Makes a Sound Spinal Adjustment   Doctors Step Aside to Maximize Lumbar Fusion   One Cage or Two for Spine Fusion?   Pain Pattern Linked with Spine Instability   Position Statement on Back Pain   Shifting Weight to Reduce Back Pain   Does Bulking Up Banish Low Back Pain?   Summing Up the Research on Lumbar Degenerative Scoliosis   Experienced Doctors Give Advice for Disc Surgery   Law Change in Canada Promotes Ability, Not Disability   Point and Counterpoint about a New Drug for Relief of Chronic Low Back Pain   Understanding the Link between Low Back Pain and Distress   Disc Surgery May Relieve Pain but Not Atrophy in Back Muscles   Injured Backs Wired for Athletics   Mechanical Therapy before Surgery for Disc Pain   A Model for Effectively Returning Athletes with Disc Problems Back to Sports   Centering In on the Spine   Strength Tests Add Useful Information for Patients with Low Back Pain   Recovery after Back Surgery Isn't Always Automatic   All Spinal Fusions Are Not Alike   Fast Walking Helps Chase Away Low Back Pain   Discovery of Back Pain Recovery   Confusion about Back Fusion   Painful Back and Leg Symptoms: Stenosis or Diabetes?   One Survey Fits All   Lifting Unexpected Loads   Trunk Muscles Work Together to Hold Up Spine   Mail-Order Back Pain   Work Restrictions Are No Quick Fix for Aching Backs   Getting a Fix Beforehand on Whether Fusion Will Work   Positioning Back Pain Patients for Comfort   All-Night Heat May Give Low Back Pain Sufferers All-Day Relief   Heat May Wrap Up Low Back Pain   A Painful Tale about Tailbone Pain   The Spine's Sixth Sense   Trying to Visualize Low Back Pain   Lowering the Cost of Low Back Pain   Getting a Handle on the Best Treatments for Low Back Pain   Multiple Surgery Risks Following Lumbar Discectomy   Titanium Cages Don't Share the Load Evenly   Making Back Pain Measure Up   Factor Finding to Maximize Results after Back Fusion Surgery   Bending the Rules about Back Pain and Disability   Online Information about Low Back Pain Is Often Off Track   Paying a "Complement" to Other Health Providers   After Lumbar Disc Surgery   Half-Hearted Back Muscles   What Is Good For the Shoulder May Work For the Back   The Sunny Side of Vitamin D Supplements   Thumbs Up for Patients with Foot Drop   Potential Risks of IDET to the Discs   An "Expectorant" for Back Pain   Surgical Battle of the Bulging Disc   Spacious Relief for Spinal Stenosis   Getting Beyond Guesswork in Predicting the Course of Low Back Pain   Bending Over Backwards to Prevent Back Pain   Cracking the Code for Best Back Treatments   Back and Pelvic Pain in Pregnancy   Back to Action after Surgery for Spondylolysis   Spinal Stenosis Surgery for the 75 and Older Crowd   Cause of a Teenaged Crack in the Back   Putting a Chemical Halt to the Flames of Disc Herniation   Sending a Message about Back Pain   Betting against IDET   Back Injury: Is Everything Back When the Pain is Gone?   Mirror, Mirror . . . How Can I Get a Stronger Back?   Finding the Switch for Back Muscles after Injury   Putting a Name to Back Pain   Feeling Better after Your Back Injury? Think Again   Teaching Young Cricketers New Spine-Healthy Tricks   Results of Microdiscectomy for Sciatica   Up Front about Approaches for Spinal Fusion   Early Rehab after Lumbar Disc Removal   Low Back Pain: It's Not Just for Adults Anymore   Choosing before Fusing: Alternate Surgery Possible for Degenerative Spine Slippage   Going 'Round and 'Round on Tests for the Problem Disc   Blindsided by a Rare Complication after Lumbar Steroid Injections   The Nerve of Back Muscles and the Snowball Effect on Spinal Aging   The Only Thing to Fear Is Fear of Low Back Pain Itself   Aerobic Fitness and Chronic Low Back Pain Don't Add Up   Back Pain Is Inevitable, Treatment Is Optional   The Stress and Strain Connection   X-rays Not the Answer to Satisfy Many Back Patients   One Small Piece in the Puzzle of Low Back Pain   Examining Low Back Pain after Pregnancy   Helping Rowers Avoid Back Pain: Listen up . . . Oar Else   Getting an Angle on Spines That Slip   Doctors Strut Their Stuff to Stop Spines from Slipping   Low Back Pain: Read All about It   Sticking It to Disc Pain   Large Calf Muscle Puzzles Doctors   When Low Back Pain is a Reliable Weather Vein   Back Strength and the Battle of the Sexes   Global Search for Causes of Low Back Pain   Disc Pain on Steroids   Vibration: Cause or Cure of Back Pain?   Questions Raised about the Straight Leg Raise Test   Taking the Guesswork out of Lifting   Seeing the Spine in 3D   Sending a Message about Massage   Magnificent Advances in Microscopic Back Surgery   Exercise Works for Chronic Back Pain   One Up or Down: Disc Herniation after Spine Fusion   Aggressive Approach to Stop Severe Spine Pain   My Back Hurts Too, Eh?   Corking the Dike of Chronic Nerve Pain   Retiring from Back Pain   Asking the Right Questions about Back Pain   Sacrum's Fate when Tests Don't Equate   Delivering Helpful Strategies for Pelvic Pain after Pregnancy   Activity, Not Bed Rest, Best for Back Pain   Getting in a Slump to Get Out of Back Pain   Exercise the Back, Roman Style   A Sore Case of Piriformis Syndrome   Back X-rays Can See if Your Slip Is Showing   Of Muscles and Men   Spine Fusion Update: Are Women More Magnetic Than Men?   Defining Best Treatments for Sciatica   Back Surgery Isn't Only about Pain   Rest or Activity: Which Is Better for Low Back Pain?   Backing Up Physical Therapy Treatments for Pregnant Women   Children Brace Themselves for Sports   Fusion Fact Finding   Keeping Lumbar Fusion "Simple"   Backing Up Back Treatments That Work   Stapling the Lid on Low Back Pain   Treading Lightly to Ease Back Pain   Wrap Up Low Back Pain   Three Generations of Surgery for Disc Herniation   Gonna Go "Back" in Time   Defining Best Treatments to Help Back Pain Sufferers Return to Work   IDET? You Bet   Researchers Put the Twist on Back Muscles   Actively Leaving Low Back Pain Behind   Think Globally, Treat Locally: A Worldview of Low Back Pain   A New Spin on Discitis: Two Unusual Cases in Adults   "Just the Facts" on Treating Herniated Discs   Pain in the Piriformis? A New Test Can Tell   Keeping Long-Term Back Pain Short-Term   When Can Little Johny Return to Sports after Back Surgery?   Brace Yourself to Halt Pelvic Pain   Back Pain: It's Not a Walk in the Park   Take a Load Off: The Stress of Lifting for People with Low Back Pain   A Breath of Fresh Air for People with Sacroiliac Joint Pain   Do Back Belts Protect from Injury? Another Notch in the Research   Hold That Disc! Two Ways to Keep a Bad Disc from Getting Worse   What Is Worse Than a Loose Screw? A Broken One in Your Back!   Pick This Up: How to Lift without Losing Your Balance   A New Look at Sciatica: X-ray Technology Brings Injections into Sharper Focus   Athletes Go to the Core for Better Back Strength   The Screwy Results of Spinal Fusion Surgery: "External Fixation" Doesn't Predict Whether Surgery Spells Relief   Do Measures of Pain Measure Up? Visual Analog Scales for Low Back Pain   Back Pain Got You Down Under? Aussies Fear Not   Mind Your Back Pain: The Effects of Pain and Mental Health on Physical Performance   Athletes, Look Forward When Watching Your Back   Who Is Afraid of Back Pain--And Does It Affect Their Recovery?   Never a Nerve Stretch after Spine Surgery   Youngsters Spines Offer a Roadmap for Back Pain   Testing Tried-and-True Treatments for Low Back Pain   Walking Patterns in Patients with Low Back Pain   Are All Those Low Back Exercises Really Doing Something?   The Long and Short of How Back Muscles Work   Under-Par Abdominals May Influence Back Pain in Golfers   Treating Youngsters with "Slipped Discs"   A Self-Help Booklet: Does It Help with Back Pain?   The Buzz Surrounding Spinal Surgery: Electricity and Other Techniques Help with Healing   More Than a Cat Nap Needed to Recover after Prolonged Bending   The ABCs of Low Back Care   When Walking Stoops You Over: The Tell-Tale Signs of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis   Patient-Handling Equipment Gives Health Care Workers a Lift   Older Backs Have a Harder Time Bouncing Back   Bed Rest for Back Pain? This Study Puts the Issue to Rest   Get Fit to Fight Low Back Pain   Putting a Stop to Future Low Back Pain   Got Low Back Pain? Then Get Moving (Part 2)   Got Low Back Pain? Then Get Moving (Part 1)   Got Low Back Pain? Then Get Moving (Part 3)   Scaling Mount Sciatica: Will Surgery Help?   Reading, Writing--and Posture? Kids Get an A+ after Early Prevention Program to Prevent Low Back Pain   Body Weight May Carry Little Weight with Back Pain   Sticking It to Injection Therapy Research   Do You Need an X-ray for Low Back Pain?   To Bend or Not to Bend? Physical Therapy Relief for Sacroiliac Joint Pain Is the Answer   Going to Work Can Be a Pain in the Back   Looking Back at Back Surgery   Back Pain Can Be a Real Pain in the Backside   Balance Takes a Backseat in People with Low Back Pain   "X" Marks the Spot When Treating Low Back Pain   Looking Back on Results of Lumbar Discectomy   Getting Back Pain in the Bulls-Eye   Shades of Gray in Treatment Guidelines for Low Back Pain