New Guide to the Diagnosis, Management and Treatment of Back Pain

The Ultimate Pain Management Guide Hurt.com has published a new guide on the diagnosis, treatment and management of Back Pain.    

Topics covered include:

• Common causes of back pain
• How to prevent back pain
• How to diagnose back pain
• Specific conditions that cause back pain
• Traditional allopathic treatments for back pain
• Alternative treatments for back pain
• Surgical options for back pain

Check out our guide and let us know what you think.  The guide will continue to evolve as we develop more content.

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Understanding Chronic Pain in Time Magazine

Very interesting and timely issue on March 7, 2011 in Time Magazine.  

There are series of interesting articles linked below:

Healing the Hurt (Health Special)
Finding new ways to treat pain

The End of Ouch? (Health Special)
Not quite, but for people who suffer from chronic pain, there are now more ways than ever to get relief

Living with Pain (Health Special)
What happens when you can't make it go away?

Beyond Drugs (Health Special)
How alternative treatments can ease pain

Highlights from our point of view:

• 76 million Americans suffer with chronic pain each year
• 10% of people who have surgery will suffer from generalized pain for there lifetime.
• 20% of cancer patients will suffer from pain for more than 2 years after surgery or chemotherapy.
• 80% of people suffering from pain never seek treatment
• Alternative treatments like acupuncture, massage therapy, biofeedback, and natural therapies are gaining more and more acceptance as valuable complements to a more traditional allopathic pain management program.

Welcome to Hurt.com

Welcome to Hurt.com - the Ultimate Pain Management Guide.  We at Hurt.com will be presenting you with the latest information on pain diagnosis, treatment and management.  We will be reviewing and developing guides for the major types of pain, various treatment options, and service providers, therapeutics, and devices to help you manage your pain.

We will be reviewing doctors, surgeons, hospitals, pain clinics, chiropractors, acupuncturists, physical therapists, anesthesiologists, massage therapists, naturopaths, homeopaths, and osteopaths.