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(1) Princeton Spine & Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA   As the decades have gone by, the role of stress and mental stability in a patient’s life and the role…

(1) Princeton Spine & Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA   Red flag signs and symptoms in the context of lower back pain are signs and symptoms that should prompt further…

(1) Princeton Spine & Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA   Perhaps there is no source of confusion, contention, obfuscation, and general misunderstandings primarily among patients but also doctors as there…

(1) Princeton Spine & Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA   KeywordsDegenerativeIsthmicPars interarticularisSpondylolysisFusionSlip Spondylolisthesis is a condition in which one vertebral body slips in relation to another. There are two common…

(1) Princeton Spine & Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA   Compression fractures may occur in the vertebrae and cause lower back pain. They most commonly occur in patients with osteoporosis….

(1) Princeton Spine & Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA   The words spinal stenosis have a Greek origin. The word “stenosis” means “choking.” Spinal, of course, means spine. So spinal…

(1) Princeton Spine & Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA   The function of the piriformis muscle is to externally rotate the hip when the hip is in extension and to…

(1) Princeton Spine & Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA   KeywordsSciaticaRadiculitisNeurologic lossEpiduralTransforaminalInterlaminarCaudalStenosisLeg pain The word spondylolysis is derived from the Greek spondylos (vertebra) and lysis (break). As the name implies,…

(1) Princeton Spine & Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA   KeywordsAcute lower back painChronic lower back painSubacute lower back painDiscogenic lower back painRadiculopathy When discussing the causes of lower back…

(1) Princeton Spine & Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA   KeywordsAcute lower back painIceHeatPhysical therapyTrigger pointMedication Acute lower back by definition is self-limited, lasting less than 4 weeks. While acute…