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Spinal Stenosis Learning Center

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Even when your back pain does not go away completely, or if it gets more painful at times, learning to take care of your back at home and prevent repeat episodes of your back pain can help you avoid surgery. Your doctor and other health profession...
Source:ADAM
Date:July 10, 2009
Mild cases of spinal stenosis may be treated with rest, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as aspirin ), and muscle relaxants . Spinal stenosis can be a progressive disease, however, and the source of pressure may have to be surgically rem...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Physical therapists provide services to restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain , and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities among those suffering from injuries, disabilities, or disease.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Chest physical therapy is the term for a group of treatments designed to improve respiratory efficiency, promote expansion of the lungs, strengthen respiratory muscles, and eliminate secretions from the respiratory system.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The professional field consists of skilled health care providers who work under the direction or supervision of a physical therapist or physical therapists. Their role is to facilitate care and treatment of patients with injuries, diseases, or dis...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Spinal fusion is a procedure that promotes the fusing, or growing together, of two or more vertebrae in the spine.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Spinal fusion is surgery to fuse spine bones (vertebrae) that cause you to have back problems. Fusing means two bones are permanently placed together so there is no longer movement between them. Spinal fusion is usually done along with other surgi...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 4, 2009
A laminectomy is a surgical procedure in which the surgeon removes a portion of the bony arch, or lamina, on the dorsal surface of a vertebra, which is one of the bones that make up the human spinal column. It is done to relieve back pain that has...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Laminectomy is a surgical procedure that entails opening the spinal column to treat nerve compression in the spinal cord.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
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