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Plain-English articles on procedures and recovery.
RecoveryRelief usually starts between two days and two weeks, and the average run is about fifteen months. Here is the recovery timeline, appointment by appointment.
ProceduresWhy radiofrequency ablation sometimes gives less relief than hoped, how a pain doctor looks for the reason, and the other options worth discussing.
ProceduresWhat a spinal cord stimulator (stim) trial is like, from placing the temporary leads to the decision day about a week later. Written by a Houston pain doctor.
RecoveryHow long kyphoplasty recovery takes, what most people notice in the first few days, and what can slow healing after a spinal compression fracture.
ProceduresAn injection near a group of nerves in the neck, used to diagnose and treat some nerve-related pain. Who it may help, how it is done and recovery.
ProceduresWhat basivertebral nerve ablation (BVN), also called Intracept, treats, who may qualify, and what a published five-year study reported. Results vary.
ConditionsMost back pain eases within weeks. Here is how doctors tell acute pain from chronic pain, which symptoms need prompt attention, and what an evaluation involves.
Conditions
SI joint pain sits low in the back, usually on one side. Learn how doctors tell it apart from sciatica, confirm it and choose treatment.
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