So you’ve picked up basketball as a new sport at the gym and are experiencing back pain that you’ve never felt before. Or maybe you’re just seeing that a lot of your favorite NBA players are out for a few games due to a back injury. Either way, the common trend is that a high activity sport like basketball and back pain seem to go hand in hand.
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6 Tips to Preventing Neck Pain
Neck pain is a common complaint and, while it’s often caused by injuries and sprains with muscles, tendons and ligaments, it can also be caused by herniated discs or cervical stenosis.
What to do When You Have a Pinched Nerve in Your Neck or Back
A pinched nerve can occur in multiple places in your body, but is very common in the neck and back. Sometimes a pinched nerve will go away on its own, but if the symptoms don’t go away within a few weeks, treatment may be necessary.
Do I Need Physical Therapy?
Physical therapy to treat disease and pain was believed to start as far back as 460 BC. With the development of the field of orthopedics and physiology, physical therapy has developed into the robust medical practice it is today.
Spine Health Month: 5 Everyday Causes of Back Pain
When your back is healthy and everything is working the way it should, you don’t tend to think about maintaining a healthy spine. But when your back is in pain, it can be debilitating.
What You Need to Know if You Have Leg Pain
If you have leg pain, do you know what could be causing it? When should you see a doctor to find out how to get relief from the pain?
Detect, Prevent, and Treat Osteoporosis
A bone scan is the only way to diagnose osteoporosis before a broken bone happens. A bone density test, may be done of your hip or spine to estimate your bone density and determine if treatment is necessary.
What You Need to Know About Scoliosis
Scoliosis is something people hear about often, but may not know that much about the condition.
Yoga can Help Relieve Back Pain
According to a survey by the National Health Interview Surgery (NHIS), yoga is the sixth most common complementary health practice.
Yoga is a great way to improve fitness, relieve stress, and even relieve aches and pains especially for neck and lower back pain
Treating Spine Fractures with Kyphoplasty
What is Kyphoplasty?
Kyphoplasty, also known as balloon kyphoplasty, is a minimally invasive procedure to treat back pain. During the procedure, a needle in inserted in your back into the spine. Our spine surgeons use x-ray images to guide the needle to the correct section of the spine. Then, a balloon is placed into the spine through the needle and inflated. This restores the natural height of the vertebrae and to prevent it from collapsing, bone cement is injected into the space.