Posts Tagged ‘mechanical’

Can Spinal Decompression Treatments Help My Back Pain?

Posted 22 Jan 2010 — by Flickr Photos tagged with back,ache
Category Back Ache

Spinal Decompression Therapy is an FDA approved spinal disc rehabilitation method to gently stretch the spine and decompress the discs. This mechanical decompression works by slowly and gently stretching the spine, which takes the pressure off compressed discs and vertebrae.

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Back Pain Relief Tips – The Most Important Back Pain Exercise is a Mental One

Posted 22 Oct 2009 — by admin
Category Back Ache

It has been said a hundred times and could be repeated a thousand times more, that your approach to back pain exercises – your attitude and preparation for exercise – is at least as important as the mechanical components of the exercise therapy itself. Exercise therapy, no matter how cautious it may seem to you, is almost always more beneficial than anything you can put into or onto your body.

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Modified straight leg raising test: A hypothetical clinical adjunct to distinguish two types of lumbar disc herniation preoperatively

Posted 24 Apr 2009 — by backpain: Newly tagged products at Amazon.com
Category Back Ache, Sciatica

Summary: There are two anatomically different types of lumbar disc herniation, contained and noncontained. The status of disc herniation not only has a place of in planning therapeutic procedure, but also appears prognostically important. However, it is difficult to distinguish these two types completely without surgery, even by imaging studies.

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Modified straight leg raising test: A hypothetical clinical adjunct to distinguish two types of lumbar disc herniation preoperatively