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24 years old, don't know what to do
"Normal" MRI?
post op pain question
buttock and back pain-please help before tomorrow
Bent down and got acute attack - any advice
Looking for some direction
Help I had L5-S1 back surgery
Back Pain
Ouch! That hurts! Any advice?
Need Help Understanding Pain
360 degree fusion L5/S1
is encroachment bad.
sciatica
sciatica
Tired of living with back pain!
L5 S1 (CAGE) REPLACEMENT
L5-S1with L5 laminectomy with bilateral L5 foraminotomies
Anybody ever have a SPECT-CT for diagnosis of low back pain?
discogram
Very new here from NJ
disc replacement vs. disc fushion
MRI Result
X-Stop surgery
need your opinions
Facet, Degeneration, Rupture and Pain Medication
low back pain after two level interior fusion using bmg with artificial disc at l 3
chiropractors?
Limited surgical option time frame??? +small rant =)
new mri
Embarrassed - Leakage...
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Failed Spinal Fusion - Depression
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Desperate mom
PLEASE ADVISE A VETERAN
Misread MRI
15 yo daughter with herniation
Bone Spurs at L4-L5
Info on surgery-and after surgery
percutaneous discectomy?
MRI Results, need laymans terms please
Swelling and pain 6 months post op fusion L5,S1. Why??
Post Operation Surgery was 01/13/09 Got home 01/18/09
When is surgery a option?
Please Help
Second Ortho Appointment
Therapeutic Heat Patches: what has your experience been like?
frustrated
What is the best OTC med for back pain?
Help with diagnosis?? I'm lost!!
Lumbars back pain
Do they always order discogram before surgery?
SCS vs. L4-L5 L5-S1 fusion
bilateral facet hypertrophy
need to vent to people who understand
L5/S1 - what type of pain?
travel after spine fusion
Lower back pain with radiating pain in right leg
Low back seizes up?
Transverse Fracture of L4, L5... whatever that means! :)
Lower back issues again....
Leg pain from lumbar stenosis Help Please!
AxiaLif
physical therapy is not helping?
I need help re: MRI and my next step!
Help...MRI or Physical thereapy for Disk problems...???
EMG vs Injection?
Lumbars Bulged
Prodisc1
Any suggestion on MicroSpine surgery
Please help a poor student :)
Epidural Injection Done without fluoroscope???
Lumbar Strain or more?
In so much pain, scared to start new job next week, need to vent
Bulging disc 3 years on...
Inversion Therapy to conquer sciatica and back pain
MRI Question
Does anyone have any tips for using the computer
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A question for the ladies.....
hi
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NEED HELP
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Appointment Today
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Does anyone have any suggestions on a good recliner?
microdiscectomy
Going to Ortho at 1...confused
Recomendation in Palo Alto CA
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info needed
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Ouch!!!!! Had a slip:(
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Myelogram
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MRI - LUMBOSACRAL SPINE
Always in pain
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need to vent
My wires are crossed??
Facet Pain VS disc pain
Update on horriffic back pain with new MRI results
can someone look @ my MRI results
Broken Hardware
scheduled for anterior and posterior fusion & discectomy, I fell
Does anyone care
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My first injection
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Driving after fusion surgery
running with facet arthritis
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Annular Tear
New here- Wanted to Introduce Myself
L-2-3 L-3-4
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Newbie...
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Anyone heard of this?
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Need help with treatment
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SpinalNightPain
low back pain
tens machine ??
Hi from Australia - Spinal injections???
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I NEED HELP-19 year old male with herniated disc
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Need opinion or direction
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Physical Therapy
"Weather" it hurts or not........
flare up
ALIF Surgery
There is a God
New member
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Annular Tear & DDD
heat feeling in leg
pain meds
MRI Results, hopeful I'll be a surgery candidate....
Tricyclic/ amitriptyline for pain?
Caudal steroid injection...Now What?
Update on my mri
Finally got Dr. to call me back
Lower back pain. And how tall will i grow?
on the verge of giving up
X-ray results question
Some questions on how to deal....
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Anyone familar with Clonus?
Extreme Pain during Discogram??
Recently found Bulged Disc...lots of pain in back and ribs...????
DOES ANYONE HAVE?
having surgery
Hello
conflicting mri and ct reports
need some ideas for lower back pain
MRI Results
hello, new uk member
How many of you...
Can someone translate my MRI results
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I'm 2wks post op and need some tips on getting comfortable!!
ct report confusing
More pain in the AM then when turning in
MRI Results
New here, need some input!!!!
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Post Operative Scar Tissue
Neurotomy
ipsilateral lateral shift
Any Brits with S.I. Probs on here??
Advice Appreciated
Question for anyone who has or has had herniated disks?
hey what do ya know.... its creepin back
Affected leg now thinner.........
please help
New to low back pain & need MRI reading input please!
Questions about annular tears & bulging discs
Anyone have "subchondral cysts"
Pain is brutal =(
Portable long-lasting heat? ThermaCare alternative
Hello
Has anyone used water therapy for low back pain?
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Going back to work
Decompression Therapy
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Help, back pain experts.
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pinched nerve?
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doc says he may not be able to help
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therapy hurtin more then helpin
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PLEASE HELP ME WITH SOME DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES
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Date set but now waiting....
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Magazine or publshings that others read for back information?
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clunk clunk
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First time posting...Looking to see what others do for their problems...Frustrated with doctors!
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Low back pain for 3 years, Drs wont take me serious because of age!
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help please!!!
Confused even more now
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New development??
low back and leg pain
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back muscles heal time??
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Hello all new to site and need info
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Hello, so glad to have found my way here
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getting a referral for an MRI
refrigerators - what is best for a spiney?
Lumbar pain and new diagnoses
Pain/Help
Animated Exercises....the BEST EVER !
New to the site, not new to LBP
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lost bc/bs ins. appeal-I don't know what to do
New to the group
SIJ dysfunction- what exercises can I do for it and what exercises should I avoid?
MRI preliminary results
radiofrequency therapy
bone scan
What could I do for a lower back stress fracture?
Will he offer surgery??
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Where do I go from here
Hello..A Back Issue
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Need advice
Do operations work?
Total frustration here
Firestorm of nerve pain after injections - HELP
stuck in the bath tub
where to go from here...
Driving with back pain
What's next for me?
New here
excruciating low back pain
Which Nerve Will Be Pinched?
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back/neck discectomy
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anyone have mutiple surgeries???
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differences in the kinds of stenosis?
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pain that radiates out from back
I was doing great after my epidural and THEN......
i need help with pain
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