Stop Painful Falls from Injuring Your Spine
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), one in every three adults falls each year. These falls can cause painful and dangerous injuries such as hip fractures, back injuries…
Minimally Invasive Solutions
4 Spine Diseases and Conditions Treated with Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Minimally invasive spine surgery uses advanced techniques and technology to treat a patient’s spine condition without disrupting the surrounding soft tissues. Computer-assisted technology and highly specialized tools and instruments are…
4 Benefits of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Dr. Sharma is well-known in the region for performing successful minimally invasive spinal surgeries. Advances in this area of medicine have opened up new opportunities for patients to have their…
What You Need to Know about Spinal Fusion Surgery
From discomfort to limited mobility, back pain can impact your life on a daily basis. When you are living with pain in your lower back, lumbar spinal fusion may be a…
Nonmedical Essentials to Help You Recover from Back Surgery
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve shared lists of essential items to have on hand following back surgery. First, we discussed nutritional and medical items to help your body…
Alcohol and Back Pain
We are well into the holiday, and spirits are running high. With all of the holidays and family gatherings coming up, overall alcohol consumption tends to increase. While this is…
Don’t Slip Up This Winter: How to Prevent Slip and Falls on Ice
Slip and falls are some of the most frequent types of injuries that occur during the winter months, and are also the most common reason for winter back pain. Walking…
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,…
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…
