My Spine World

Various surveys and national accident statistics from different countries reveal the most common causes of work-related back pain and the high-risk occupations associated with it. According to data from Denmark and Germany, physical overuse in manual production and physically strenuous service occupations is the primary cause of back pain. Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, nurses, construction workers,…

Can I get my spine joint replaced like my knee joint?!!! If you go to a knee surgeon due to pain from severe degeneration or arthritis of the knee, the doctor doesn’t advise you knee fusion surgery. He usually does a knee replacement surgery instead and will relieve you of the pain and you still…

In yester years spine specialists use to scoff at various alternate treatments for chronic back pain like Acupuncture, Taiichi ,Chiropractic treatment etc.These days, with wide variety of choices available and with more research coming out the so-called alternative treatments are becoming popular. The line between the allopathic approach to back pain and the alternative methods…

Heard about slipped disc/disc herniation/disc prolapse? Want to know more? Read on … What is an intervertebral disc? Your spine is made up of 33 bones, called vertebrae, that are stacked on top of one another. These bones connect to create a canal that protects the spinal cord. Five vertebrae make up the lower back.…