Papers Back Pain (DrKoop.com) Provides information on diagnosis of disc problems associated with lower back pain, including MRI procedures for locating ruptured discs. 5-00 Does Surgery for Back Pain Work? (MSNBC News) "A clinical trial finds that back-pain sufferers with herniated disks improve with or without surgery." 11-06 Replacement Disk Surgery (ABC News) "The whole procedure took about 90 minutes, and afterward an X-ray showed Lowe's new disc was in the perfect position." 05-06 Surgery for Back Pain (Journal of the American Medical Association) "Patients in both the surgery and the nonoperative treatment groups improved substantially over a 2-year period." 11-06 Periodicals Backpacking With a "Bad" Back or Hip (Backpacking.net) "In this section, I'll share my experience - the things that have helped and the things that have not - and you can do the same - the techniques, exercises, etc. that you have employed to cope with and/or heal your back pain." 6-05