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Being overweight or obese is something of a double whammy when it comes to back and neck pain. Carrying excess body weight not only increases your risk of spine problems, it may also mean that you are not a good candidate for back surgery to correct those problems. Some patients may be surprised to learn […]

Weight loss and back pain are interwoven in a number of complex ways. While weight loss is not a foolproof cure for back pain, achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight can help relieve symptoms in some people with sciatica, lower back pain, and even neck pain. Adopting an intense exercise regimen designed for weight […]

Regenerative treatments for back and neck pain – platelet rich plasma (PRP) Platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections have been around since the 1990s when they were used in maxilla-facial and plastic surgery. More recently, PRP injections have become popular for treating soft tissue injuries that can result in neck and back pain. Several elite athletes […]

Dry needling Dry needling is an increasingly popular treatment for relieving chronic back or neck pain caused by muscle tension and nerve dysfunction. This effective therapy is designed to create a local twitch response in the muscle in order to release muscle tension at the root of pain. Dry needling treatment has very few potential […]

As with any surgery, back surgery poses a number of risks and can lead to complications. Fortunately, ongoing refinement of techniques and practices means that the risk of such complications is very low and getting lower year on year. For most patients, spine surgery has a positive outcome, offering relief from symptoms and resulting in few, if […]

Sex and Back Pain If chronic or acute back is making sex difficult or painful, you are not alone. Every day, patients suffering from back pain and other conditions due to disc disease, arthritis of the spine, and other back problems and injuries deal with this same problem. Back pain during sex can also be […]

A Fluoroscopic Guided Hip Injection is an outpatient, non surgical procedure that provides pain relief of chronic hip pain. It allows for maximum placement accuracy. It is typically used to treat arthritis of the hip which cause painful chronic inflammation and degeneration resulting in decreased range of motion and function. Numbing and anti inflammatory medications are […]

The Sacroiliac joint also know as the SI joint is a bilateral and connects the sacrum which is the base of the spine to the hips. A Sacroiliac Joint Steroid injection is done to both diagnose and treat SI joint pain and dysfunction. Diagnostically the injection is done into the SI joint with guided dye […]

A Lumbar Sympathetic Block is an injection of local anesthetic into the sympathetic nerves. The sympathetic portion of the nervous system is responsible for fight of flight response, maintaining balance or homeostasis in the body and can carry pain messages. The lumbar sympathetic nerves carry these sympathetic nerve messages form the lower extremities to the […]

Radiofrequency is used to stop nerves that transmit pain signals to the brain. It is like putting a phone call on mute. The message is still there but you know longer get it! How amazing is technology that there is now a mute button for pain? It really is that simple. The body is controlled […]