Patients Who Make The Strongest Recovery After Back Surgery Do These 5 Things
Category: Surgery Recovery | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: June 9, 2025
Making a strong recovery after spine surgery doesn’t happen by accident. If you want to become the most functional version of yourself following a spinal procedure, you’ll want to follow the lead of patients who have achieved similar results in the past. In our experience, although they will all face their own challenges and work […]
Shaving Down A Spinal Disc – The Microdiscectomy Procedure
Category: Spine | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: June 4, 2025
Your spinal discs play a vital role in dispersing stress and ensuring the spinal complex can remain flexible and mobile, but they can wear down or shift out of place as a result of acute or repetitive stress. When a spinal disc can no longer handle the stress it is under, the soft inner nucleus […]
The 5 Worst Things You’re Doing To Your Spine
Category: Spine | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: June 3, 2025
Our spines are incredibly tough and durable, but they aren’t immune from acute or repetitive stress. If we knowingly or unknowingly put our spines in harrowing positions, we may find that pain and other symptoms soon develop. But what are some of the worst positions and activities for our spine? In today’s blog, we take […]
When Pain Meds Aren’t Helping Back Pain
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: June 2, 2025
It would be wonderful if you could just take a couple pain medications and experience long-term relief from your back pain, but there really isn’t a magic pill that can cure back pain. Some medications provide short-term relief, but oftentimes these medications only mask the symptoms and fail to treat the underlying cause, so if […]
Understanding Spinal Nerve Pain Vs. Spinal Tissue Pain
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: May 28, 2025
Spinal pain is unique to the individual, but at its core, it tends to be caused by one of a few different issues. Two of the most common causes of spinal discomfort and related symptoms are spinal nerve pain and spinal tissue pain. In today’s blog, we take a closer look at how you can […]
Why It’s So Important To Find A Spine Specialist That Advocates For You
Category: Surgeons | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: May 27, 2025
Dealing with a painful health condition can be extremely hard, even if you have people who believe and support you in your life. Managing a pain condition without those support systems in place can be even more difficult. And while we can’t control whether your friends or family empathize with or understand your situation, you […]
Managing The Mental Side Of Failed Spine Surgery
Category: Spine Surgery | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: May 26, 2025
Much of the focus during the back pain treatment stage focuses on your physical health, but unless we also ensure that our mental health is improving, recovery can stagnate. Pain treatment problems are only further amplified when you do everything you can to overcome an issue, and you still run into a setback. Even if […]
Back Pain From Sitting – 5 Potential Causes
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: May 21, 2025
We typically associate sitting down as being a relaxing position, especially when compared to moving or standing. For a number of different areas of your body, they are under much less stress when you’re seated, but that’s certainly not the case for all areas of your body. One area that oftentimes finds itself under more […]
