Month: November 2013:

LOW BONE MASS, OSTEOPOROSIS AND BACK PAIN

Is there a connection between having ostepenia or osteoporosis (low bone mass) and having pain back pain?  If you look through the medical literature and do a few Google searches, you will find that the standard answer is there is no association. Low bone mass does not cause pain.  Osteoporosis has always been characterized as […]

Latest on Why Discs Herniate

The above image is taken from August 1, 2013 Spine.  It is the title of the ISSLS Prize winning article by Dr. Rajasekaran.  As you can see,  it was a prospective study microscopically analysing disk material retrieved from 181 subjects,  who underwent lumbar discectomy surgery. Patients selected for surgery met the criteria of being younger than 60 […]

Loss of Cervical Lordosis

As a practicing Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon,  I often get back x-ray reports indicating “Loss of Cervical Lordosis”.   As most of my patients are highly educated,  they often will read that report, and will come to discuss the finding.  So,  I thought I would share my comments on the topic. As some of you may know,  […]