
Home Remedies for Sciatica
Dr. Jose Mena, Interventional Spine Specialist with Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, says when you have an acute injury, doctors will recommend a cold pack. "They are good for the first 48 hours." Hot packs, stretching and over-the-counter medication are other home remedies. "Stretching decreases the tension that you're putting into the different…...
Read MoreMedication for Cervical Stenosis
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…...
Read MoreDisc Degeneration Process
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…...
Read MoreIntensity of Stress Fracture Pain
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…...
Read MoreAnatomy of the Spine
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. …...
Read MoreTypes of Disc Degeneration
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…...
Read MoreDiagnosing Spinal Fractures
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…...
Read MoreHistory of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
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…...
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