Back problems are a highly prevalent health issue, and people with the condition have a significantly greater chance of retiring early from the workforce, much more so than for any other health condition…
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According to an investigation published Online First by the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to administration of epidural steroid injections (ESI), does not seem to improve outcomes for individuals with chronic lower back pain or for those with conditions like sciatica, and only has a small effect on the p…
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Researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London are calling for more unified guidelines about returning back pain patients to work as currently the advice can be contradictory and confusing…
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Even though guidelines for clinical management of patients with low back pain (LBP) encourage health care practitioners to advise patients to remain active and return to work, most practitioners feel that work factors can cause or aggravate LBP and often recommend a ‘short break from work’ to allow healing…
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Guidelines for clinical management of patients with low back pain (LBP) encourage health care practitioners to advise staying active and returning to work. Despite this, most practitioners believe work factors can cause or exacerbate LBP, and a recommendation for a “short break from work” to allow healing is common…
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Johns Hopkins-led research suggests that routine MRI imaging does nothing to improve the treatment of patients who need injections of steroids into their spinal columns to relieve pain. Moreover, MRI plays only a small role in a doctor’s decision to give these epidural steroid injections (ESIs), the most common procedure performed at pain clinics in the United States…
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