What Can Go Wrong If You Don’t Follow Your Spine Surgeon’s Post-Op Instructions
Category: Surgery Recovery | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: August 12, 2025
Spine surgery is a major step in helping decrease pain and increase function in your spine, but it’s only one important aspect of your recovery journey. Perhaps the most important part of your rehab are the weeks that follow your surgery. This will be a crucial time when healing is taking place, strength is being […]
4 Issues Linked To Poor Spinal Posture
Category: Spine | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: August 11, 2025
You’re probably aware that having bad posture at your work desk or in your vehicle can lead to back pain, but that’s not the only way that a poor spinal alignment can cause problems for your health. An ideal spinal alignment helps to keep other systems working properly, so if you’re dealing with certain health […]
How To Support Your Teen Before And After Scoliosis Surgery
Category: Scoliosis | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: August 6, 2025
Your spine is expected to develop with a gentle “S” shaped curve, as this helps to support your body and ensure stress is dispersed optimally across your spinal column. However, this doesn’t always happen, and as a result of trauma or a genetic predisposition, your spine can begin to develop an abnormal lateral curve. This […]
5 Spine Issues That Can Cause Walking Problems
Category: Spine | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: August 5, 2025
If you’re finding that walking has become a little more difficult, or you’ve noticed that you’ve developed a limp or a hitch in your step, it stands to reason that you’d assume there is an issue in your lower body. Perhaps you’re dealing with an issue like plantar fasciitis or knee tendonitis, but gait problems […]
Can You Restore A Worn Spinal Disc?
Category: Spine | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: August 4, 2025
Our spinal discs play an essential role in our spine. Nestled between vertebrae, these strong and flexible discs allow our spine and our body to move in different directions with ease. Because they handle a lot of stress when we move, these discs can gradually wear down over time as we get older. This natural […]
Emergency Departments Cutting Down On Opioid Prescriptions For Low Back Pain
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: July 27, 2025
If you’re hoping to leave the emergency department with prescription opioids to combat your low back pain, you’re likely to be disappointed. That’s because the number of prescriptions issued by emergency room physicians for low back pain has dropped nearly 50 percent compared to just a few years ago. To get a better understanding of […]
The 5 Toughest Spine Pain Patients To Treat
Category: Spine Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: July 26, 2025
We’ll never shy away from a tough prognosis or a complex back issue, but it should come as no surprise that some spinal patients are easier to treat than others. After meeting a patient and performing an exam, we can oftentimes get a pretty good idea how hard it will be to help a patient […]
When Rest Makes Your Back Pain Worse
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: July 25, 2025
While we rarely recommend rest as a stand-alone treatment for back ailments, there’s a pretty good chance that we’ll tell you to take it easy for a short while if you present to our office with back pain. Rest is typically a great way to allow inflammation to resolve and to give your body time […]
