It Never Stops Hurting

Some people have back pain that just never stops hurting.  It can make almost every activity difficult and is called chronic back pain syndrome.  A syndrome is a group of symptoms that appear at the same time and indicate a problem exists.  When you have chronic back pain syndrome, it means you have pain even [...]

More Pain in the You-Know-What

There’s a diagnosis called Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.  It’s a fancy name for a spine that has a narrowing channel which squeezes the nerves.  These nerves lead to your butt and your legs, so there can be considerable pain.  There’s lot of reasons why the spinal canal can be too narrow.  For one thing, you can [...]

Such a Pain in the Rear!

It seems odd, but humans have a bone at the end of the spine we call a tailbone.  The medical name is the coccyx.  When it hurts, it can really hurt because it makes it tough to sit.  Usually, this bone hurts because you’ve injured it somehow.  In fact, a lot of people injure the [...]

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