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Senator Reid's Wife and Daughter Suffer Neck and Back Injuries from Car Accident

Mar 11, 2010 1:45pm

Photo: (c) Alex Wong Getty Images Sad news today. The wife and daughter of Senator Harry Reid D-NV suffered a rear end car accident. Mrs. Reid is in a DC hospital with a broken neck and back. She's listed in serious condition. UPDATE: On Friday, she had surgery. The...

Do You Really Need All That Treatment for Your Back Pain?

Mar 8, 2010 7:37am

Illustration: (c) Anne Asher 2007 Licensed to About.com Back pain is ubiquitous. Lots of new treatments and tests have emerged in recent years to try to address it. A 2009 study led by Richard Deyo, MD, PhD, and notable patient advocate specializing in spinal treatments, found that Medicare payments...

A Low Cost Way to Cope with Back Pain

Mar 1, 2010 7:03am

If you have chronic or subacute low back pain, what do you do to cope with it? A recent study from England looked at 700 people with back pain lasting longer than about a week (subacute and chronic back pain patients). They gave approximately half of the patients an assessment...

Preventing Broken Neck

Feb 21, 2010 2:17am

Photo: (c) Alvimann The recent tragedy at the Winter Olympics site in Vancouver has me thinking a lot about the risk-taking I do (and refuse to do). Wearing a helmet, for example, can reduce the risk of a serious neck or head injury. So I wear one, along with...

Elderly People Can Prevent Falls

Feb 15, 2010 1:00am

Falling is a leading cause of neck fracture in senior citizens and the elderly. Falls can have devastating consequences, so prevention is the best medicine. The Daily Spine has a few tips on ways to prevent falls in elderly people. More from The Daily Spine: | You Don't Have to...

Backpacks and Back Pain - Is Your Child at Risk?

Feb 8, 2010 3:08am

Photo: (c) kingvald About 90% of kids wear backpacks. Have you ever wondered what this does to your child's spine? A new study, published in the Jan 1 issues of Spine found that heavy backpacks can damage children's spinal discs, increase spinal curvature and cause back strain (and pain). According to press...

Back Surgery - Align Your Expectations with Your Doctors'

Feb 1, 2010 3:10pm

Photo: (c) Adam Ciesielski When you go to your family physician for relentless back and leg pain, you may get a referral to a spine surgeon. But are you sure you and your doctors are on the same page about what to expect from back surgery? A new study may...

Therapies to Mask the Pain Signals

Jan 25, 2010 6:35am

Recently the American Academy of Neurosurgeons reviewed medical studies on TENS, which is a small device you wear to mask the pain. It is a mild form of neurostimulation. The AAN found that TENS is not really effective for back pain, and they recommend against it for this purpose. TENS is...

Spine Injuries in Earthquakes

Jan 18, 2010 4:23am

Photo: (c)HandoutGetty Images The New York Times estimates that the death toll in Haiti will reach between 100,000 and 200,000. Much of the attention paid to this devasted country is rightly focused on the death count, as well as the lack of basic supplies and the overwhelming medical needs of...

Getting a Diagnosis

Jan 12, 2010 1:19pm

Illustration: (c)Anne Asher 2007Licensed to About.com Most of the time, back pain is muscle or posture related, which means, it's likely that it is not serious enough to warrant the attention of a medical doctor. But what about those times when at-home therapies, holistic therapies or a visit to the...