Posts by Neel Anand MD
4 Essential Activities for a Stronger Spine
Because back pain shouldn’t be an acceptable feature of everyday living. Most people don’t think about bringing their spine in line until they’re battling chronic back pain. Let’s face it, exercising for spine health isn’t sexy let alone necessarily fun – that is of course until you’re faced with the genuine truth that constant pain…
Read MoreBack to Basics in the New Year: Ways to Improve Spine Health
The past few years have been complicated – your spine health doesn’t have to be. Committing this year to do better for your spine health doesn’t require a ton of effort or any equipment. Being mindful that your spine deserves care and attention, and then intentionally implementing a few regular steps to keep it in…
Read MoreProfessional Athletes, Spine Surgery, and Patient Choice
What an NHL player’s medical choice has to do with athletes and patients everywhere. Spine surgery is serious business, and no surgeon on the planet will tell you differently. A physician’s decision to recommend it and a patient’s choice to undergo it are steeped in a considerable amount of education, trust, and faith. I was…
Read MoreSitting and Your Spine Health
It’s among the most passive activities we can do, so how can sitting be dangerous? Especially for people who battle chronic back pain, it can seem like sitting down and resting should help. After all, when someone is dealing with an acute injury in another part of the body, like the knee, the first treatment…
Read MoreSpine Surgery – When is it Right for YOU?
The decision to undergo surgical treatment for a spine condition is personal, and should be an informed one When a spine condition has escalated to the stage where surgery becomes a final option, many patients have crucial considerations. After all, the decision to undergo elective surgery of any type is highly personal and challenging for…
Read MoreThe Anand Spine Group is Enrolling Patients in Centinel Spine Clinical Study for Total Disc Replacement for 2-Level Symptomatic Cervical Disc Disease
The Anand Spine Group is proud to announce that it is an investigator in the Centinel Spine, LLC, Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Safety and Effectiveness of prodisc® C SK and prodisc® C Vivo to Mobi-C® Cervical Disc in the Treatment of Two-Level Symptomatic Cervical Disc Disease (SCDD). The prodisc® products being used…
Read More5 Unexpected Lifestyle Triggers for Back Pain
Are these seemingly unrelated factors contributing to your bouts with back pain? There are plenty of issues with the spine that are entirely beyond the control of the person who is suffering when it comes to back pain. Congenital spinal defects, spinal tumors, slipped discs, and plenty more can wreak havoc on the back without…
Read MoreDebunking a Major Scoliosis Myth
“Naturally†reversing a spinal curvature is a dangerous notion. Many people have heard of the spinal deformity known as scoliosis, whether at a routine doctor’s appointment or from their child’s school nurse during a routine screening. They know it is a condition that affects the spine, but to what extent that effect matters, or when…
Read MoreOsteoporosis and Spine Health
Osteoporosis is a serious bone disease that can affect any bone in the body – including the spine. When it comes to commonly referenced severe health conditions, osteoporosis doesn’t seem to have as much shock value for people as say a cancer diagnosis might. But it may surprise you to learn that a man is…
Read MoreBack Pain and Depression
Research shows a connection between depression and back pain, but help is available. Health research professionals have studied the connection between back pain and depression for many years. And unfortunately, I see this vicious cycle play out in countless patients throughout my career. Especially during this pandemic, when chronic pain can already feel like such…
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