The vast majority of people are prone to suffer back pain and, also, it is the number one cause of the E.R. visits. Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains how back and neck pain can affect the life of people, despite of their age. Transcript I mean I almost feel [...]
To consider visiting a doctor for you back pain you have to be aware of some red flags. Amir Mahajer, Interventional Spine Specialist at Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, says some of them are your legs are becoming weak, your numbness becomes worse every day and you feel you are losing your bowel, for example. Other [...]
Diana Solares, Physical Therapist with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says 8 out of 10 people can be experiencing low back pain. She explains poor posture and sitting for a long period of time cause it, because the throbbing muscle suffers from a lot of stress. "The muscles of the lower back were designed to stabilize [...]
Dr. Theresa Pazionis, Orthopedic & Spine Surgeon with Miami Cancer Institute, explains with a 3D imaging what a herniated disk is. The doctor describes a herniated disk can cause severe pain, weakness and numbness of lower extremities. If arthritis appears, it can cause pain from the herniated disc and from bones compressing the area, she [...]
Fat alone is inflammatory and having a lot of an additional fat can cause a little low-grade inflammation, degeneration of musculoskeletal system and increase blood sugar. All of these factors can cause a high risk to have advanced glycation end products (AGEs) that causes degeneration of the discs, explains Dr. Amir Mahajer, Interventional Spine Specialist [...]
Brian Betancourt, Exercise Physiologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains some exercises to prevent back pain. One is having the leg coming across the body and bringing the knee up towards you to give yourself a glute stretch. Diana Solares, Physical Therapist with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, recommends stretching the thoracic spine by putting a [...]
Spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease and deformity are other causes of low back pain. Amir Mahajer, Interventional Spine Specialist at Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, says osteoarthritis happens to all humans on earth and it starts at the age of 30. TranscriptWE HAVE AN IMAGE TO SHOW YOU ON GOOD POSTURE AND HOW TO LIFT [...]
Narcotics are contraindicated for chronic back pain. Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains when their use are reasonable and also talks about why narcotics are not a good option for this condition. Transcript Back pain people with severe back pain will need narcotics oh that's a that's a bad one [...]
Back pain is probably one of the most common things that afflicts Americans, according to Neurosurgeon Jobyna Whiting, who explains that most Americans will suffer at least one episode of major back pain during their lifetimes, “because throughout our lifetime the low back bears the brunt of our load and the work that our back [...]
