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	<title>Healthy Considerations &#187; Back Pain</title>
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		<title>Degenerative Disk Disease and Back Pain</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cushiony pads called disks are nestled between the individual bones of your spine and help keep your back highly flexible and capable of absorbing stress and strain. Unfortunately, as you age, those back disks can wear down. This is called degenerative disk disease. In fact, it is not an actual disease but the normal aging of the spine. And this degeneration of the back disks can sometimes lead to back pain.
&#8220;The disk is like a tire between the vertebrae, or bones in the spine,&#8221; says Nick Shamie, MD, associate professor of spine surgery at UCLA School of Medicine, director of spinal deformity surgery at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital, and spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. &#8220;It acts as a shock absorber. But with the passage of time and the aging process, everyone&#8217;s tire will wear out.&#8221;
By the age of 50, 85 percent of the population begins to show ...]]></description>
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		<title>Breast Size and Upper Back Pain</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The upper part of the spine is very strong, acting as an anchor to the rib cage and supporting the upper body, but it can also be prone to upper back pain. As with lower back pain, upper back pain is most often caused by strain on the muscles and ligaments from poor posture and repetitive motions.
But for women with very large breasts, it doesn&#8217;t take hours spent slouched in front of a computer or a vigorous game of tennis to cause upper back pain. Simply the weight of their breasts alone can be enough to cause back pain, sometimes even leading to long-term chronic pain that lasts for months or years.
The Link Between Large Breasts and Back Pain
Having very large breasts can place excess weight on the chest. Without enough support from the surrounding muscles and the rest of the body, the weight of the breasts can cause severe pain, make it difficult to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Study Questions Use of MRI Before Back-Pain Injections</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patients who need steroid injections to ease lower back pain frequently undergo an MRI beforehand. But a new study finds that the expensive imaging tests have little or no clinical value for these patients.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that the MRI does not typically improve results for patients who are candidates for the injection, and it has only a minor effect on doctors&#8217; decision-making.
&#8220;More is not necessarily better,&#8221; said study researcher Dr. Steven P. Cohen, an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Hopkins.
The study is published online Dec. 12 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Lower back pain is one of the top three reasons people seek medical attention in the United States, and epidural steroid injections are the most common treatment at U.S. pain clinics. The injections deliver cortisone directly into the spinal canal to ease inflammation and pain.
Indiscriminate use of MRIs, which cost about $1,500 each, prior ...]]></description>
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