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After a failed back surgery, Dr. Jerome Groopman lived with massive back pain for 19 years. Convinced he would spend the rest of his life in pain, a new doctor helped him find hope and, ultimately, led him down the road to recovery.
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Common Cause of Pain
Steve Bleser, D.C., F.I.C.C.,
Alliance Institute for Integrative Medicine
The diagnosis of mid-back pain is often elusive. We often see patients that may have already been to their family physician or elsewhere – only to be frustrated by a non-conclusive diagnosis. In actuality, this pain may stem from rib head subluxation and/or intercostal neuralgia. Symptoms include nagging pain that radiates in a semi-circle or straight through the back to the chest, or pain between the shoulder blades. At times, these symptoms are so indefinable that they may be misdiagnosed as a heart, lung, stomach or esophageal problem. This condition responds well to chiropractic treatment.