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Better n effective ways to manage back & neck pain . please advice . i am 60 yrs & have undergone spine surgery before 5 yrs?
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See below: Unfortunately there is no "one size fits all" approach that i can give you here. My advice would be to see a physiatrist specializing in spine problems to help you figure out a program that works for you.
Answered 10/6/2016
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Osteopathic Eval: Osteopathic manipulative medicine (omm) specialists, like myself, deal specifically w/ neuromusculoskeletal pain such as you're describing & frequently are consulted regarding remnant pain after failure of surgical relief.Consider an eval, incl thorough history & phys, incl osteopathic hands-on eval to try to get to the root problem which may or may not be related to the surg.Manip can often help.
Answered 6/27/2020
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