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• Fundamentals

  Sciatica: when back pain travels down the leg

  Pain that starts in the lower back or buttock and travels down the leg, sometimes as far as the foot: this is sciatica. What we know about how it works, the signs that mean you should see a doctor quickly, and how we approach it at Centre Algos in Fribourg.

  7 min read
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  Living with chronic low back pain: moving, sleeping, working

  Back pain in the morning when you wake up, after a day sitting at your desk or at the end of the week: when low back pain has lasted more than three months, the question is no longer just "where does the pain come from?" but "how do I get through my day with it?". Practical pointers for getting up, working, moving, sleeping and handling flare-ups, and how we approach it at Centre Algos in Fribourg.

  8 min read
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  Lumbar spinal stenosis: symptoms and daily life

  After a few hundred metres, your legs feel heavy, burn or tingle; you sit down or lean on a shopping trolley, and it passes. This picture often points to lumbar spinal stenosis. How to recognise it, tell it apart from sciatica, what helps day to day and when to see a doctor, and how we approach it at Centre Algos in Fribourg.

  8 min read
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  Cruralgia: when pain runs down the front of the thigh

  Most people know sciatica, which runs down the back of the leg. Less well known, cruralgia starts in the lower back and runs down the front of the thigh, sometimes to the knee or the inner edge of the foot. How to recognise it, tell it apart from sciatica, what helps day to day, when to see a doctor, and how we approach it at Centre Algos in Fribourg.

  6 min read
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  Tailbone pain: understanding coccydynia

  Sitting becomes an ordeal, so does getting up, and even going to the toilet sets off the pain: tailbone pain, or coccydynia, affects the whole day. The good news: according to nidirect, in most cases it improves over a few weeks or months. Where it comes from, what helps day to day, when to see a doctor, and how we approach it at Centre Algos in Fribourg.

  6 min read
• Fundamentals

  Back Pain and Disc Problems: What Does an MRI Actually Tell You?

  An MRI shows anatomy, not pain. How to read disc degeneration, dehydration, bulges, protrusions, herniation and nerve compression in a lumbar MRI report.

  17 min read