Chronic Pain

Lower Back Pain Symptoms and Treatment Options

While there are many causes of lower back pain, most cases of low back pain can typically be linked to either a general cause or a specific and diagnosable condition.

What is Degenerative Disc Disease?

Don't let the term "degenerative" confuse you; degenerative disc disease does not necessarily get worse with age. While the disc degeneration is likely to progress over time, the associated pain usually does not get worse and in fact usually gets better over time.

Spinal Stenosis Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

Spinal stenosis refers to a "choking" or compression of the spinal nerve roots or the spinal cord. There are two types of stenosis: lumbar stenosis and cervical stenosis.

Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

Degenerative spondylolisthesis is a condition that is three times more common in older individuals, occurring when the facet joints degenerate and allow for too much flexion, which allows a vertebral body to slip forward on another.