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Bookmark or Share- Understanding types of back surgery - Mayo Clinic Health SystemYour back is a complex structure. It has 30 bones, 40 muscles, and many ligaments and tendons that work together to help you move and support your skeleton. Its intricate nature means that your back is susceptible to many types of injuries or degenerative diseases. This has led to about 80% of U.S. adults experiencing back pain at some point.
- What is spinal fusion, does it work? - Mayo Clinic Health SystemThe bone graft may come from a bone bank or your own body, typically your pelvis. Metal plates, screws and/or rods are used to hold the vertebrae together as a single solid unit while the bones heal. Your surgeon also may remove a portion of your back structure to reduce pressure on the nerve(s) causing pain. SPINAL FUSION CONSIDERATIONS
- Back pain basics and self-care tips - Mayo Clinic Health SystemLower back pain often is caused by osteoarthritis, or wear-and-tear arthritis, the most common type. Just as arthritis affects your knees, hips, wrists and shoulders, it also affects your spine. The spine has over 30 segments, each with four joints and discs, that can develop arthritis.
- Radiofrequency ablation for back pain - Mayo Clinic Health SystemRadiofrequency ablation is a pain-management procedure primarily intended to treat arthritis or joint pain of the spine. There are small sensory nerves along these joints whose only job is to tell the brain how the joint feels. These nerves are the primary source of pain signals coming from the joints of the back.
- Low Back Pain Exercises - MC7245-464 - Mayo Clinic Health Systemand lower the opposite arm over your head. Return to starting position while maintaining your back flat on the floor. Repeat _____ times each side. Do _____ sessions per day. Pelvic tilt with SLR: While maintaining pelvic tilt slowly raise straight . leg 8 to 12 inches from the floor. Slowly lower leg while maintaining your back against the floor.
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