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 [...]
What exactly is a herniated disc? The spinal disc is a soft cushion that sits between each vertebra of the spine. Discs function like coiled springs. When a disc ruptures, a portion of the spinal disc pushes outside its normal boundary. This is called a herniated disc. When a disc bulges out from between the [...]
This article is excerpted from Spine-Health.com, originally written by Grant Cooper, MD on July 19, 2018. Waking up with a stiff neck can be unexpected and inconvenient. Despite a stiff neck’s potential for severe, sharp pain and reduced range of motion, some people might feel pressure to maintain the day’s planned activities, such as going to [...]
https://youtu.be/DdoB7voWW-I Back surgery patient experience- Michael Z. from Land O'Lakes, FL worked as a public servant his entire life, first as a firefighter paramedic and then registered nurse. The decades of hard work in the service of helping others took a toll on his low back and he underwent fusion surgery in 2011. Even [...]
This article is excerpted from an American Medicine Association (AMA) article by Sara Berg on December 27, 2019. Every new year comes with a laundry list of resolutions to “get healthier.” But it is often hard to stick to those New Year’s resolutions and goals. The AMA offers up these 10 recommendations to make health [...]
