Low-back pain: an orthopedic medicine approach
Canadian Family Physician Medecin De Famille Canadien
|January 26, 2011
Abstract:
Many patients suffering from low-back pain present to a family physician. This paper will deal specifically with the moving parts of the lumbar spine as the source of low-back pain: muscles, discs, ligaments, apophysial (facet) joints. A detailed systematic approach is suggested to facilitate the identification of the particular tissues involved. Various modes of treatment-manipulations, tractions, epidural injections and sclerotherapy-are discussed.
