Category: POSTURE
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Golden Years, Aching Backs: Navigating Spine Health in the Elderly!
As the global population ages, the prevalence of chronic health conditions, including back pain, is on the rise. Older adults are particularly vulnerable to back pain due to the natural wear and tear on the spine, degenerative changes, and conditions like arthritis and osteoporosis that accompany aging. This pain not only diminishes quality of life…
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Navigating Cost-Effective Strategies in Spine Surgery: Exploring new frontiers.
In an era marked by escalating healthcare costs, finding ways to drive down expenses while maintaining quality care is paramount. Nowhere is this more critical than in the realm of spine surgery, where the demand for procedures continues to rise alongside the associated expenses. However, by implementing strategic measures, healthcare providers can navigate this landscape…
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Back Pain!High-Risk Jobs
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,…
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Motion Preservation in Spine !
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…
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Alternative Treatments for Chronic Low Back Pain
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…
