Your back may hurt when you cough or sneeze because these sudden movements briefly increase pressure through your abdomen and spine while causing the muscles around your back to contract quickly. If a muscle, spinal disc, joint, or nerve is already irritated, that sudden force can make the pain more noticeable. Sometimes the cause is […]
Spinal cord stimulation may be considered for people with failed back surgery syndrome when chronic nerve-related pain continues after spine surgery and other treatments have not provided enough relief. Back surgery can successfully correct a structural problem and still leave some patients with ongoing pain. That pain may include persistent lower back pain, radiating leg […]
You may be a candidate for radiofrequency ablation if you have persistent pain linked to specific pain-transmitting nerves and your doctor can identify an appropriate target for treatment. For certain types of spine-related pain, particularly facet joint pain, your response to a diagnostic nerve block can also help determine whether radiofrequency ablation, or RFA, may […]
