This content is machine translated Therapy for back pain Breaking the pain cycle An effective method that can reliably and quickly relieve back pain is infiltration. Without surgical intervention, the patient’s mobility and freedom from pain can thus be restored, and further multimodal…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Acute lumbar back pain Stay active despite back problems Back pain requires interdisciplinary approaches to solutions, this is also a conclusion of the Back Report 2020 published by the Swiss Rheumatism League. A multimodal coping strategy of lifestyle modification…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Lumbar back pain Early differentiation pays off One of the most common reasons for consultation in primary care practices and emergency departments is lumbar back pain. A 2012 systematic review estimated a global point prevalence of activity-limiting… CME-Test
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Lumbar back pain Note “Yellow Flags” and “Red Flags”! Back pain is one of the most common health problems and can have serious economic and psychosocial consequences. The family doctor is often the first point of contact for those…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Pain psychotherapy for back pain Counteract the fear of pain Pain psychotherapy includes both a symptom-oriented and problem-oriented approach. Psychosocial and workplace factors contribute to chronification and are essential to consider in therapy. Eduction is an important component in promoting…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Spondylodesis, disc prosthesis and co. - Part 1 Spine surgery for low back pain: what is possible? Chronic low back pain may have a defined pathomorphologic correlate; the main difficulty remains the detection of this correlate. The gold standard of evaluation for back pain is history, clinic,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic back pain Multimodal therapy with optimal pain medication pays off As part of the KHM Congress in Lucerne, a luncheon symposium was devoted to the topic of chronic back pain. Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Konrad, Head of Anesthesia at the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic non-specific back pain Interdisciplinary therapy brings the desired success Basically, nonspecific back pain is a benign condition, but it is very common in industrialized countries and thus has a major socioeconomic impact. The basic pillars of diagnostics are a…
