Anterior Cervical Fusion | Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Anterior Cervical Fusion As we age, discs in our spine may get injured or worn down. This can lead to pain, weakness, tingling, and numbness in the arms, neck pain, and upper back pain. When traditional therapies and medications fail to relieve neck or arm pain caused...
What Causes Bone Spurs
What causes bone spurs? Bone spurs are common as we age, and many people do not even know they have them. They are typically found after an X-ray or MRI that are ordered for other conditions. When you do have symptoms, it is important to talk to your doctor to discuss...
Hip Feels Like It Needs To Pop
Hip Feels Like It Needs To Pop Hip pain, snapping hip, and stiffness in the hip joint are common and significant health concerns. While the hip joint is a powerful and durable part of your body, it is not indestructible. Age, pregnancy, and sports injury can cause...
How Does Bone on Bone Knee Pain Feel?
How Does Bone on Bone Knee Pain Feel? Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that causes your joint tissues to degrade over time, setting off an inflammatory reaction that causes pressure placed directly on the bone of the knee. At first, symptoms are mild,...
Why Do I Still Have Pain After Back Surgery?
Why Do I Still Have Pain After Back Surgery? When it comes to persistent back pain after surgery, many patients find themselves desperate for relief and opt to undergo additional surgeries. This poses a problem for patients in search of a cure, as success rates...
What Can I do for a Frozen Shoulder?
What Can I do for a Frozen Shoulder? There are times when shoulders simply freeze. The causes can be chalked up to something as mundane as staying in a position too long, or to more common health conditions like hypo and hyperthyroidism, diabetes, stroke, and...
Why do I Have Numbness in my Feet?
Why do I Have Numbness in my Feet? There are times numbness is felt in your feet due to putting pressure on nerves or by sitting in a position that reduces blood flow. A sensation loss, typically referred to as “going to sleep” occurs as a result of nerve compression...
Is knee pain slowing you down?
Is Knee Pain Slowing You Down? A very common injury that we see at Performance Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine is "jumper's knee" or patellar tendonitis, an injury to the tendon connecting the kneecap (patella) to the shinbone. This injury usually can be...
Don’t Overdo It In the Garden!
Don't Overdo It In the Garden! Enjoy the beauty of your garden and reduce the possibility of back pain and or overuse injuries by remembering these safety suggestions: Avoid long gardening sessions Warm up before gardening with slow, sustained stretches and remember...
Should I See a Doctor or Chiropractor for Back Pain?
Should I See a Doctor or Chiropractor for Back Pain? Whether it was caused by tension from sitting at a desk all day, an injury that occurred from an accident or fall, or an underlying medical condition, most of us have experienced back pain. In fact, nearly 100% of...
Can You Predict the Weather with Arthritis?
Can You Predict the Weather with Arthritis? You may have heard someone say, “Rain must be coming, I can feel it in my bones.” But, what exactly does that mean? Can they really “feel” the rain coming? Many arthritis sufferers claim they can predict rainfall due to the...
Do I have a pinched nerve in my neck?
Do I have a pinched nerve in my neck? If you have pain that radiates down your arm, you may have a pinched nerve in your neck. Nerves are your body’s alert system. For example, if you have your hand over something hot, your nerves tell you to pull away. These signals...