Articles & Patient Case Studies

Dr. Mudit Sharma provides insights and advice on spine care, pain management, and minimally invasive procedure and discusses patient case studies.

How to Shovel Snow and Alleviate Back Pain

Back pain and injuries typically flare up more during the colder months due to several factors. We covered most of these factors last week in our blog, but we didn’t…

Bone Spurs in the Neck: Cervical Osteophytes

As we age, our bodies, and particularly our our bones and joints are the first to degenerate, or break down. 50 percent of people over age 60 suffer from osteophytes,…

Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease

Your cervical discs act as natural shock absorbers, and when they begin to degenerate, it can cause lots of radiating pain in the arms, neck, and shoulders. In addition to…

Minimally Invasive Procedure: Posterior Discectomy

Cervical lamino-foraminotomy, more commonly known as posterior discectomy, is a minimally invasive procedure that provides high turnover rate in reducing radiating arm pain This procedure removes degenerated bone spurs and…

Perfect Posture for your Position

Proper posture isn’t just something your mom nagged about, it’s actually extremely vital to your overall spine health and prevention of lower back pain. How many hours a day do…

Artificial Lumbar Disc Surgery

For patients who suffer from chronic back pain, spinal fusion surgery is usually the first surgical option they are willing to consider. As we previously discussed , the purpose of…

Is Your Spine Pain Cancer?

If your back pain is severe enough, it’s completely understanding to think that maybe the origin of your discomfort stems from cancer. While most Americans who suffer from back pain…

Minimally Invasive Procedure: Microdisectomy

“Dr. Sharma was one of the first Neurosurgeons in Northern Virginia to perform a minimally invasive microdisectomy and decompression. Using a band aid incision and minimal dissection, he is able…