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The Spine and the Chain Understanding the spine to care for it with awareness
- why pain arises
- when it’s really necessary to intervene
- what you can do every day to feel better
Do you have back pain?
Back pain is a very common condition and, in most cases, is benign in nature: it does not affect your overall health and tends to improve on its own within a few days or a few weeks.
During this phase it is important to stay as active as possible, adapting your movements to the intensity of the pain. Prolonged bed rest, unless otherwise directed by a doctor, is generally not recommended because it can slow down recovery and promote stiffness and muscle weakness.
This website was created to offer clear information, practical guidance and useful advice for dealing with back pain through a simple, gradual path. By following a "step by step" approach, you will be able to understand which strategies to adopt on your own, which behaviors to avoid and which warning signs to watch for.
You will also find guidance on when it's appropriate to see a doctor, which tests or treatments might be necessary, and in which situations, after a proper specialist assessment, surgery may be a possible solution.
The goal is to help you better understand the problem, find your way among the different options available and approach each stage with greater awareness, without alarmism but without underestimating symptoms that require attention.
Practical, concrete measures and treatments that can help keep the spine functioning well and free of symptoms and, as far as possible, keep it away from the scalpel or, in any case, prepare it as well as possible in case surgery ultimately proves to be the only useful solution.
Rehabilitation and Prevention
Pain therapy often represents the first approach in treating symptoms related to degenerative processes of the spine. Its goal is to reduce pain, improve mobility and allow the patient to maintain, as far as possible, normal daily activities.
Techniques
In recent years, spinal surgery has undergone a profound transformation thanks to technological development and the increasingly widespread adoption of minimally invasive techniques.
Non-Invasive Techniques
A valuable resource, the result of significant scientific and technological progress, but not an automatic solution for every form of back pain. Like any invasive treatment, it has limitations, contraindications and possible complications.
Spinal SurgeryDr Josip Buric
Neurosurgeon, Spine Surgery Specialist
With over thirty years of clinical experience dedicated to spinal and spinal cord conditions, and thousands of procedures performed,
I combine traditional and minimally invasive techniques, always paying attention to the person as well as the condition.
I have taken part in international conferences and collaborated with numerous specialist centers, developing a broad, non-standardized approach to care.
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