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Spine surgery is an important step and not at all to be taken lightly.  It’s a commonly held belief that the patient is a passive, silent party to surgeries of all kinds but the truth is that you need to do more than just show up. This post, preparing for spine surgery: 5 key considerations,…

Pain and numbness in the hands and arms can rob you of your ability to enjoy life.  But did you know that the pain, numbness and weakness you’re experiencing may be generated by an anomaly in your cervical vertebrae? This is the upper section of your spine, in the neck.  When there’s a problem in…

Spinal cord stimulation deploys an implanted device to send electrical currents to block pain messages to your brain.  The devices used are implanted in the patient around the spinal canal. The idea of having a device implanted in the body can be stressful for some, even causing anxiety, so psychological screening for spinal cord stimulation…

Anyone who’s had lower back surgery knows that the procedure itself is just the beginning of the journey. Rehabilitative measures and pain management are two crucial components of recovery from back surgery.  This post will share tips for creating an effective pain management for after your lower back surgery.  Structuring your plan before the big…

Spine pain demands a response and when conservative options don’t cut it, surgery is usually recommended.  If you’re suffering from chronic back pain, you’ll want to read this. This post explains how microdiscectomy can relieve pain and what the procedure entails.  If you’re considering surgery to relieve back pain, this option is well worth discussing…

There’s no question that muscle spasms of any kind are no fun at all.  But the good news is that they’re preventable and treatable with conservative methods. Because we hear so much from patients about this annoying, uncomfortable problem, we’ve put together this blog about preventing lower back spasms.  We hope it serves as valuable…

Spinal stenosis occurs most frequently in the cervical (upper) and lumbar (lower) vertebrae.  Usually afflicting people over the age of 50, the condition is a narrowing of the spinal canal.  This narrowing may cause pain and stiffness. The good news about cervical spinal stenosis is that it’s treated using conservative methodologies.  While it can be…

Your spine is the pillar of your body, supporting you as you move through life and housing your central nervous system.  Its structures are complex because it does a lot of heavy lifting.  But it’s subject to deterioration, especially in the discs. Your spinal discs are crucial supports to your vertebrae.  They hold your vertebrae…

A central truth about life and all that comes with it is that nothing lasts forever.  Your spinal discs, for example. Like every other mechanism in the human body, they’re subject to wear and tear.  So, while it’s not necessarily inevitable that you’ll have pain caused by disc degeneration, it’s in the cards for a…

Basketball star Dwight Howard has been sidelined by back surgery. It is the second time that the athlete has required minimally invasive surgery to address a herniated disc in his lower back, and this time it is expected that his recovery and return to the game could take as long as 3 months. For anybody…