Depression and Back Pain, The Holiday Hangover
The holidays usually bring out the best and the worst of us all. We fall off our exercise regimen, we eat food that is not good for us, we drink too much, we get less sleep and we spend more money . One of these problems can lead to depression and/ or back pain. All […]
Cool it Off or Heat it Up ?
One of the biggest questions we get after an injury is “should I put heat or ice on this?” It seems so simple, but it is one of the most controversial questions in injury medicine. Let’s talk…. There have been many studies done on the efficacy of heat or ice on joint, muscle or soft […]
Pain on a Plane; How to Avoid it
Pain on a Plane ; How to Avoid it 1.73 million people take a plane in America every day. The vast majority of these trips are business related but sooner or later almost everyone has a reason to get on a plane. A good portion of these people have neck or low back pain and […]
Is Your Handbag causing your Pain? Weigh it.
It happened again today. A healthy looking 40 year old showed up at the office with complaints of severe neck pain and right arm numbness and tingling. Her MRI showed some mild disc degeneration but nothing that should really be causing the problems she was describing. She insisted that every time she walked for long […]
Medial Branch Facet Injections and Radiofrequency Ablation – Another Option for Pain Control
Medial Branch Facet Injections and Radiofrequency Ablation -Another Option for Pain Control For certain people, the source of back pain is the irritation associated with cartilage wear in the facet joints of the spine. This wear and tear can cause pain that comes from the facets themselves, as the bones wear on each other, or […]
Epidural Steroid Injections ; Do They Work?
In our practice, we use Epidural Steroid Injections for both treatment as well as diagnostic purposes. The research for these injections have been significant, but the conclusions by the various authors have been very different. There continues to be controversy on the efficacy of the treatments, including the side effects versus the results. Traditionally, epidural steroid […]
