What is Easter Island? Easter Island is a name given by Dutch seafarer Jacob Roggeveen in 1722 to the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui. It is a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, known for it's huge moai statues. The island is often called to be the most remote place in the world.
Use of lidocaine patch 5% for chronic low back pain: a report of four cases. Hines R(1), Keaney D, Moskowitz MH, Prakken S. (1)Bay Area Pain Medical Associates, Mill Valley, California 94941, USA. OBJECTIVE: To describe the use of the lidocaine patch 5% (Lidoderm), a targeted peripheral analgesic, in treatment of patients with chronic low back pain.
Numerous studies have demonstrated that the zygapophyseal joints, particularly in the lumbar spine, are a source of low back pain with or without referred sclerotomal pain.21-23 Several studies also suggest that so-called facet pain may have a higher prevalence than previously suspected, with rates reported as high as 40% in older patients.36-38 While few would dispute the existence of posterior mechanical column pain in the presence of a sagittal deformity (e.g., spondylolisthesis), some ...