5 Helpful Spine Pain Treatments That Do Not Involve Medication
Category: Spine Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: March 17, 2022
Medications can be a great addition to a comprehensive treatment plan, but they should not be your only option because they do not effectively treat the root cause of your pain. Because of this, and because painkillers can cause dependency or even overdose, some patients want to pursue any number of treatments other than medication. […]
How To Treat Metastatic Cancer of The Spine
Category: Spine | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: March 14, 2022
The American Cancer Society notes that roughly 25,000 malignant tumors are diagnosed in the brain and spinal cord each year. The majority of these tumors are metastatic, meaning that they originated in a different location and eventually traveled to the brain or spine. As you might imagine, early diagnosis is key for treating metastatic spinal […]
How To Avoid Back Pain If You Sit All Day
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: March 10, 2022
A lot of people conduct their job from an office or in a seated position, and while that may not seem all that hard on your body compared to the construction or logging industry, as we’ve talked about in the past, sitting can be extremely hard on your spine. If you sit at a desk […]
Why Do I Have Back Pain On One Side Of My Back?
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: March 7, 2022
Back pain comes in many forms, but for some people, their discomfort tends to develop on one side of their spine. Maybe they have pain in their upper right portion of their back, or the problem lies just above their hip on their left side. If back pain isn’t developing uniformly, what might be going […]
How Alcohol can Impact Back Pain
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: March 3, 2022
Like most of our dietary choices, anything in moderation is fine as long as we make healthy choices most of the time. An ice cream cone on a warm summer day or an old fashioned with your Friday fish dinner isn’t going to cause huge issues for your health, but if these choices start making […]
Why Do Spinal Ligaments Thicken?
Category: Spine | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: February 28, 2022
Your spinal ligaments help to provide support and assist in everyday movements, but like any soft tissue, they can become damaged or injured. Oftentimes in the spinal column, problems with ligaments are the result of ligament thickening. In today’s blog, we take a closer look at why your spinal ligaments may thicken, what problems they […]
Back Pain & the Power of Positive Thinking
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: February 24, 2022
The right attitude can help us in a number of different ways in life, but studies also show that the right mindset can be helpful in overcoming back pain. According to research from across the pond at Warwick University, patients who were treated with cognitive behavioral therapy alongside physiotherapy saw improved outcomes over patients who […]
How To Prevent Depression After Spine Surgery
Category: Spine Surgery | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: February 21, 2022
As we’ve talked about on numerous occasions on the blog in the past, spine pain can have a significant effect on a person’s mental health. Studies have shown that people with chronic back pain are at a much higher risk for a depressive episode than someone without back pain, and your mental health isn’t in […]
