Sit-ups can hurt your back. This isn’t the same as saying that sit-ups are bad for your back—we’re getting to that—but people do often report that their back hurts after doing a lot of sit ...

As I started to sit up, however, panic hit me: I couldn't get out of bed. Any effort to prop myself up on my elbows or shift my feet and legs met with waves of pain that rolled up my body.

The patient symptoms usually consist of low back and leg pain, numbness or weakness in the legs. “The surgery is minimally-invasive and can be done through a small incision on the patients back. The ...

The team hopes their work will lead to effective treatments for a wide range of pain disorders including chronic back pain, neck pain, headaches, post-surgical pain and chronic cancer pain.

Dr. Richard Bundschu has performed Intracept a few times at his outpatient facility in Bradenton. The treatment takes 60-90 minutes and recovery takes a few days.