http://www.spine-health.com/blog/diagnosis The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.spine-health.com/blog/diagnosis/get-your-back-pain-diagnosis-a-physiatrist <p>Whenever someone with bad back pain asks me where to get help, I say I would start with a diagnosis from a <a href="/treatment/physical-therapy/what-physiatry" title="What is Physiatry?">physiatrist</a> who specializes in back pain. Here is why:<ul> <li>Most physiatrists can provide you with the broadest array of treatments for <a href="/conditions/lower-back-pain" title="Lower Back Pain">back pain</a>:</li> <ul><li>Spinal injections (for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes)</li> <li>Prescription pain medications and anti-inflammatories</li> <li>Heat and ice and other pain modalities</li> <li>Physical therapy</li> <p><a href="http://www.spine-health.com/blog/diagnosis/get-your-back-pain-diagnosis-a-physiatrist">read more</a></p> http://www.spine-health.com/blog/diagnosis/get-your-back-pain-diagnosis-a-physiatrist#comments Diagnosis Back Pain Pain Physicians degenerative-disc-disease-blogs pain-management-blogs Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:33:21 -0700 6640 at http://www.spine-health.com http://www.spine-health.com/blog/diagnosis/how-and-when-get-a-second-opinion-surgery <p>It is often said that no one should have spine surgery unless they receive a second opinion from another surgeon. On the surface, this would sound like good old common sense, as two opinions are better than one. However, there is a trap in this line of thinking. When a patient sees a physician for a second opinion, <em>this next opinion has a tendency to always sound smarter than the first opinion</em>. This is a well-recognized phenomenon, but in reality the second opinion may not be the best one.</p> <p>When should you get another opinion?</p><p><a href="http://www.spine-health.com/blog/diagnosis/how-and-when-get-a-second-opinion-surgery">read more</a></p> http://www.spine-health.com/blog/diagnosis/how-and-when-get-a-second-opinion-surgery#comments Diagnosis Back Pain Neck Pain Pain Surgery Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:39:46 -0700 spine-health 6655 at http://www.spine-health.com http://www.spine-health.com/blog/diagnosis/how-help-your-surgeon-help-you <img src="http://www.spine-health.com/images/patdoc1.jpg" class="blog" title="consultation" alt="consultation" /><p>Anyone who has experienced <a href="/conditions/chronic-pain" title="Chronic Pain">chronic low back pain</a> knows how frustrating it can be to find a doctor to help. From a surgeon's perspective, I often see patients who have seen multiple other doctors and physical therapists and have not had relief of their pain. (After all, if non-surgical treatment was working they wouldn't be coming to me to get a surgical opinion in the first place.)</p><p><a href="http://www.spine-health.com/blog/diagnosis/how-help-your-surgeon-help-you">read more</a></p> http://www.spine-health.com/blog/diagnosis/how-help-your-surgeon-help-you#comments Diagnosis Back Pain Pain Surgery physical-therapy-blogs Tue, 01 May 2007 19:12:52 -0700 6592 at http://www.spine-health.com