Runners often get a type of leg pain that can be debilitating after intense exercise.  Changes in activity can help, as can Botox injections, but ultimately surgery may be necessary. But a new treatment involving ultrasound is working well and may help runners avoid surgery...

Having a pet can help people struggling with mental health challenges. Research shows pets can help relieve anxiety, loneliness, and depression. In particular, dogs need to be walked and can help their owners get exercise which can also help with mental health challenges...

In an interview with the Health Channel, Amir Mahajer, Interventional Spine Specialist at Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, lists possible causes of back pain that you should look out for. While back pain is usually benign, back pain in combination with other factors can point to more serious conditions that require medical attention.  Amir states that…...

For some of us back pain is inevitable, especially as we age. On an episode of Health Insiders on the Health Channel, Dr. Gosha Brusovanik, a spine expert, answers questions and dispels some common misconceptions about back pain.  Dr. Brusovanik first tackles the myth of degenerative discs being a disease that causes back pain. “We…...

In an interview with the Health Channel, Dr. Ronald Tolchin, Medical Director of the Baptist Health Center for Spine Care, goes over how weight and back pain correlate. Dr. Tolchin states that if you are overweight, you have an increased risk of back pain. The spine is designed to carry your weight, but when your…...

In an interview with the Health Channel, Fernando Vega, Physical Therapist at Miami Orthopedics and Sport Institute, explains that by reducing inflammation in the body you can reduce back pain.  Inflammation is a naturally occurring process meant to help with healing injuries. Problems can arise though when the injury is healed but the inflammation continues.…...

Although thoracic back pain, or upper back pain, is usually benign, it can also be a sign of other, more serious, health concerns. In an interview with the Health Channel, Dr. Georgiy Brosuvanik, a Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, describes other possible causes of thoracic back pain.  Dr. Brosuvanik explains that problems with…...

During a discussion on the Health Channel, Joann Santiago-Charles, Oncological Exercise Physiologist with Miami Cancer Institute, comments on some exercise guidelines published by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Cancer Society. The guidelines state that adults should be doing moderately intense exercise for 150 minutes per week or 60 minutes of vigorous…...