Back Pain

Diagnosis

Learn how to get a back pain diagnosis, criteria and tests used by healthcare professionals, what the different diagnoses means, and what to do after getting diagnosed.

Ankylosing Spondylitis - Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment

This article describes Ankylosing Spondylitis including symptoms, causes, how it can be diagnosed and treatment options to live well with this condition.

Thoracic Herniated Disc: Diagnosis, Symptoms, Causes, & Treatment

In this article we will go over what "thoracic herniated disc" means, the symptoms, causes, how to get a diagnosis, and treatment options to help you fix it.

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