Dr. Georgiy Brosuvanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains spinal degenerative disc disease starts when the discs collapse. "Discs maintain the space between bones, if the disc becomes sufficiently small, the nerve becomes compromised and then patients start to develop pain that goes from their back down to their extremities." He also says…...

Over-the-counter medications are the first steps to treat back pain, explains Dr. Ronald Tolchin, Medical Director of the Baptist Health Center for Spine Care. However, he recommends being very careful about them because they can cause side effects. Other conservative therapies for treating arthritis are: injections, diet, exercise, weight loss and other natural therapies. The…...

Some of the symptoms that can occur along with a spine fracture are back or neck pain, numbness or tingling, muscle spasms and weakness. Dr. Justin Sporrer, Neurosurgeon at Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, says back or neck pain has multitude of causes but if it came on after a trauma, then you have to wonder…...

Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, recommends to patients with lumbar stenosis to bend their knees and to not bend over to lift up weight. He also explains they have to avoid extension based exercise, like those you do with rolling machines, because they will compress the spine even more. [vc_toggle…...

Dr. Ronald Tolchin, Medical Director of the Baptist Health Center for Spine Care, explains with a digital 3D model what lumbar stenosis is. He describes that when nerves are compressed into a spinal canal, that condition is called lumbar spinal stenosis. The specialist affirms when spinal stenosis advances to a moderate or severe degree, patients…...

Herniated disc can occur in the neck and it can affect neural structures, explains Dr. Theresa Pazionis, Orthopedic & Spine Surgeon with Miami Cancer Institute. The expert says Myelopathy is called when somebody has herniated discs in the neck. Herniated discs in the neck can cause difficulties with balance bowel and bladder and it affects…...

Noel Gressner, Physical Therapist at Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, explains spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis are terms to refer to a certain area of the spine of the vertebral column that would be fractured. He says it is like an extension and rotation type of mechanism of injury repetitively happening to what's called the pars…...

Decompressing a pinched nerve root and stabilizing a painful joint are the main reasons for spine surgery, according to Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, He talks about how the procedure helps relieve pain and stabilizes joints. The doctor affirms with the new technology, “failed back surgery syndrome” is exceedingly rare,…...