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Spondylolisthesis: When a Vertebra Slips Forward
Spondylolisthesis explained: why a vertebra slips, what grades I to V mean, the symptoms to watch, and how most slips are treated without surgery.
Neurogenic Claudication: Why Your Legs Ache When You Walk
Legs ache or feel heavy on walking but ease when you sit? How neurogenic claudication differs from poor circulation, and how it is treated without surgery.
Discogenic Back Pain: When the Disc Itself Hurts
Deep central back ache worse with sitting or bending? Learn how discogenic pain differs from sciatica, how it is diagnosed and treated without surgery.
Degenerative Disc Disease: What It Means and How It Is Treated
Degenerative disc disease is usually normal ageing, not a worsening illness. Learn what MRI terms mean and how disc pain is treated without surgery.
Can a Herniated Disc Heal on Its Own?
Many herniated discs shrink and settle without surgery. How the body heals a disc, how long it takes, what helps, and when not to wait.
Sciatica in Pregnancy: Safe Ways to Ease the Pain
Buttock or leg pain in pregnancy? Learn why it happens, safe home relief, which medicines to avoid and the warning signs that need urgent care.
Selective Nerve Root Block: What It Is and When It Helps
Advised a selective nerve root block for leg or arm pain? Learn what it is, why it is used, its limits and side effects, and how Dr Heal finds and treats the pinched nerve without steroids.
Epidural Steroid Injection: What to Know Before You Agree to One
Been advised an epidural steroid injection for sciatica or a slipped disc? What it can and cannot do, the side effects, questions to ask, and how Dr Heal treats the same pain without steroids.
Radiofrequency Ablation for Back Pain: How It Works
How radiofrequency ablation quiets nerves from painful facet and SI joints, who it suits, the procedure, how long relief lasts and steroid-free options.
Back Sprain or Strain? How to Recover Faster
Pulled your back lifting, twisting or at the gym? How to tell a back sprain from a strain, how long each takes to heal, what speeds recovery, the warning signs, and how Dr Heal helps slow-healing injuries without steroids.