Back Pain Relief: Herniated Disc & Sciatica

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Back pain will affect 4 out of 5 people at some point in their life. The vast majority of these back pain episodes resolve quickly and never require medical intervention - even the “dreaded” sciatica and herniated disc.

In this video, I describe for you the most relevant back pain information you need to know to cope with an aching back. [Read more]

Back Pain Relief: Epidural Steroid Injection Video

Epidural steroid injections (ESI) are often prescribed for back pain relief. I tell patients that an ESI is used for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes and is an excellent way to determine whether or not surgery is indicated. [Read more]

Back Pain Treatment Is Confusing

Selecting the best back pain treatment for your condition can be an exercise in futility.

In the United States alone, patients with low back pain can choose from a seemingly endless array different health care and non helath care practitioners ranging from their family physician to faith healers. And, among these specialties, there are some 200 different treatment options ranging from surgery, to low back exercises, to body casting, to taking herb supplements. [Read more]

Back Pain Relief: Lower Back Exercises

Lower back exercises to relieve back pain are prescribed routinely by doctors and therapists. Most of these back pain relief exercises, however, are useless in providing long term back pain relief.

I’ve begun to put together a few short videos to help you better manage your back pain. Here’s the first in the series:

The reason most lower back exercises don’t work to relieve back pain [Read more]