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Sitting and Back Pain

Diana Solares, Physical Therapist with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says 8 out of 10 people can be experiencing low back pain. She explains poor posture and sitting for a long period of time cause it, because the throbbing muscle suffers from a lot of stress. "The muscles of the lower back were designed to…...
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Back Pain: Herniated Disk Explained

Dr. Theresa Pazionis, Orthopedic & Spine Surgeon with Miami Cancer Institute, explains with a 3D imaging what a herniated disk is. The doctor describes a herniated disk can cause severe pain, weakness and numbness of lower extremities. If arthritis appears, it can cause pain from the herniated disc and from bones compressing the area, she…...
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Weight as a Factor of Back Pain

Fat alone is inflammatory and having a lot of an additional fat can cause a little low-grade inflammation, degeneration of musculoskeletal system and increase blood sugar. All of these factors can cause a high risk to have advanced glycation end products (AGEs) that causes degeneration of the discs, explains Dr. Amir Mahajer, Interventional Spine…...
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Preventing Back Pain with Exercises

Brian Betancourt, Exercise Physiologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains some exercises to prevent back pain. One is having the leg coming across the body and bringing the knee up towards you to give yourself a glute stretch. Diana Solares, Physical Therapist with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, recommends stretching the thoracic spine by putting…...
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Other Causes of Low Back Pain

Spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease and deformity are other causes of low back pain. Amir Mahajer, Interventional Spine Specialist at Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, says osteoarthritis happens to all humans on earth and it starts at the age of 30. WE HAVE AN IMAGE TO SHOW YOU ON GOOD POSTURE AND HOW…...
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Narcotics Treatment vs. Back Pain

Narcotics are contraindicated for chronic back pain. Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains when their use are reasonable and also talks about why narcotics are not a good option for this condition. Back pain people with severe back pain will need narcotics oh that's a that's a…...
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Back Pain Is Very Common

Back pain is probably one of the most common things that afflicts Americans, according to Neurosurgeon Jobyna Whiting, who explains that most Americans will suffer at least one episode of major back pain during their lifetimes, “because throughout our lifetime the low back bears the brunt of our load and the work that our…...
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Arthritis and Back Pain

Amir Mahajer, Interventional Spine Specialist at Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, explains how arthritis is related to back pain. "In the elderly there are arthritic changes in the back. So, at about age 30 we start to see changes, like little bit disc issue's ligamentum flavum, which are the ligaments of the spine". According to…...
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