How to Handle Neck Pain
Neck pain is, literally, a pain in the neck! NYC Spine Surgeon Dr. Fischer at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City sees patients often complaining of neck discomfort. Sometimes it’s just a matter of obtaining a list of instructions about ways to manage neck...
Common Causes of Sciatica
If you’ve been told that you have sciatica, it is not a disease itself but a symptom of an underlying condition. Sciatica describes leg pain, often accompanied by numbness, weakness or tingling, that starts in the lower back and runs down the buttocks and sciatic...
Osteoporosis and Spinal Fractures
A condition called osteoporosis, which causes bones to thin, can lead to spinal fractures. The kind of fracture usually resulting from osteoporosis is a compression fracture, defined as a vertebral bone that decreases at least 15 to 20 percent in height because of the...
Managing Chronic Back Pain
When back pain lasts for 12 weeks or more, even after the initial acute pain was treated, it is referred to as chronic back pain. Roughly 20 percent of patients who experience acute back pain are still dealing with chronic back pain symptoms a year later. Chronic back...