Nothing is more frustrating than going through surgery only to continue living with chronic back, neck, or leg pain. However, even if you have failed back surgery syndrome, the right treatments can ease your symptoms and provide relief.
Spinal stenosis can occur for a variety of reasons, so knowing what’s behind your symptoms plays a crucial role in finding the most effective treatment strategy. If you’ve had a back injury, here’s what you need to know about spinal stenosis.
Do you struggle with chronic back pain and/or sciatica? Does your discomfort keep you up at night or interfere with your daily life? Spinal cord stimulation could provide relief, even if you haven’t found effective solutions in the past. Keep reading to le
A vertebral compression fracture causes pain, back deformity, and height shrinkage. Kyphoplasty, a procedure that places a biocompatible cement into damaged vertebrae, effectively reduces pain and restores some height. Read on to learn more.
The pain that accompanies sciatica can affect your daily life and drive you to seek relief by any means necessary. Learn more about how an epidural injection can help your sciatic nerve pain.
If it seems like you get a migraine after you exercise or do something strenuous, it might not be all in your head. Click here to learn more about the link between physical exertion and migraines.
Living with the discomfort of osteoarthritis is challenging. Learn more about how joint injections such as viscosupplementation therapy can help reduce pain and swelling, making it easier to function.
If you love to travel but struggle with back pain, you may wonder how you can still get out and about. These tips for comfortable and safe travel prove that back pain doesn’t have to stop you from hitting the road.
Living with chronic back or neck pain is a real challenge. Have you tried other therapies or taken medications but haven’t received sufficient relief? Learn more about whether you might be a candidate for spinal cord stimulation.
You don’t want to take the effort to seek medical attention for pain that might pass. But sometimes, you can do more damage waiting or trying to power through the pain. Here’s how to know when you should see a pain specialist.
Chronic neck and back pain can really put a damper on your lifestyle. When over-the-counter pain relievers don’t bring relief, you have other options. Learn when to consider epidural steroid injections as treatment.
Millions of Americans live with back pain. But is back pain inevitable as you get older? Learn more about the effects of aging on your back, preventive tips, and available treatments.
Migraines can have a major negative impact on your life. Learn more about how Botox®️ may help you find migraine relief.
Chronic pain can make it really difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep. To help you sleep better when you have chronic pain, you can try out these five tips you may not have known about.
Are you struggling with back pain that’s continued despite surgery? Our pain management specialists can help. Learn more about spinal cord stimulation as an effective solution for back and leg pain that develops after or persists beyond surgery.
Lumbar spinal stenosis is a compression of the nerves in the lower spine. It typically causes the patient a lot of pain in the legs when walking, which is generally relieved only upon sitting down or leaning forward.
Platelet-rich plasma, also known as PRP, is a substance derived from blood that has properties that promote healing. PRP injections are inserted into damaged tissues and will stimulate your body.
Many people wonder what degenerative disc disease is. For starters, it’s not technically a disease; it’s a condition in which a damaged disc will start to cause pain.
Scoliosis often occurs during a child’s growth spurt just before puberty. Most cases are mild, with hardly any symptoms, but some people will develop spine deformities that can get severe as they grow.
When patients come to my practice after back surgery, they are often disheartened because they have gone through a massive operation in the hopes that it would cure their underlying issue and leave them pain-free.
Being a pain management doctor, I often see patients with headaches at my practice. I get asked two questions most often: “Is it a migraine?” And “Could this be something serious, like a brain tumor?”
Many patients are lost when they start developing back pain and or sciatica (pain going down a leg). Oftentimes back pain, neck pain, and sciatica can be severe. However, this does not necessarily mean surgery is necessary.
PRP therapy has been used for years to stimulate your body’s natural healing capacity. Most people want to try to avoid surgery for their conditions causing pain.
Many people are worried about the coronavirus and what it will mean for their families, their businesses, and their lives. It feels like we are all at a standstill right now, trying to determine how we will move past this.
The spinal cord is part of the central nervous system which also includes the brain. The spinal cord starts at the brainstem and ends in the lower back at the first lumbar vertebrae (L1).
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy is a form of regenerative medicine used to promote healing of damaged soft tissues such as muscles, tendons, and cartilage. Concentrated platelets are obtained from your own blood.
The spine is important as it provides support and structure to the body, enables movement, and protects the spinal cord, nerves, and many important organs.
Back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and one of the most common reasons people miss work. In fact, most people will experience back pain at least once.
Chronic pain, or pain that lasts persistently for longer than three months, can make a person more susceptible to emotional changes such as depression and anxiety. Living with chronic pain can also affect relationships with others.
On today’s podcast we are joined by Charlie Kirk, Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.
Most people suffer from back pain at least once, and it is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. In most cases, back pain can get better without surgery,...
Muscle knots are a common source of back pain. “Myofascial trigger point” is the medical term for them, which occur when the fibers of the muscle tense up and tighten. These feel like small, painful bumps that can cause pain and affect the range of motion.
Of those who report having migraines, one of out every five experience a visual aura. This may be an ocular migraine or a visual migraine. An “ocular migraine” is used interchangeably to refer to two different conditions: migraine aura—or visual...
In the U.S. alone, more than 4 million people suffer from chronic migraines. Many of these people miss work and cannot function normally during a migraine attack.
Chiropractic is an alternative medicine that is concerned about back pain and treatment for back pain. Today we are joined by Shane Lawlor, one of Europe’s leading Golf Performance Therapists from Ireland, who is an expert in the treatment, assessment...
The elbow is one of the largest joints in the body. It is responsible for many different movements and so there are a lot of opportunities for injury to the elbow. Because many activities put stress on the elbow, it is a very active joint in the body.
Alcohol can have serious side effects on its own but when mixed with prescription painkillers, the effects can be lethal. There are many different types of painkillers available to those who suffer from chronic pain,...
You may be asking, “What is CRPS?” CRPS is a chronic condition that causes constant, burning like or fire-like pain, usually in an arm or leg. Patients are often sensitive even to light touch.
Chronic knee pain that’s caused by arthritis is an unpleasant situation that many people across the nation have to experience every day.
It’s not uncommon for older adults to develop back problems that can result in severe back pain. As we age, time takes a toll on our bodies overall, especially our backs.
Do you suffer from chronic pain that gets in the way of your day to day life? Do traditional chronic pain management methods not work for you?
If you have back problems that are causing consistent pain, you may be in need of an endoscopic discectomy. A back injury can cause you to have a herniated disc, which can cause debilitating pain that doesn’t go away on its own.
Sports injuries are common forms of injury that occur when participating in sports or exercise. They typically stem from overtraining, a lack of conditioning, or poor technique.
Working out and staying fit are necessities in living a long, healthy life. “But my back hurts!”, is something a lot of people say, and it keeps them from doing the things they love.
Joint pain can be defined as any pain, discomfort, or inflammation originating from any part of the joint. This includes structures around the joint such as cartilage, bone, tendons, ligaments, and muscles.
Chronic back pain can interfere with almost every aspect of your life including your sex life. A recent study found that most people with back pain have a significant decrease in sexual activity because it triggers or exacerbates pain.
Congenital means “existing from birth.” Congenital spinal problems are those that you are born with. These issues are caused by abnormal development in the spinal canal and usually are the result of atypical vertebral development in the embryo.
Valerie Von Sobel shares her life of struggles, misfortune, and surviving through it all. She tells of her son’s fight against a tumor, her husband’s tragic suicide, and how she survived through these critical times by focusing on the brighter...
John fought through it all. Diagnosed with cancer, he tried everything to stop the pain. The only option that really helped, however, was managing his pain with an opioid prescription.
For many suffering from joint pain, inflammatory arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis, changes in the weather can lead to increased pain and stiffness.
Bob had suffered through back pain for over 30 years before meeting Dr. Glaser. To improve his quality of life, Bob had to have a spine surgery. An operation he then followed with a treatment using back-stimulating technology, which is currently...
A success in his field, Dr. Bahar does not let his achievements limit him from further adventures. Discussing the importance of stepping out of one’s comfort zone, Dr. Bahar details his life as a doctor, author, and “regular” human being.
Unfortunately, back pain while pregnant is extremely common. In fact, between 50-70% of women experience back pain at some point during their pregnancy.
Spinal stenosis is a condition in which one or more spaces in the spine narrow, putting pressure on the spinal cord or surrounding nerves.
Arthritis literally means “joint inflammation,” yet the term is used to refer to over 100 conditions that affect joints, the surrounding tissue and other connective tissue.
Degenerative disc disease is not actually a disease but is a condition where one or more discs between vertebrae deteriorate. These damaged discs can cause pain, primarily in the back or neck.
In this first episode, we meet Dr. Jeffrey Glaser as he introduces us to his life’s dedication to medicine. With strong personal motivation, Dr. Glaser seeks to improve the quality of people’s lives with minimally invasive procedures by focusing on...
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy is an innovative and increasingly popular type of regenerative medicine to treat acute and chronic soft-tissue injuries.
Regenerative medicine is one of the most innovative and cutting-edge fields in the industry, and it offers patients ways to utilize their body’s own healing process to relieve pain, heal injuries, and restore function.
Vertiflex Superion is a cutting-edge, minimally invasive procedure to treat lumbar spinal stenosis. It is the only such class 1 evidence-based treatment, and it provides a minimally invasive alternative for patients that have not had success with other...
Injection therapy is often associated with cosmetic procedures and thought to be used solely for the purpose of smoothing wrinkles, but the reality is that it can also be an effective way to treat chronic migraines.
A herniated or bulging disc is one of the most common causes of lower back pain. Intervertebral discs are located throughout your spinal cord and essentially act as shock absorbers for your spine.
Spinal discs are like rubbery cushions between vertebrae in your spinal column. Discs have a soft nucleus and a tough exterior, known as the annulus. Discs essentially act as a shock absorber for bones in your spinal column.
Trigger points are officially defined as “discrete, focal hyperirritable spots found on any taut band of skeletal muscles.” Most of us more simply refer to these as knots in the muscles that develop as a result of muscle tension.
An epidural steroid injection is a minimally invasive procedure that can help to alleviate pain from a number of spinal problems.
Selective Nerve Root Blocks are minimally invasive procedures that involve the injection of a local anesthetic along a selected nerve root. Nerve blocks can help to relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and diagnose the source of pain.
Pain that comes from facet joints is known as facet syndrome. Each level of your spine has two facet joints that, together with an intervertebral disc, form each intervertebral segment.
Chronic knee pain is defined as long-term pain, swelling, or sensitivity in one or both knees. There are many conditions that can lead to this type of pain; thankfully, however, there are also many treatment options.
Migraines are complex neurological disorders with unique causes and treatments. Migraines can interfere with every aspect of life—from daily activities to work and sleep—and the pain can be excruciating and debilitating.
More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. For many, this pain interferes with daily activities, work, and sleep. To successfully treat and alleviate this type of pain, there’s rarely a quick and simple cure-all.
Patients are often anxious to get back to the sports that they love and regularly ask whether they can do so with back or sciatica pain. As is so often the case, the answer is that it varies widely from patient to patient.
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic (meaning lasting more than six months) pain condition that usually affects one limb – arm, leg, hand or foot – following an injury or trauma to the affected limb.
Spinal cord stimulator (SCS) is an FDA approved treatment method to relieve chronic trunk (back) and limb pain as well as pain due to peripheral neuropathy and complex regional pain syndrome.
Nerve roots coming from the spinal cord are often the source of back, neck and shoulder pain. For individuals suffering from chronic neck and back pain, nerve ablations can be an effective way to manage this pain.
Many people think of migraines as just a really bad headache, but this is inaccurate. Migraines are actually a neurological disease that involves a number of troubling neurological symptoms.
Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons that people seek medical treatment, and a 2016 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analysis found that 50 million Americans suffered from chronic pain, with 19.6 million of those falling...
8 out of 10 Americans will suffer from at least one major episode of back pain at some point in their lives. While surgery might seem like a good way to relieve chronic back pain, in most cases surgery is not “needed”.
Recent CDC data reports that almost 20% of people have experienced neck pain in the last three months. While there are a number of factors that could account for this, neck pain or stiffness is usually the result of neck muscles weakening from poor...
Generally, sciatica is caused by some sort of compression of a spinal nerve in the lower back. Most commonly, sciatica comes from nerve contact or compression at L4 or L5, but other levels can also contribute.
Many patients suffering from chronic back pain look to surgery as a way to relieve their pain. While there are some situations when surgery is necessary, more often it is not the best way to resolve back problems.