Did you know?
If you can answer yes to any of the following questions, you should consult a spine specialist:- Has your low back pain extended down your leg?
- Does your leg pain increase if you lift your knee to your chest or bend over?
- Have you had severe back pain following a recent fall?
- Have you had significant back pain lasting for more than 3 weeks?
- Have you had back pain that becomes worse when you rest, or wakes you up at night?
- Do you have persistent bladder or bowel problems?
Health Facts
Back pain is often caused by obesity
Most people know that obesity contributes to the development of various diseases. However, did you know that obesity is a contributing factor to back pain? It is true. Being overweight or obese can significantly contribute to osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, and spondylolisthesis.
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Abstract: Spine 1996 Effective Doses of Recombinant Human Bone...
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Full Article: Spine 1996 Effective Doses of Recombinant Human Bone...
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Abstract: Spine 1997 Experimental Spinal Fusion With Recombinant Human Bone...
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Full Article: Spine 1997 Experimental Spinal Fusion With Recombinant Human Bone...
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Abstract: Spine 2000 Increased Fusion Rates With Cervical Plating for 2-Level Anterior
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Article: Spine 2000 Increased Fusion Rates With Cervical Plating for 2-Level Anterior
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Abstract: Spine 1999 The Outcome of Lumbar Discectomy in Elite Athletes
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Full Article: Spine 1999 The Outcome of Lumbar Discectomy in Elite Athletes
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Article: Update on Spinal Applications for Recombinant Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2
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Abstract: cervical flexion and extension radiographs in acutely injured patients
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Article: cervical flexion and extension radiographs in acutely injured patients
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Abstract: effect of cervical plating on 1-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
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Abstract: Acute management of spinal cord injury
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Abstract: Metal debris from titanium spinal implants
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Abstract: The outcome of lumbar discectomy in elite athletes
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Abstract: publication rates of presentations at major Spine Specialty Society meetings
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Abstract: comparison of magnetic resonance and computed tomographic image quality
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Abstract: Intraoperative dermatomal evoked potential monitoring fails to predict...
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Abstract: Occlusion of the left iliac artery after retroperitoneal exposure of the spine
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Abstract: Destructive spondyloarthropathy of the cervical spine in patients with chronic
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Abstract: MR parameters for imaging titanium spinal instrumentation
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Abstract: Variables affecting pedicle screw plate fixation of an unstable L3-L4 defect
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Abstract: Distractive properties of a threaded interbody fusion device. An in vivo model
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Abstract: Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis and postsurgical disc space infections
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Abstract: Percutaneous lumbar discectomy. Preoperative and postoperative magnetic
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Abstract: Postmortem osseous and neuropathologic analysis of the rheumatoid cervical
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Abstract: Hyponatremia and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
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Abstract: Anterior decompression for late pain and paralysis after fractures of the thorac
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Abstract: Lumbar spine following successful surgical discectomy. Magnetic resonance
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Abstract: Lumbar spinal stenosis secondary to calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition
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Abstract: Lumbar nerve root compression and interstitial cystitis -- decompressive
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Abstract: 1991 Volvo Award in experimental studies. Cauda equina syndrome: neurol
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Abstract: Lumbar osteomyelitis and epidural and paraspinous abscesses.
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Abstract: HTLV-I viral-associated myelopathy after blood transfusion in a multiple
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Abstract: Urologic function after experimental cauda equina compression.
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Abstract: Primary neoplasms of the thoracic and lumbar spine. An analysis of 29
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Abstract: Diagnosis of lumbar arachnoiditis by magnetic resonance imaging
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Abstract: Experimental lumbar spinal stenosis. Analysis of the cortical evoked potentials,
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Abstract: Urologic changes after cauda equina compression in dogs
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Abstract: Ligament injuries associated with tibial plateau fractures
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Abstract: Cervical pneumomyelogram secondary to a closed fracture-dislocation
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Abstract: Late neurological complications of Harrington-rod instrumentation
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Abstract: Detection of human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type I in a transfusion
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Abstract: The cast brace and tibial plateau fractures
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Abstract: Gadolinium-DTPA-enhanced MR imaging of the postoperative lumbar spine:
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Abstract: Lumbar spine: postoperative MR imaging with Gd-DTPA
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Abstract: Treatment of acute femoral neck fractures with total hip arthroplasty
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