Made up of the top seven spine vertebrae, doctors usually refer to the cervical spine vertebrae as ‘C’, which stands for ‘cervical’, and then the numbers one through seven. These numbers represent the vertebrae level with C7 closest to the chest while C1 is...
Back pains are a condition that affects millions of people each year as well as costing many lost hours and days from work. In addition, millions of dollars are being spent every day on medical care and treatment for back pain sufferers as well as health care costs....
In many cases, sciatica will heal on its own in a few days or sometimes week. There are times, however, when the patient will have bouts of pain or recurring flare-ups of sciatic pain. If this happens, it’s probably a sign that some sort of sciatic treatment... 