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BUYER BEWARE! The Hidden Potential Dangers of Neck and Back Pain “Tools”

It’s no surprise that neck pain and back pain are a universal struggle. The experience of spinal pain is nearly guaranteed at some point in life and so severe in some cases that the people experiencing it are desperate for relief. Unfortunately, today’s online marketplace is flooded with “miracle” cures promising instant relief, all while…
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Class is in Session! How to Enhance Your Personal Spine Health Literacy

While back pain is a health concern that will impact just about everyone at some point in life, it’s also a condition that can have people desperately searching for relief – sometimes in the wrong places. A quick Internet search of “fast back pain treatment” can yield accurate information for some and perhaps inaccurate information…
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Turning Back The Hands of Father “Spine”

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…
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WARNING: Preventing Traumatic Spine Injury – 4 Factors of Focus

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…
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Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery – 4 Key Considerations

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…
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Men’s Health Month: Turning BACK the Hands of Father Time

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…
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A Spotlight on Spinal Tumors: What We Can Learn From LPGA Golfer Danielle Kang

People often hear of conditions such as herniated discs, spondylolisthesis, and spinal stenosis accounting for a large amount of back ...
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Exercising Safely With Back Pain

Exercise can be a great tool for pain management and injury recovery, but it's important to know when to stop ...
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What Is Spondylolisthesis?

Spondylolisthesis is a spine condition caused when one vertebra slips over another. This condition's symptoms sometimes mimic those of other ...
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5 Reasons Why You Still Battle Back Pain

Though the science behind back pain reveals a lot, it’s still a growing problem. Back pain is a common complaint ...
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