The American College of Physicians (“ACP”) recommends that you see a doctor IF: 1. Pain runs down the leg below the knee 2. The leg, foot, groin or rectal area feels numb 3. Fever, nausea or vomiting, stomachache, weakness, or sweating occurs 4. Bowel or bladder control is lost 5. Pain was caused by an…
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Many people have low back pain at some time in their lives. It can become chronic, meaning that it comes and goes over months to years. In the “ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE” it is suggested that IF YOU HAVE LOW BACK PAIN: *Do not lift heavy things or do strenuous work *Try to keep doing…
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At a recent medico-legal program, Doug Landau participated in the discussion of back and neck pain after an accident. When there is a herniated disc that presses on the spinal cord or nerve root, one can actually see the anatomical cause of the pain on an MRI. When the disc material or fragment that has…
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