Can Lumbar Radiculopathy Be Treated Without Surgery?
Category: Nerves | Author: Stefano Sinicropi
Lumbar radiculopathy is the medical term that describes what happens when a nerve in your lower back becomes compressed or damaged. Oftentimes this impingement involves the largest nerve in your body – the sciatic nerve – but there are a number of nerves that traverse through the lower spine that can become impinged along the […]
Surprising Ways Alcohol Can Contribute To Back Pain
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi
Alcohol can have a number of effects on the brain and body. While alcohol may give you the courage to get up and sing at karaoke night, it can also cause some issues for our health, and many of the issues are not so obvious. In fact, your back is one area of your body […]
Should I See A Spine Specialist Or My Primary Care Physician For Back Pain?
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi
We always want to ensure we do right by our bodies, and sometimes that means seeking out a specialist when we’re dealing with a complex issue. Other times it simply means setting up an appointment with your primary care physician before the issue worsens. But how can you know if a situation calls for an […]
Oral Steroids For Back Pain
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi
Oral steroids can be a very effective treatment option for patients suffering from certain types of spinal issues, but like any pill, they aren’t designed to be a long-term, stand-alone option for your back pain. So how can the benefits of oral steroids be maximized, and what conditions can they help treat? We take a […]
Why You Shouldn’t Wait To Treat Back Pain
Category: Back Pain, Spine Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi
We put off a lot of different things in our life. Maybe we stretch our car another 1,000 miles before that oil change or we wait until the last minute to do our homework. Oftentimes we’re not really worse off because of this procrastination, but sometimes putting off something that deserves our immediate attention can […]
8 Tips For Dealing With Pre-Surgery Anxiety
Category: Minimally Invasive Surgery | Author: Stefano Sinicropi
Even though spine surgery is safer than it’s ever been, the prospect of surgery can still be a bit scary. It’s completely natural to be anxious ahead of your operation, but this isn’t a fun headspace to be in, and studies have actually shown that fear and anxiety can have negative effects on your recovery […]
Scoliosis Surgery Can Help Teens Return To Athletics
Category: Minimally Invasive Surgery | Author: Stefano Sinicropi
Our adolescent years are a time when our bodies go through a number of different changes. Your son may grow six inches in a year, or your niece may have grown like a weed since the last time you saw her, but these periods of rapid bone development can also cause problems if they don’t […]
Gen Z & Back Pain – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi
Back pain is oftentimes touted as a problem that only affects older individuals, and while it’s true that it’s predominantly a problem for people over the age of 50, what we do in our youth can absolutely affect our spine health later in life. While many from Generation Z (born after 1996) are not currently […]
