We love all the comforts of technology, but for those of us that spend around 8 hours a day hunched over our monitors it can really take a toll on the back.
Your body can only handle about 20-30 minutes in the same position. We’ve recommended the use of computer programs that can remind you to [...]
Spine-Health.com recently posted a short article discussing the link between back pain relief and exercise stating that exercise is a natural stimulus for the healing process. Even 15 minutes a day can help prevent back pain, as described in this Mayo Clinic presentation. No matter what type of environment you work in, there are simple [...]
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Traditional disc herniation surgery requires stripping away back muscles in order to expose the spine, which can cause extreme scarring and bleeding. At the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute, we are able to treat the herniation with just a laser and without stripping muscle at all. Because we do not use expandable retractors, like many others [...]
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Many things can cause a pinched nerve. Whether it’s facet disease and bone spurs, disc bulges or herniations, or thickened ligaments due to arthritis, the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute can treat the source minimally invasively with a tiny laser through a 7 or 15 mm incision to free the nerve and rid you of your [...]
Preventing back pain before it happens is so much more satisfying than recovering after it has affected your life. Curbing the problem before it ever becomes a chronic health issue is important and scientific literature from many different sources have consistently shown that there is only one way to prevent back pain before it happens.
Exercise [...]
Your mom’s advice not to slouch was more valuable information than you ever realized. Not only does standing up straight help you look taller and thinner, it also helps strengthen your muscles and increases blood flow.
Standing up straight is not just something you do when you’re with company at the dinner table, it’s something that [...]
Back pain of any type can be debilitating and lead to a variety of additional health complications when not resolved quickly. If you are suffering from any type of pain in your core region, it is important to become familiar with the dynamics of middle back pain as this may be the underlying culprit.
Middle back [...]
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Many things can cause a pinched nerve. Whether it’s facet disease and bone spurs, disc bulges or herniations, or thickened ligaments due to arthritis, the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute can treat the source with a tiny laser through a 7 or 15 mm incision to free the nerve and rid you of your pain. And [...]
NPR recently published an article about the popular shoes that are supposed to make your leg muscles work harder and sculpt your body as you walk. However, at least two new studies are questioning those claims.
Toning shoes represent the fastest-growing segment of the shoe industry. In the Skechers store in downtown Boston, a manager says [...]
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We hate to harp on the same issues over and over again, but when we find a well informed article that gives some great information that we haven’t covered before we want to share it with our already well informed readers.
For our fans on Facebook and followers on Twitter, you guys probably already know this, [...]
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