(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 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 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 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…
(1) Princeton Spine & Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA KeywordsX-rayMRICTImagingObliqueCT myelogram Ordering an X-ray or an MRI can sometimes become reflexive. A patient has lower back pain so an…
