August is National Ambulatory Surgical Center Month! Designated by the Ambulatory Surgical Center Association, National ASC Month is intended to celebrate ASCs and the ASC industry, and help raise awareness of the multitude of benefits surgery centers deliver to their communities and the healthcare system as a whole. The Bonati Spine Institute was the first [...]
https://youtu.be/3k3NUF6TTQU United States Army Veteran Chris Dreher first experienced pain while serving in Afghanistan in 2003. He pushed through the pain in his lower back and legs, but in 2009, his pain ended his military career. In 2015, he had his first visit to the Bonati Spine Institute. Dr. Bonati diagnosed Chris with a [...]
This article is excerpted from The Spine Blog of SPINE medical journal, written by Adam Pearson MD, MS, on January 25, 2019 and the study discussed, published in SPINE on February 1, 2019. The opioid epidemic has been widely studied, and many narcotic addicts had their first exposure to opioids via a prescription for pain [...]
The below article is excerpted from Harvard Medical School’s Harvard Health Publishing Healthbeat. Without knowing it, you may be encouraging neck pain by the way you perform everyday activities. How you carry yourself can invite neck pain or help keep it at bay. In general, try to keep your head balanced directly over your spine, [...]
This article is excerpted from TIME, originally written by Jamie Ducharme on June 26, 2019. The countless recent studies and articles about the health risks of a sedentary lifestyle likely haven’t sat well with desk workers. But a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has some encouraging findings for the desk-bound. [...]
https://youtu.be/N0XrOTxHGlM Life after back surgery- Mark is a head chef and after years in his physically demanding career, coupled with accidents in both his Achilles, his body was telling him, enough is enough. Due to lower back, leg and feet pain, his time at work suffered. His home life with his wife and children [...]
Spinal stenosis is more common in those over the age of 50 and could be the result of a genetic inheritance or something that was acquired over time, due to the aging process. Additionally, spinal stenosis is often induced by trauma to the back or neck that causes damage to the anatomy of the spine. [...]
What exactly is a pinched nerve? A pinched nerve, or compressed nerve, is a term used to describe a nerve or group of nerves that have become impinged by bone, ligament, tendons, and soft tissue. Though pinched nerves can occur anywhere throughout the body, they are most common in the back. The nerves in the [...]
This article is excerpted from TIME, originally written by Jamie Ducharme on May 30, 2019. Walking 10,000 steps a day has become a ubiquitous benchmark for adequate physical activity, thanks largely to wearable fitness trackers that push users to hit that target. But according to one new study, it may be a more ambitious goal than necessary, at [...]
https://youtu.be/e7rMp7o9eIA Recovery from Back and Neck Surgery- A serious fall in 2011 left Marsella with severe headaches, neck pain, difficulty walking, and without the use of her right hand. After another surgery center wanted to put Marsella under general anesthesia, which would have put her life in jeopardy. Fortunately, she found Bonati. Watch Marsella’s [...]
