When is lower back pain simply a muscle strain, and when is it a condition such as degenerative disc disease? What treatment plan is most effective for lower back pain? The Spine-health Lower Back Pain Video Directory provides interactive videos and doctor commentary that explain lower back pain anatomy and various treatment options for lower back pain.
This injection procedure is performed to relieve low back and radiating leg pain. Steroid medication can reduce the swelling and inflammation caused by spinal conditions.
Dr. Andrew Cole discusses his experience with treatments for low back pain, including proper methods for controlling inflammation, strength training, fitness, and cold and heat therapy, and medications.
A lumbar epidural steroid injection delivers anti-inflammatory medicine to reduce inflammation that may be causing the lower back pain and/or leg pain.
Watch how spinal fusion surgery can stop the motion at a painful vertebral segment, helping to relieve pain from degenerative disc disease or spondylolisthesis.
Watch a step-by-step overview on how laminectomy surgery is performed to alleviate pain caused by neural impingement that can result from spinal stenosis.