Stephens M Author

Case Report Open Access

Innovative Treatment For Chronic Lumbar Back Pain

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Stephens M, Sarayusa A, Mortensen Z, Nagy L and Racz G

Radiculopathy can occur in a variety of patients ranging from complications of obesity to sports injuries to a combination of repetitive stress movements with post- traumatic disc disorder. In the case of three teenage patients, each of these causes contributed to their pain that led them to present in Emergency Departments, Family Medicine clinics, and eventual referral to Pediatric Neurosurgery. Various approaches were administered to help with the pain of these teenagers that included local steroid injection and chiropractic adjustments that ultimately contributed to no lasting pain relief. Each patient was considered to have chronic lower back pain and deemed a candidate to receive an innovative treatment option to help manage the back pain. The patients were all referred to receive... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9701.1000301

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