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Un-necessary Surgery for Back Pain a Huge Problem in the US
Five times as many operations for back pain are done in the US, compared with the UK, and twice as many as are done in Canada and Europe. The US has far more neurosurgeons per capita than these areas of
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RNI Discovers Connection Between Restless Leg Syndrome and Back Pain-Pinched Nerve In the Back
Studying electronic medical records for its patients, and particularly sleep study patients who had also been diagnosed with lumbar radiculopathy (discs impinging nerves), Rowe Neurology Institute researchers uncovered a link between lumbar problems and restless leg syndrome (RLS), as well as increased sleep disturbances.
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Tagged back pain, clinical research, disc, neck pain, radiculopathy, sleep disorders
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