Nerves are running inside the spinal canal and when they get compressed, people have symptoms of sciatic or the pinched nerve. Most of the people experience pain from their waist down, explains Dr. Jose Mena, Interventional Spine Specialist with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute. Disc degeneration and arthritis can cause the pinched nerve. Depending…...

Dr. Jose Mena, Interventional Spine Specialist with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute, says normally spinal cord stimulation can be put anywhere throughout the spine, but for the most part it is for lower back conditions. "Someone who might be suffering from chronic sciatica, or chronic pinched nerve in the back, that already has surgery…...

Dr. Ronald Tolchin, Medical Director of the Baptist Health Center for Spine Care, says when you row you have to make sure you are strengthening the core at the same time you are contracting the core. He also explains if you pull the arms back, you will work the arms and chest muscles, but you…...

With a 3D model, Dr. Georgiy Brosuvanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains what the anatomy of cervical spine looks like. The doctor also gives an explanation about when patients have symptoms in the extremities. He says it’s easy to trace the pain back to which the disk is the problem and, then,…...

The sciatica is an acute episode. 90 % of the patients after up to three months might get better. However, Dr. Jose Mena, Interventional Spine Specialist with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute, explains 50% of those patients have a recurrence of symptoms and describes in which case he can perform a surgery. [vc_toggle…...

Degenerative, developmental, traumatic, tumor and post-surgery are some types of spondylolisthesis. Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, says people who practice sports such as Golf or Baseball are more prone to develop the condition. First we're gonna start with there's a couple of different types and causes of spondylolisthesis which…...

The thoracic spine is a conduit that maintains stability. There is some flexibility, there is some motion, but it’s also a source of some significant morbidity, affirms Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida. The specialist also says the thoracic spine has great stability and it will not result in further deformity.…...

Diana Solares, Physical Therapist with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains the problem of back pain is that people spend most of the day just sitting. "That's definitely causing a whole lot of orthopedic conditions now, just from being in a terrible posture and also just not moving as much." She points out she receives a…...