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How To Stretch For Back Pain 3: Upper Back Spine Roller


Expand the description and view the text of the steps for this how-to video. Check out Howcast for other do-it-yourself videos from chriscomfort and more videos in the Back Pain category. You can contribute too! Create your own DIY guide at www.howcast.com or produce your own Howcast spots with the Howcast Filmmakers Program at www.howcast.com If you work at a desk all day, you probably have poor posture… and if you have poor posture, you probably have upper back pain. This stretch can work out the kinks—just don’t hold back. To complete this How-To you will need: Comfortable clothes A large towel 2 large rubber bands A floor A 3- to 5-inch-diameter foam roller Step 1: Roll towel Fold the large towel in half lengthwise and roll it very tightly, creating a cylinder that’s 3-5 inches in diameter. Tip: Replace the rolled towel with a foam roller, a common and inexpensive physical therapy tool. Step 2: Place rubber band Place one rubber band around the rolled towel near each end to keep it tightly rolled. Step 3: Place on floor Place the rolled towel on the floor where you will lie so that it will be perpendicular to your body. Step 4: Lie on floor Lie on your back on the floor so the rolled towel is at the base of your shoulder blades. Your knees should be bent and your feet flat on the floor. Step 5: Cradle head Cradle your head by cupping the upper part of the back of your head in your interlaced fingers. Bring your elbows toward each other so that your arms are along

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Back Pain, Arthritis & the Spine & Neck Austin Chiropractic


Be My Friend – www.myspace.com Back Pain, Arthritis & the Spine & Neck, Austin Chiropractic Dr. Echols has been a been a chiropractor for more than 20 years and practices in Austin, Texas. Visit Dr. Echols website at www.dcnrt.com This video was produced by Psychetruth www.myspace.com www.youtube.com www.livevideo.com ©Copyright 2008 Zoe Sofia. All Rights Reserved. This video may be displayed in public, copied and redistributed for any strictly non-commercial use in its entire unedited form. Alteration or commercial use is strictly prohibited.

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Lumbar Foraminal Stenosis | Pinched Nerve in the Lower Back | Colorado Spine Surgeon


Dr. Donald Corenman, MD, DC (neckandback.com | 970-479-5895), is a Colorado spine surgeon and dedicated researcher and lecturer of all areas of the spine. He recently created the website listed above for patients, physicians, colleagues and other spine surgeons to use as a 2nd resource when seeking out information on conditions and surgical options relating to the spine. Dr. Corenman is an expert in all degenerative conditions, as well as sports-related and traumatic injuries of the spine. As a Colorado spine surgeon, performs state-of-the art surgeries to correct these conditions in his patients. He recently created this video on lumbar foraminal stenosis to provide an explanation of a pinched nerve in the lower back. Lumbar foraminal stenosis is condition of the spine that is very similar to lumbar spinal stenosis because it involves the narrowing of an area within the spinal canal. The individual nerves will exit through a small hole in the side of the spine in between the two vertebrae. This nerve root exiting occurs at every level in the spine. This condition is different than lumbar central stenosis where all the nerves in the canal are compressed. With lumbar foraminal stenosis, the compression is at the exit hole of the nerve (the foramen). This causes the pinched nerve in the lower back. Since the exiting hole is known as the foramen, narrowing of this hole is called foraminal stenosis. The stenosis is caused by the clogging of this nerve opening with bone spur

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Free Community Spine Health Fair

Free Community Spine Health Fair
PMPMA and Savvy Marketing Solution are teaming up to provide the public an educational event to bring available resources and current treatments of a variety of spine conditions.

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Treatment for Neck Pain – Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement at The Spine Institute Santa Monica


The Spine Institute in California has done more PRODISC® artificial disc replacement (ADR) surgeries than any other institution in the US. What is it? The FDA Approved ProDisc™-C Total Disc Replacement is a device made from metal and plastic that is placed between two adjacent vertebral bodies (neck bones) to replace a diseased cervical disc. The ProDisc™-C Total Disc Replacement consists of three parts: 1. Two metal (cobalt-chrome alloy) endplates that are anchored to the top and bottom surfaces of the adjacent vertebral bodies 2. A plastic (ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene or UHMWPE) inlay that fits between the two endplates How does it work? The plastic inlay and endplates are intended to restore the natural distance between the two vertebrae (disc height). The top (superior) endplate can slide over the domed part of the plastic inlay, which can allow movement at the level where it is implanted. When is it used? The ProDisc™-C Total Disc Replacement is intended to be used in skeletally mature patients (people who have stopped growing) for reconstruction of the disc from C3-C7 following removal of the disc at one level for intractable symptomatic cervical disc disease (SCDD), a condition that results from a diseased or bulging disc. What will it accomplish? The device is intended to stabilize the operated spinal level. Unlike a fusion procedure, the ProDisc™-C Total Disc Replacement is designed to allow motion at the operated spinal level. The effects of the

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Laser Spine Institute Tampa Director Named Orthopedic Certified Specialist

Laser Spine Institute Tampa Director Named Orthopedic Certified Specialist
Tampa – TAMPA, FLA. – Bill Horne, CEO of Laser Spine Institute (http://www.laserspineinstitute.com), the leader in minimally invasive spine surgery, has announced that Irene Barlow Rademeyer, director of physical therapy and functional rehabilitation, has received her Orthopedic Certified Specialist accreditation.

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Herniated Disc Surgery at Laser Spine Institute Frees Ruth Meyer from Back Pain


Before her herniated disc surgery, Ruth Meyer had been in pain for more than 6 months. She tried conservative treatments such as nerve blocks, physical therapy and pain medication, but experienced no relief. She was forced to quit her job as a result of the pain and fell into depression. Soon after, she found Dr. St. Louis and Laser Spine Institute where she received minimally invasive, endoscopic herniated disc surgery that changed her life. This is Ruth’s story. For more information about the minimally invasive surgical techniques performed at Laser Spine Institute, including herniated disc surgery, visit www.laserspineinstitute.com.

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Spine & Nerve Health – Dr. Aaron Filler: Open MR Injections


Dr. Aaron Filler of the Institute for Nerve Medicine in Santa Monica, California (www.nervemed.com) discusses the revolutionary new technique for addressing many spine and nerve pain problems – open MRI-guided injections. These minimally invasive procedures provide many patients with the relief they seek without requiring the recovery time and pain associated with traditional surgeries. If you’re seeking a solution for your spine or nerve-related health problem, this video may provide you with the insight you seek.

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PINCHED NERVE SPINE


Nerves in general, especially nerve roots, are not getting actually “pinched” as in getting a kink in it, but instead, most of the situations people are describing as a pinched nerve, is actually a situation in which there is a pressure increase (or a partial pressure increase) on the nerve. From experiments in nerve physiology, we know that nerves do not respond well to increase pressure on them, and indeed, even a relatively small increase in pressure can have dramatic effects and in causing nerve pathology. In the area where the nerve exits the spinal cord, and moves outward to supply the body, any decrease in the patency, or opening size of the “hole between the spinal bones” or “intervertebral foramen” can have a disastrous effect on nerve function. A decrease in the size of the opening of the intervertebral foramen is called “foraminal stenosis” and a decrease in the size of the canal which transmits the spinal cord, is called spinal canal stenosis. Now, there is not a pill for this ill. In other words, one can take pain killers and muscle relaxants until they are coming out of your ears, and if one still have improper alignment, or lack of movement of a spinal segment, in combination with improper alignment, then drugs won’t fix it. Much like a shoulder which has become dislocated, there needs to be a physical intervention to bring back proper alignment and proper function. In the case of a subluxed vertebral complex, an adjustment or spinal manipulation is the

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Health Tip Avoid Back, Neck & Leg Pain, Austin Chiropractic

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Health Tip Avoid Back Pain, Neck Pain & Leg Pain, Austin Chiropractic

Dr. Echols is a Chiropractor in Austin, Texas. In this video he discusses how men having a wallet under your butt can cause problems with nerves and the spine. See what Chiro care can do for you.

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