Recently I’ve been suffering from a severe back problem. Maybe this is hernia or spondylolisthesis (can’t pronounce!) because it’s my bad old friend since my high school days. Just in case I have a similar attack in some foreign country, I will collect some words and phrases related to low-back ache. I hope I won’t be speaking about them though. Anyway let’s get started.
- Illness
- low-back ache, lumbago
- acute/chronic lumbago
- sciatica
- (n) hernia (adv) hernial
- disc hernia
- spondylolisthesis
- Medical treatment
- orthopedics
- fomentation, heating pad, wet compress
- endoscopic operation
For information on the symptoms, please visit
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Hernia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernia - Spondylolisthesis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spondylolisthesis
How depressing!
