pain management

Know Your Low Back Pain Score

Know Your Low Back Pain Score

I’m writing this post to give you a “heads up” on an upcoming blog topic that is critically important to how you choose to solve your low back pain.

Over the next few posts, I will be discussing how “Success” is defined, or measured, when it comes to the varioius types of low back pain care you could receive. If you are not already a subscriber, sign up using the form below to be notified.

The goal of this site is to always provide you with information about low back pain to help you make treatment choices that will fit your situation.

In other words, to help you solve low back pain…the right way…FOR YOU!

The BEST Low Back Pain Treatment??

The BEST Low Back Pain Treatment??

When I was in active practice I was often asked, and now working with clients that I train individually, I continue to be asked, a recurrent question.

“Doctor Fudala… What is the best treatment for low back pain?”

For those of you surfing at warp speed, with the attention span of a hummingbird, and want to get right to the point… here is the answer.

There is no such thing as a “best” treatment. And, if your clinician tells you that a certain treatment has been shown to be clearly better than others, they are “cherry picking” the scientific literature, or giving you their own biased opinion, to support the type of treatment they most likely earn their living providing.

How Useful are MRI's for Low Back Pain?

How Useful are MRI's for Low Back Pain?

This is a brief post about the relationship between MRI findings and low back pain.

It is being written because of similar questions and concerns I have had from several of my low back pain recovery clients over the last few weeks.

One of the most important things you need to know when you are suffering with low back pain is this.

In most cases, there is NO relationship between what is seen on your low back MRI, your current pain, or your risk of experiencing low back pain in the future.

Lumbar Stenosis: 5 Must Know Facts

Lumbar Stenosis: 5 Must Know Facts

Dealing with Lumbar Stenosis can be difficult, confusing, and cause a lot of frustration.

Life seems to speed up, and you seem to be slowing down, making it harder to keep pace with the things you want to do, and the activities that add value to your life.

The good news is, there is much you can do, on your own, to help you manage Lumbar Stenosis successfully, and there are also many options for care, each having something to offer to the right person, in the right situation.