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Common back ailment could be sign of heart failure
Columbia researchers have found a link between a common back ailment and a type of heart failure, suggesting that screening patients with lumbar spinal stenosis could identify those at risk of the heart disease and prevent premature deaths.
Having 'good' posture doesn't prevent back pain, and 'bad' posture doesn't cause it
Surprisingly, there is a lack of evidence for a strong relationship between good posture and back pain. Perceptions of good posture originate from a combination of social desirability and unfounded presumptions.
Other Conditions and Complications of Ankylosing Spondylitis
AS is a chronic, debilitating disease. This means it can get progressively worse. Serious complications can arise, especially if the disease is left untreated.
Duration of pre-operative pain linked to chronic opioid use after adult spinal deformity surgery
In a Johns Hopkins Medicine study of patients who underwent adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery, pre-operative opioid use and pain duration of four or more years were independently associated with higher odds of chronic post-surgery opioid use.
Could Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Help My Low Back Pain?
Sacroiliac joint fusion is a treatment approach to lower back and pelvis pain. The sacrum and the ilium naturally form a joint — and this fusion procedure joins the two together. If conservative treatment methods such as medications, exercises, and injections don’t help the back pain, surgical treatments in the form of a sacroiliac joint fusion may help.