A plethora of nerves travel through your spinal canal and extend to your extremities, and if any of these nerves become damaged or compressed along the way, it can lead to painful symptoms. But because these nerves help relay messages to your brain from different areas of your body, symptoms of a … [Read more...] about 3 Signs of a Pinched Nerve in Different Areas of Your Spine
Because most people don’t have a lot of experience with back surgery or life after a spinal operation, it’s common for patients to come in with some misunderstandings or misconceptions about the process. This is completely normal, but coming into a situation with mismatched expectations or confusion … [Read more...] about 5 Common Misconceptions About Spine Surgery
Whether you’re a high school or professional athlete, or you just play in a recreational soccer league on Sundays, if you want your spine to be healthier and stronger next sports season, you have to be smart about how you approach the offseason. Offseason training is extremely helpful for developing … [Read more...] about 4 Tips For A Stronger Spine Next Sports Season
Spine surgery is a significant undertaking for your body, even when minimally invasive techniques are used. Because of this, it makes sense that you’d just want to lay around for days or even weeks after your surgery so that healing can run its course. However, healing can actually progress faster … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Early Mobilization Is Important After Spine Surgery
A pinched spinal nerve can cause symptoms in a hurry, but those symptoms aren’t always isolated to the area of the nerve compression. Sometimes pain is centralized to the location of the compressed nerve, but other times it can cause a multitude of symptoms in other areas of the body depending on … [Read more...] about 5 Surprising Symptoms Of A Pinched Spinal Nerve
Surgery is performed on either an inpatient or outpatient basis. Inpatient surgery means that the patient spends at least one night at the surgical facility or a recovery ward before they are discharged home, whereas outpatient surgery means that the patient leaves the surgery center on the same day … [Read more...] about What You Need To Know About Outpatient Spine Surgery
Every patient wants to be the ideal candidate for spine surgery in the event they need to undergo an operation in the future, and every surgeon wants to operate on ideal candidates because they carry a reduced risk of certain complications. But what makes a good candidate for spine surgery? You … [Read more...] about What Makes A Good Candidate For Spine Surgery?
The calendar has turned to November, and that means the days are getting shorter and the weather is getting colder. And while that’s not all bad here in Minnesota, as it also means it will soon be the right conditions for downhill skiing or pond hockey, the colder weather can also increase our risk … [Read more...] about 4 Tips For Protecting Your Spine As The Weather Gets Colder
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