Pain relievers, antidepressants, anti-seizure drugs and opioids are some medications a doctor may prescribe to treat cervical spinal stenosis. Claudia Hogdson, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, explains pain is sometimes worsened by patients who have depression, and that is the reason to prescribe antidepressants. "If we are able to…...

Dr. Jose Mena, Interventional Spine Specialist with Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, explains there is a difference between bulging disc and herniated disc. "By definition, bulging disc doesn't cause pain, is just that the disc is a little more relaxed. A herniated disc is a focal area of the disc that slips out and…...

According to Noel Gressner, Physical Therapist at Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, you do not need to feel pain to be diagnosed or to take into consideration a problem that can end with a stress pain. He also says pain is subjective and you can get a radiography or MRI to be more precise…...

The spine is divided into three parts: the cervical, the top section, thoracic section, the thorax or chest, and the lumbar spine or lower back. Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains the anatomy of the spine. With a digital imaging the specialist describes the nomenclature of the spine. …...

When there is a neck problem, patients usually have problems with the trapezius, explains Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida. The trapezius is the muscle that’s alongside the shoulder. He says shoulder pain is commonly a result of a disc herniation in the neck. Degenerative disc is the problem that…...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX4wwoxR1lE Some of the things that you look for in a physical exam are humpback or kyphosis or tenderness over the affected spinal bone or bones. Jose Mena, Interventional Spine Specialist at Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, says normally for people with compression fracture the most common one will be the tenderness in the…...

Minimally invasive surgery implies that there is an attempt to minimize the injury of surgery, explains Dr. Georgiy Brosuvanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida. This type of surgery minimizes the size of the incisions and what happens inside is much more sparing, he describes. So tell me it, tell us what…...

All disks of the spine degenerate at some point, but not all degenerative disks cause pain, affirms Dr. Georgiy Brosuvanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida. When disks degenerate, they become shorter and wider, he affirms. The functions of vertebral disks are: shock absorption, hold vertebrae together and allow for mobility in the spine,…...