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JOHN H. SHIM, MD
Florida Sports, Orthopaedics and Spine Medicine
813-814-9251 (Westchase)
727-787-5577 (Palm Harbor)
YOU HAVE BACK PAIN. You are not alone. Spine related problems affect up to 80% of the worlds population. Spine problems are a significant source of pain, disability and cost. This is a patient oriented Spine Education site. The administrator of Shimspine.com endeavors to update the site with the most current, up to date information. Please remember the information presented are for educational purposes and that any concerns should be shared with your individual physician.
We advise the readers to look at our Disclosure. To your left, under Related Sites, is a link to the Practice and other useful sites.
We encourage you to explore our pages, as it has links to many sites that provide useful spine related information.
For a quick view on some spine issues, please click on Spine Animations located in the Related Sites to your left. It has excellent videos on spinal conditions as well as Surgical Options.
Tremendous amounts of information are available on the world wide web. While most of the information is valid, be careful of sites designed to only market a product or service. Throughout this site, we have links to many other educational sites. We try very hard to link only to sites that provide objective information. But understand that there are often conflicting answers to many questions regarding spine care.
Thanks for visiting the website. We hope it provides helpful and unbiased information regarding spine issues.
Sincerely,
John H. Shim, MD