Stand Up Desks
We often hear of careers that come with many side effects as we get older. Nurses are known to end up with bad backs and sore feet. Construction workers with pulled muscles, herniated discs and broken bones. What we don’t hear about are the side effects of sitting at a desk all day. They often […]
Concussions Affect the Spine
The concussions in sports conversation will surely be brought up again as football season starts. Most of the discussion is about the affects on the brain. As a spine surgeon, I made a video to further the discussion as the spine and neck are also affected by the forces that cause concussions. CitationsElkin BS, Elliott […]
Feel My Pain
We are a surgical orthopedic practice. Every day we see patients in pain. We ask them to describe it; location, duration, sharp or dull, constant or intermittent, but we really have no way of measuring someone else’s pain. The tools we use now are inadequate and the information we get from them is misleading. Let’s […]
The Weekend Hockey Player
The Weekend Hockey Player As a native born Canadian, I grew up watching, cheering, and occasionally participating in hockey (I was terrible but two of my sisters were great, and still play). We see all these articles about herniated discs and athletes, but what of those who only dream of the NHL? Let’s talk… First […]
5 Patient controlled Risk Factors for Spine Surgery
The TRUTH. YOU the PATIENT have control over 5 of the risk factors associated with SPINE SURGERY: 1. SMOKING. Smoking is associated with poor healing of the wounds. From a very basic science perspective, smoking decreases the blood flow to areas secondary by causing constriction of your arteries. The lack of blood supply impedes healing […]
