Spine surgery is so often viewed as a significant physical undertaking, and while it certainly is physically challenging on your health, it also takes a large toll on your mental health. Having a positive and healthy mindset throughout your spinal rehabilitation can actually benefit your physical … [Read more...] about 5 Tips For Staying Positive During Your Spine Surgery Recovery
As costs continue to be deferred onto the patient, it’s no surprise that medical tourism has become more popular. If you have worked in the medical community or have close friends that talk about their experiences, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of someone who travelled out of the country for a … [Read more...] about Why You Should Consider Spinal Surgery Tourism To A Degree
We hope that all of our patients are good candidates for surgery if that’s the route we believe is best for the patient, but sometimes being a bad candidate for a surgical procedure is actually a good thing. In today’s blog, we explain what factors make someone an ideal candidate for spine surgery, … [Read more...] about Am I A Good Candidate For Spine Surgery?
Preventing surgical site infections in patients undergoing spine surgery isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution, according to researchers at the University of Washington. For their research, they looked at 351 infections that developed within 90 days of surgery. These infections were found in a total … [Read more...] about Preventing Surgical Infections Varies By Spine Level
When Goldilocks visited the cottage of the three bears, she found porridge that was too hot and too cold, and she found beds that were too firm and too soft. It wasn’t until she found the right middle ground was she able to eat and sleep well. The message from that story can be applied to many … [Read more...] about Inactivity And Too Much Activity Driving Spine Pain In Children
Our bodies are prone to gradual degenerative changes as we age, and in many individuals, this breakdown follows similar patterns. The stress and strain that their spine endures over years of physical activity leads to degenerative changes in their spine, which in turn can cause structures to shift … [Read more...] about How To Treat Schmorl’s Nodes Of The Spine
Your spine is an incredibly complex structure, which is why it can be so hard to figure out exactly what’s going on in your back when pain develops. If you really want to get a handle on your pain, you often turn to an expert, but how exactly does a spine specialist work to come up with an accurate … [Read more...] about 4 Ways Spine Specialists Come Up With A Diagnosis
Kissing spine is a relatively common cause of back pain, especially in athletes and older individuals, that is often overlooked. Also known as Baastrup’s sign or Baastrup’s syndrome, the condition is named for Christian Ingerslev Baastrup who first documented the condition in 1933. In today’s blog, … [Read more...] about What Is Kissing Spine And How Is It Treated?
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