The surgeons he talked to suggested fusing the vertebrae in his lower spine to alleviate his back ... spinal fusion had a 64% success rate. Success was defined by a variety of measures, including ...

There can be many causes of back pain ... have severe pain and disability despite these treatments, there are options such as decompressive laminectomy, a procedure in which the spinal canal ...

Article continues below For chronic lower back pain - which is less severe but more constant - interventions shown to benefit some people were exercise, spinal manipulative therapy, use of ...

Constipation could potentially cause lower back pain. In other cases ... A person with a history of spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, or surgery on the colon may also be more prone ...

Five other treatments had good enough evidence to be considered effective at reducing chronic low back pain. These were exercise; spinal manipulation, like you might receive from a chiropractor ...

Pain in the side, also known as flank pain, has many causes, including injury to the muscles in the side and back or dysfunctions ... The pain from spinal problems typically occurs on either ...

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"Cancers that directly affect your back can lead to back pain, e.g. spinal tumours." Spinal tumours and primary spinal cord tumours are very rare but can occur. They are often linked with pain ...

In the last of a series, columnist Sherry Toh shares how she's coping with an intense leg of her journey with chronic pain ...