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Learning About Conservative Care

Dr. Theresa Pazionis, Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon at Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, explains conservative care consists on physical therapy, oftentimes injection therapy, lifestyle modifications and other ergonomic changes that patients are going to make in their lives in order to ease the pain or any other health problem. Dr. Jose Mena, Interventional Spine Specialist at Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, says most of the patients will get conservative care, unless they present red flags, like weakness, bladder problems and sexual dysfunction.

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