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Professional Athletes, Spine Surgery, and Patient Choice
By Neel Anand MD |
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 More Sitting and Your Spine Health
By Neel Anand MD |
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 More Spine Surgery – When is it Right for YOU?
By Neel Anand MD |
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 More The Anand Spine Group is Enrolling Patients in Centinel Spine Clinical Study for Total Disc Replacement for 2-Level Symptomatic Cervical Disc Disease
By Neel Anand MD |
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 More 5 Unexpected Lifestyle Triggers for Back Pain
By Neel Anand MD |
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 More Debunking a Major Scoliosis Myth
By Neel Anand MD |
“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…
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BUYER BEWARE! The Hidden Potential Dangers of Neck and Back Pain “Tools”
By Neel Anand MD |
It's no surprise that neck pain and back pain are a universal struggle. The experience of spinal pain is nearly ...
Read More Class is in Session! How to Enhance Your Personal Spine Health Literacy
By Neel Anand MD |
While back pain is a health concern that will impact just about everyone at some point in life, it's also ...
Read More Turning Back The Hands of Father “Spine”
By Neel Anand MD |
How You Can Help Your Spine Age Gracefully – 5 Practical Tips The overall population of the United States is ...
Read More WARNING: Preventing Traumatic Spine Injury – 4 Factors of Focus
By Neel Anand MD |
Over the years, I've written extensively on how people can avoid spine surgery for various conditions that cause back pain ...
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