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Back Problems and Injuries - Health Tools

Health Tools help you make wise health decisions or take action to improve your health. Actionsets are designed to help people take an active role in managing a health condition. Back problems: Proper lifting Fitness: Increasing core stability Low back pain: Exercises to reduce pain ...
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If you or someone you know is experiencing back problems, check the symptoms here to determine if yoiu need to seek medical treatment.
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This information will help you understand your choices, whether you share in the decision - making process or rely on your doctor's recommendation.Key points in making your decisionSurgery for scoliosis is only done to correct severe spinal curves. Most cases of scoliosis are not severe and do not require surgery. Consider the following when making your decision on whether you or your child should
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In general,symptoms of upper and middle back pain may: Feel like a dull,burning,or sharp pain. Be felt at a single point or over a broad area. Start suddenly or slowly get worse. Be constant or come and go. Occur with muscle tightness or stiffness. Get worse when you do certain activities or move and sit in a certain way. More serious symptoms that need to be treated right away include: ...
Back Problems and Injuries - Emergencies

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Find out what makes you more likely to get a herniated disc.
Should I have surgery for a herniated disc?

A herniated disc may be treated nonsurgically or with surgery. Consider the following when making your decision: Most herniated discs heal,and pain eases after a few months of nonsurgical treatment,such as rest,medicines,injections,and rehabilitation. Nonsurgical treatment may relieve your symptoms significantly and enable you to resume your daily activities. If you have severe pain,...
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Spinal stenosis usually starts gradually and develops over a long period of time. Narrowing of the spinal canal can squeeze and irritate the nerve roots that branch out from the spinal cord, or it can squeeze and irritate the spinal cord itself.
Interactive Tool: Should I Consider Surgery for My Low Back Problem? - What do your results mean?

About 90% of the symptoms of low back problems, such as back pain and pain down the back of the leg, go away by themselves within 6 weeks, and 98% are gone within 1 year.1 As you work through this tool, you will get an idea of whether surgery or other treatment might help you if your symptoms have lasted longer. ...