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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 getting older. Sixty years ago, approximately 17 million Americans were aged 65 or older. Today, those numbers have skyrocketed to over 55 million. The number of older people in the United States is predicted to…
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 and, when they can’t, how surgery can often be performed using a minimally invasive approach. Most of those articles have an asterisk disclaimer that comes with them because traumatic spine injuries are an “exception to…
Read More Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery – 4 Key Considerations
By Neel Anand MD |
The decision to undergo spine surgery is a deeply personal one. Having performed procedures now numbering in the thousands, I can state with genuine humility that all cases are unique. While the patients’ anatomy may be similar, each decides to undergo surgery from a unique set of circumstances, backgrounds, and life goals. However, if you…
Read More Men’s Health Month: Turning BACK the Hands of Father Time
By Neel Anand MD |
No matter your gender, back pain can be one of the most frustrating medical conditions around. And though we often talk about how it affects people in general, it’s necessary sometimes to point out the differences in how back pain presents itself, sometimes uniquely, in men and women. With June as Men’s Health Month, this…
Read More Understanding Spinal Osteoarthritis
By Neel Anand MD |
Of the more than 100 different types of arthritis known to the world, osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common and affects millions of people around the globe. Often, people think osteoarthritis affects the hands, knees, and sometimes the feet of older people. However, the degenerative bone condition also impacts the spines of many humans worldwide,…
Read More Why Does Back Pain Seem to Rise When Temperatures Drop?
By Neel Anand MD |
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but as of this blog’s publishing, we’ve still got almost two months of winter left in the United States. Unfortunately, the extreme cold of the winter can give rise to back pain episodes for many Americans. There are various reasons this may be the case –…
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Read More When Back Pain Becomes Chronic, There Can Be Many Causes
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When a person experiences pain or discomfort originating from the spine for three months or more, the pain is considered ...
Read More Understanding Spinal Stenosis
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From professional athletes to everyone else, it's a condition that doesn't discriminate. I was recently interviewed by a publication regarding ...
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