Understanding Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) is a common condition affecting a significant portion of the adult population, with prevalence increasing with age. Prevalence of DDD Approximately 40% of adults over 40 years old have at least one degenerated vertebral...

Treating Adult Scoliosis: Understanding Your Options Scoliosis, characterized by a sideways curvature of the spine, is commonly associated with adolescence, but it can manifest at any age, including infancy or adulthood. Factors such as age-related spinal degeneration, like osteoporosis, can...

The Reality of Sciatica: Causes, Management, and Recurrence Up to 40% of adults experience at least one episode of sciatica during their lifetime. Sciatica, characterized by inflammation and irritation of the sciatic nerve, the body's largest nerve, can be a debilitating condition. Understanding...

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Understanding the Condition Lumbar spinal stenosis involves the narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back area, known as the lumbar region. This narrowing can result from the growth of bone, tissue, or both, which subsequently tightens the space around the nerves...

What are some possible causes of numbness and tingling? Nerve Compression: Compression of nerves in the spine due to conditions like herniated discs, spinal stenosis, or nerve root impingement can lead to numbness and tingling. Often times these conditions can be associated with pain and/or...

One of the most common injuries in the workplace involves your back. Even minor injuries can affect productivity and quality of life. Severe injuries can mean the inability to work at all. Dr. Charla Fischer has found that a significant number of patients come in with back complaints somehow...

Your spine consists of bones called vertebrae with soft discs acting like cushions between them. The discs may weaken over time and even rupture, causing pain and difficulty moving. When this occurs to a disc, it is called a herniated or ruptured disc. It is especially painful because the bulging...

If you're grappling with persistent back pain, chances are you've come across ads for minimally invasive spine surgery. These ads often depict the procedure as quick and simple, with claims that the incision can be closed using just a Band-Aid. Despite the seemingly straightforward portrayal in...

Everyone has experienced that dull ache in the neck that eventually becomes a headache. There are many causes, and most are not a result of a serious condition; an aspirin or other pain reliever usually does the trick. If you experience these headaches frequently, however, you may want to consult...

Spine surgery does not have to be as scary today as it was before advances in technology have brought about minimally invasive surgery techniques. This type of surgery avoids the traditional method of making large open incisions to access the spine. Newer technologies allow surgeons like Spine...