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Low Back Pain

Nearly ½ of all American workers admit to having back pain at any given time.  Back pain is a major cause of lost work productivity, disability, and can decrease a person’s motivation for performing just about any activity.  Back pain can consume a person and it is one of the leading reasons why people visit the Windsor CBP® Spine Center.  Low back pain can be complicate4d by many factors, including, but not limited to, weakness of musculature, disc herniation, bone spurs and arthritis and can also have origins in non-spinal tissues, such as the kidneys.  Back pain is a major burden on the health care costs in the country and nearly $50 billion is spent yearly.  Unfortunately, most interventions have limited ability to completely correct low back pain and unnecessary surgeries are quite common.  At the Windsor CBP® Spine center we have a different approach to back pain.  A thorough history, consultation, orthopedic and neurological exam are first performed and once a person is determined to be a candidate for the rehabilitation procedures we provide, an outline of treatment is recommended.  We have had tremendous success in alleviating back pain in thousands of patients and out state-of-the-art therapies can help you get back on track to living a pain-free life!  Call today to see if our totally different programs can help you overcome this disabling condition.

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