Back Pain

For some years I've been concerned about the availability of good quality patient information about back pain and spinal conditions. As a practicing orthopedic surgeon, I am well aware of how important information is in the patient's decision making process. In fact, I believe that the availabilty of good information has a significant effect on surgical outcomes. Knowledge is indeed power.

To start everyone down the road to good information we should start with the basics. What is lower back pain?

This is an outstanding article from Richard Fessler, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Fessler is the Chief of Neurosurgery at University of Chicago Hospitals