Imagine grabbing that ibuprofen the second your back tweaks—only to realize it’s setting you up for years of nagging agony instead of sweet relief. If
Spinal stenosis is a condition that affects the spinal cord, and it can cause pain, numbness, and weakness in the arms and legs. While there is no one-size-fits-all treatment for spinal stenosis, there are a number of alternative treatment options available that may help to relieve symptoms. In this blog we will cover the best evidence based treatments for spinal stenosis that don’t involve surgery, cortisone steroid injections or expensive unproven stem cell procedures.
Your MRI isn’t magical. It’s just a picture. You’re a dynamic complex system that has an amazing ability to adapt. A picture doesn’t tell the
Everyday I have at least one patient who tells me their back hurts when they get out of a chair. They usually come to me
We’ve known of 3 common nerves since 1957 that help 80% of people with low back pain! They’re called your cluneal nerves. The problem is
You wake up with your back hurting, every morning. It’s hard to get out of bed when you know the pain is waiting for you.
How bad the MRI looks does not predict the level of pain. This has been proven with HUGE studies.
So why do doctors rely so heavily on MRI results? Well, in order to get paid by your insurance company there has to be a diagnosis that can be justified. What’s better than a picture where you can simply point to a structure and say this is the problem.
If your big toe is numb, or if you’re having on-again, off-again episodes of numbness in your big toe, consider this as a warning sign
Back pain is one of the most common problems I see in my Dry Needling clinic & Acupuncture Clinic in Tampa, FL. Here’s a quick
So this over the past couple of weeks I’ve been doing a lot of yardwork – we have this little creek that runs through our
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