Women’s health is especially important when it comes to back pain. Millions of women suffer from back pain, with some conditions like osteoporosis, coccydynia, and fibromyalgia more prevalent in women as a result of aging and other factors, and others like back pain from pregnancy obviously exclusive to them. Learn more about women’s health issues concerning the back and what women can do to prevent back pain in the following articles.
Back pain during pregnancy is fairly common but should not be accepted as "part of the process," with such pregnancy pain best addressed as soon as possible.
The condition called “fibromyalgia” is a myofascial pain syndrome (a muscular pain syndrome) that can result in generalized back pain and muscle pain, a feeling of general fatigue, and specific tender areas. The patient will have a normal neurological exam, but may have multiple spots that are tender to palpation, called "tender points".
Piriformis syndrome refers to when the piriformis muscle irritates the sciatic nerve and caues pain along the back of the leg and foot. This article provides an overview of pi...
Coccydynia (tailbone pain or coccyx pain) is a fairly rare and relatively poorly understood condition that can cause persistent pain at the very bottom of the spine.
80% of women experience back pain due to pregnancy at some point - depending on its severity, it may require simple rest or be symptomatic of a more serious condition.
Spinal fractures that occur as a result of osteoporosis are actually quite common, occurring in approximately 750,000 people in the U.S. each year. The problem is that the fra...
In some low back pain programs, if three facet block injections provide good but temporary relief of the patient’s pain, a facet rhizotomy injection may be recommended. The ...
The condition called “fibromyalgia” is a myofascial pain syndrome (a muscular pain syndrome) that can result in generalized back pain and muscle pain, a feeling of general fatigue, and specific tender areas. The patient will have a normal neurological exam, but may have multiple spots that are tender to palpation, called "tender points".