Are Muscle Relaxers Effective For Treating Back Pain?
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: July 19, 2021
Many back pain sufferers turn to muscle relaxers when their back gets sore, but are muscle relaxers any more effective than a placebo? Not according to a new study out of Australia. A review of 31 prior studies involving more than 6,500 patients with low back pain sought to determine if 18 different prescription muscle […]
4 Overlooked Causes Of Back Pain In Your Fifties
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: July 15, 2021
As we get older, our likelihood of developing back pain increases for a number of reasons. For starters, all that stress we’ve put on our back and our bodies over the years takes its toll, and we don’t bounce back from injury as quickly as we once did. With that in mind, we need to […]
What You Should Know About Diabetes And Spine Surgery
Category: Spine Surgery | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: July 12, 2021
Diabetes is a health condition that affects millions of Americans. Diabetes affects how your body uses blood sugar (glucose), and it can lead to excess blood sugar in your body, which can cause serious health problems. As you might imagine, the condition can also complicate the surgical process and your recovery after an operation. In […]
6 Ways to Care For Your Spine During The Warm Summer Months
Category: Spine | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: July 8, 2021
Summer is here, and considering that it can sometimes be short-lived in Minnesota, we often try to soak up the sun and spend as much time outside as we can. All this extra time in the sun can certainly help our Vitamin D production, which is helpful for our spine, but the warm weather can […]
How July Can Cause Back and Spine Pain
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: July 5, 2021
July is here, and that means it’s time for our final installment of how the different months of the year can be hard on your spine. We’ve already profiled how August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May and June can be tough on our spine, and now we’re putting a bow on […]
It Feels Like My Back Is Exploding – What Should I Do?
Category: Spine | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: July 1, 2021
We’ve heard patients describe back pain in countless ways. Shooting, pulsing, radiating, sporadic, worse in the morning, awful at night, comes in waves, etc. We’ve even heard patients say that it feels like their back is exploding due to their spinal issue. The only thing that should be exploding anytime soon are the fireworks on […]
5 Low-Cost Alternatives To Spine Surgery
Category: Back Pain, Spine | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: June 28, 2021
Spine pain can be a daily burden, but surgery to correct the problem can be a significant financial burden. Because of this, many people dealing with spine pain decide to look for some low-cost alternatives to going under the knife. In today’s blog, we take a closer look at five low-cost alternatives to back surgery. […]
Is It Too Late To Treat My Back Pain?
Category: Back Pain | Author: Stefano Sinicropi | Date: June 24, 2021
Too many people, for one reason or another, opt not to treat their back pain. Maybe they hope that it will go away on its own, maybe they don’t like going to the doctor, or maybe they cite one of the hundreds of other reasons we hear from patients as to why they didn’t have […]
