We frequently get questions from patients trying to decide whether a minimally invasive back or neck procedure is the right answer for them vs. just trying to control the pain through medication. Why we can certainly understand that some people are somewhat fearful of any kind of surgical procedure, masking the pain by taking daily [...]
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 with a tiny laser through a 7 or 15 mm incision to free the nerve and rid you of your pain. And [...]
Combining pain and stress caused by the daily grind can be exhausting. Trying to perform normal tasks at work and at home can become almost impossible as bending, lifting, and sitting brings on sharp biting pain. We’ve talked about many alternatives to back pain relief, but today we’re focusing on the wonderful release of a [...]
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No one likes the idea of undergoing a surgical procedure and typically everyone seeks an alternative to surgery. Our doctors do not primarily seek surgical methods to relieve your back or neck pain. The final step for most patients is undergoing surgery to relieve back or neck pain. A recent article on CNN lists alternative [...]
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Chances are very high that all of us will experience some form of back pain in our lives. Back pain is often something can will decrease on its own, but there are ways to be prepared at the first sign of back pain in order to make sure you are not further injuring yourself.
Evaluate your [...]
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Spinal stenosis is a medical condition in which the spinal canal narrows and compresses the spinal cord and nerves. This is usually due to the common occurrence of spinal degeneration that occurs with aging. It can also sometimes be caused by spinal disc herniation, osteoporosis or a tumor. In the cervical (neck) and lumbar (low [...]
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Late last week The Journal of Experimental Biology published a study that stated a very strange recommendation. Women who wear high heels for long periods of time should not to go back to wearing flats. Scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University, in northern England, found continued wear of high heels caused the Achilles’ tendon to thicken [...]
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This is one of those studies that we all knew the results before they were ever published.
As the Associated Press reports, an observational study of people in public places in the New Zealand capital of Wellington suggests that roughly three quarters of people at least make an attempt to cover coughs and sneezes, but that, [...]
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) refers to chronic back and/or leg pain that occurs after back surgery and and it is characterized as chronic pain syndrome. FBSS is a misnomer, as it is not actually a syndrome – it is a very generalized term that is often used to describe the condition of patients who [...]
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