Low Back Pain

Dr. Standaert is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), serving as an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of PM&R at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, PA. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He worked in the University of Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, where he was a Clinical Professor, before joining the University of Pittsburgh. He has served numerous roles in state and federal governmental committees and actively collaborates with colleagues around the world in advancing our understanding of spine and musculoskeletal care and health policy.Dr. Friedly is a board-certified physiatrist and Professor and Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Friedly received her undergraduate degree in 1994 from Stanford University and her medical degree from Oregon Health Sciences University in 2001. She completed her residencytraining in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the University of Washington in 2005. She also received her Master of Public Health from George Washington University in 2020. Dr. Friedly has extensive experience conducting patient centered outcomes and comparative effectiveness research related to low back pain. In addition to her 20-year research career, she also has served as the editor in chief of the PM&R, the official journal of the American Academy of PM&R since 2019 and has held a number of leadership roles within the University of Washington including the Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.

• 1. <"Should I go to the emergency room?> " Their first episode of low back pain.Christopher J. Standaert, MD 2. <"My back went out again!> " You are seeing them at 1:00. Karen Barr, MD 3. <"It hurts right there.> " Focal, ongoing pain in a 48 year old Christopher J. Standaert, MD 4. <"Of course my back hurts- I have two bulging discs.> " Charles Davis, MDChristopher J. Standaert, MDJeffrey G. Jarvick, MD, MPH 5. <"It's my sciatica.> " Radiating leg pain in a 37-year-old William Taylor Riden, DO, MBAChristopher J. Standaert, MDKevin A. Carneiro, DO 6. <"I can't stand up!> " Severe acute pain in a 63 year old male Eman Kazi, MDChristopher J. Standaert, MD 7. <"My legs hurt when I walk a few blocks.> " Back and leg pain in a 67 year old. Christopher J. Standaert, MDEman Kazi, MDMichael J. Schneider, DC, PhD 8. <"They told me I have a 'spondy.'> " A 52 year old with low back pain. Christopher J. Standaert, MDJaxon E. Standaert 9. A <"Clunk> " in the Night: A 51 year old female with back pain Joseph P. Shivers, MDChristopher J. Standaert, MD 10. <"My back aches and I can't stand long enough to make dinner.> ": Chronic Low Back Pain at 73 Michelle Eventov, MD Christopher J. Standaert, MD 11. <"I shouldn't have moved that flowerpot.> " Acute back pain in a 78 year old woman James E. Eubanks, Jr., MD, MS Christopher J. Standaert, MD 12. <"Shouldn't I be better by now?> " Persisting pain after a compression fracture. Christopher J. Standaert, MD 13. <"I fell off a ladder, and my back really hurts.> " Acute trauma in a 38 year old male Anthony A. Oyekan, MDDominic Ridolfi Christopher Gibbs, MD Jeremy D. Shaw, MD 14. <"I've been coughing a lot, too.> " A 68 year old Smoker with a Cough and Back Pain Robert L. Bailey, MD Jessica Sullivan, PA-C, MPAS 15. <"My lungs are better but now my back hurts.> " <"Back pain After Pneumonia Joseph P. Shivers, MDChristopher J. Standaert, MD 16. <"I'm really scared.> " Acute Back and Leg Pain with Incontinence. Charles Reitman, MD 17. <"I just keep getting worse.> " Longstanding depression and progressive low back pain. Laura M. Tuck, PsyD Moriah J. Brier, PhD Erica Ho, PhD Derek R. Anderson, PhD Rhonda M. Williams, PhD Christopher J. Standaert, MDAaron P. Turner, PhD 18. <"I know if have fibromyalgia, but my back hurts.> " Back Pain and Fibromyalgia Christopher J. Standaert, MDIsaiah Levy, MD 19. <"I was rear-ended last week, and my back is killing me.> " Pain after a motor vehicle accident. Benjamin D. Holmes DC, PhD Steven J. Atlas MD, MPH Eric J. Roseen DC, MSc 20. <"I was hurt at work, and I'll get hurt again if I go back.> " Back pain in workplace injury. Kristina Barber MD Christopher J. Standaert MDRachel Brakke Holman MD 21. <"I just had surgery, but I hurt again.> " Back and leg pain 4 months after back surgery Alex Watson, MD, MBAChristopher J. Standaert, MD 22. <"I can't run without pain.> " Low Back Pain While Training for the Boston Marathon Katie Smolinski, DO Mark A. Harrast, MD , 23. <"My back is OK as long as I don't do anything, but I love soccer and tennis.> " Back pain in a recreational athlete.Maria Vanushkina, MD Christopher J. Standaert, MD 24. <"I go on this golf trip every year, but it hurts to swing a club.> " Back pain and golf. Seth Bires DO Christopher J. Standaert, MDPrakash Jayabalan MD, PhD 25. <"It hurt so much I had to come out of the game.> " A 14 year old Soccer Player with Acute Low Back PainKuntal Chowdhary, MD Christopher J. Standaert, MD 26. <"My injury was years ago, but something in my back is not right.> " Low Back Pain on the Way to the ParalympicsDeborah Crane, MD 27. <"It hurts, and I'm not walking right.> " A Veteran with back pain and a below knee prosthesis. Mary S. Keszler, MD David C. Morgenroth, MD Ari Greis, DO Rhonda M. Williams, PhD Christopher J. Standaert, MD 28. <"I'm only in my second trimester, but now my back hurts.> " Back Pain in Pregnancy Jason S. Bitterman, MD 29. <"I didn't think this third pregnancy was going to be so hard on me.> " A 33-year-old with post-partum pelvic pain.Marissa L. Marcotte, MD Rupali Kumar, MD 30. <"It really hurts when I get up.> " A 24 year old male with progressive sacral pain and stiffness. Niveditha Mohan, MD 31. <"My hip hurts.> " Is it her back? Isaiah Levy, MD Christopher J. Standaert, MD 32. <"I want to say in my home.> " An 87 year old with Back pain, Heart Failure and Diabetes. Laura R. Lawson, MD Debra Kaye Weiner, MD 33. <"I need to exercise to lose weight but my back hurts.> " Low back pain with a BMI of 47. Alex Watson, MD, MBA Christopher J. Standaert, MD 34. <"I have tried everything for my back pain!> " What to do when there is nothing left to do. Christopher J. Standaert, MD