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2. This is why your back hurts—and how to relieve the pain - AOL

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   How to treat back pain at home. You can initially treat most chronic back pain at home, with low-impact exercises such as swimming, gentle stretching or walking, combined with ice or heat, and ...

3. Spinal fusion - Wikipedia

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   Herniated disc pressing on spinal nerves. Spinal fusion can be used to treat a variety of conditions affecting any level of the spine—lumbar, cervical and thoracic. In general, spinal fusion is performed to decompress and stabilize the spine. [4] The greatest benefit appears to be in spondylolisthesis, while evidence is weaker for spinal ...

4. TOPS System - Wikipedia

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   It is designed to treat patients diagnosed with common degenerative spinal diseases, including lumbar spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and other facet joint conditions. One of the differences between the TOPS System and traditional fusion surgery is that the TOPS device allows the patient physical stability and a greater range of movement in ...

5. Vertebral augmentation - Wikipedia

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   Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are the two most common procedures for spinal augmentation. These medical terms are classical compounds of the suffix -plasty meaning "molding or shaping surgically" (from Ancient Greek plastós "molded, formed") and the prefixes vertebro-"vertebra" (from Latin vertebra "joint, joint of the spine") and kypho-"humped; stooping forward" (from Ancient Greek kyphos ...

6. Spinal manipulation - Wikipedia

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   A 2015 Cochrane systematic review found that there is no high-quality evidence assessing the effectiveness of spinal manipulation for treating neck pain. [13] Moderate-to-low-quality evidence suggests that multiple spinal manipulation sessions may provide improved pain relief and an improvement in function when compared to certain medications. [13]

7. Low back pain - Wikipedia

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   Fusion may be considered for those with low back pain from acquired displaced vertebra that does not improve with conservative treatment, [17] although only a few of those who have spinal fusion experience good results, [18] and there may be no clinically important difference between disk replacement and fusion surgery. [107]