Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains the position of the head in the frontal plane, as well as from the side, will determine whether the patient will have pain or whether they will be able to live with scoliosis a normal life. He also says the patient could have…...

If the back surgery is not performed correctly, the patient will have continued symptoms. Avoiding it requires complete congruity between the diagnosis and the reasonable hopefully minimally invasive surgery, explains Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida. 25% of the patients suffering from failed back surgery in 10 years suffer the…...

There are different types of disc herniation: bulging disc, herniated disc, degenerated disc and thinning disc and Dr. Theresa Pazionis, Orthopedic & Spine Surgeon with Miami Cancer Institute, explains each one of them. The specialist affirms pain and nerve roots are referred in many of these cases. Now when it comes to…...

Claudia Hogdson, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, explains to manage the pain sometimes they give them narcotics. But, they try to stay away because that is not focusing on the main problem. "If we're talking about the lumbar spine, we'll also give them a brace just to be…...

Groups in their 20s or 30s have a congenital spondylolysis and then develop spondylolisthesis. Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, says young patients complain about constant back pain and people over 50 complain about that too. All right so how is this usually diagnosed how do you go…...

A pars defect is a stress fracture and reaction in the back, says Dr. Derek Papp, Sports Medicine Physician with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute. He explains if someone has an inflammation in any spine bone, and is not treated properly, it gets worse and progresses into a fracture. The treatment depends on…...

Herniated disc is very common and can happen to anyone, says Dr. Melissa Guanche, Physiatrist at Baptist Health Neuroscience Center. The specialist explains that it doesn’t matter if you have a healthy lifestyle or if you are sedentary, a constant bad posture, for example, can cause this condition. “Whether you are healthy and in…...

We do a lot of movement in the neck and it puts stress on the different joints and discs, affirms Jose Mena, Interventional Spine Specialist at Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute. The doctor explains he starts with an exercise program to improve neck pain, before performing a surgery. Most of patients respond to this,…...