COVID and Back Pain

If you have had a positive COVID test, been sick with a COVID-19 infection for a long period and are experiencing on-going back pain once your infection has passed, it is best to talk to your doctor or a spine care specialist about options available to lessen the pain. It is important that you let the physician know that you have had COVID and if back pain was a significant symptom for you.

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Pediatrics and Spine

Recently, a new device has been introduced that reduces radiation exposure in pediatric spine surgery — the 7D flash navigation system. Using the same technology that a cell phone uses for facial recognition to unlock your cell phone, this uses the camera to look into the patients’ body through the incision.

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Research: From Flip-Phones To Helping Fix Spines

As the team began looking at what was required for spinal movement and disc replacement they found a lot in common with what is required for that type of device. Then they realized the similarities between what they had developed and the phone hinge. The team began to focus on the challenge of designing a replacement that emulates the function of a spinal disc.

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Spinal Stenosis

Lumbar canal stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal or the tunnels through which nerves and other structures communicate with that canal. Narrowing of the spinal canal usually occurs due to changes associated with aging that decrease the size of the canal, including the movement of one of the vertebrae out of alignment.

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Cervical Herniated Disc Symptoms and Treatment

Cervical herniated disc pain and related signs are typically felt in one arm or the other. Symptoms can vary depending on which disc has herniated and which nerve root has become pinched or inflamed. Rarely, the pain, tingling, numbness, and/or weakness can go into both arms or lower in the body if the spinal cord is affected.

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MIS Spine Tech -- Fads vs Innovations

Minimally invasive technology has developed rapidly in spine surgery, with many technologies demonstrating significant clinical advantages, but others promising more than they could deliver and largely falling by the wayside.

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