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Keywords

back pain, chronic back pain, lower back pain, LBP, chronic low back pain, cLBP, chronic lumbar pain, lumbar pain, lumbar spine pain, degeneration of the spine, spinal degeneration, back trauma, spine trauma, trauma of the spine, spinal trauma, chronic lumbago, chronic lumbar muscle spasm, lumbar disc degeneration and spondylosis, lumbar segmental degeneration and instability with concomitant soft tissue dysfunction, myofascial pain syndrome, fibrositis, inflammatory spondyloarthropathy, metabolic bone disease

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Anthony H Wheeler, MD, Pain and Orthopedic Neurology, Charlotte, North Carolina
Anthony H Wheeler, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Pain Medicine, North American Spine Society, and North Carolina Medical Society
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