This blog is excerpted from Harvard Health Publishing Harvard Medical School. The familiar sensations of pain, redness, swelling, and heat that result from an injury or infection are hallmarks of the inflammatory process. Inflammation represents an essential survival mechanism that helps the body fight off hostile microbes and repair damaged tissue. How Does Inflammation Happen? [...]
https://youtu.be/ufyEVcuTklo Thoracic spine surgery testimonial- Monica's spinal issues began when she was just a teenager, when the first of many accidents caused her tremendous pain in the cervical and thoracic spine. Another car accident left her with debilitating whiplash. Years later, she was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis and fibromyalgia. She suffered with this pain [...]
Did you know Dr. Bonati, and the Bonati Spine Institute, produces the American Medicine Today radio and television programs!? Show hosts from left to right: Dr. Alfred Bonati, Kimberly Bermel Bonati and Ethan Youker Featuring cutting edge science and medical innovation, touching personal stories from recovery of pain, along with political, social, and healthcare issues [...]
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This blog is excerpted from Science Daily, originally published on March 5, 2020. The cause of back pain can be linked to humanity's evolutionary past, according to new research from a team of bioarchaeologists at Simon Fraser University, the University of Liverpool, and the University of Sydney. The study, published in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, [...]
This article is excerpted from Harvard Medical School's Healthbeat Newsletter, dated February 2020. Chances are you do a lot to sabotage your posture during the course of an average day: reading a good book with your head down, sitting at a computer, or scrolling on your phone. Activities like these can get your body in [...]
This article is excerpted from Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials originally written on January 28, 2020. Pregnancy is amazing. For one thing, you’re growing a whole new person. For another, you’ve discovered aches and pains you didn’t know were possible. Such joy! On your laundry list of pregnancy discomforts, back pain probably features prominently. It’s an all-too-common side [...]
https://youtu.be/dwrm3PKFeos Whiplash surgery testimonial- Pain can develop weeks, months, and even years, after a vehicle accident. Beth M. from St. Regis Falls, New York suffered whiplash from a car accident and an ATV accident that left her in cervical spine pain which worsened over time. As it developed she began taking heavy medications and [...]
This blog is excerpted from an article by Alan Condon on January 31, 2020 on Becker's Spine Review and a study by Anthony Yeung, MD & Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, MD published January 2020 in the Journal of Spine Surgery. Endoscopic spine surgery has the potential to become the leading minimally invasive surgical technique for the treatment [...]
This article is excerpted from Harvard Medical School's Healthbeat Newsletter, dated January 25, 2020. Yoga promotes physical health in multiple different ways. Some of them derive from better stress management. Others come more directly from the physical movements and postures in yoga, which help promote flexibility and reduce joint pain. Back pain relief Back pain [...]
