Press Up to Stretch Your Spine Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can shorten the spine and muscles in your back. Stretch with this move to help “rounded” back and back pain.Lie on your stomach with your legs behind you. Slowly prop yourself up on your elbows so your chest is off the ground. If you’re able, straighten …
What Is It? This type of arthritis causes painful inflammation in the spine. Over time, it may make your vertebrae — the small bones of the spine — fuse together. It can also inflame other joints, like hips and knees, and it can damage your eyes, heart, and other organs. There’s no cure, but treatment …
Your Other Core Are you glad you can stand or sit upright? Thank your spine, a stack of little bones called vertebrae along the center of your back, from your seat to your neck. It supports your head, shoulders, and upper body. Your spine plays another key role: The vertebrae make a tunnel for your …
What is the Multifidus? Multifidus is a small and deep spinal stabilizer that helps to keep all of our spine bones (vertebrae) aligned as we move. To learn more about it, watch my video below: Multifidus and Low Back Pain and Your MRI The most common MRI finding in patients with back pain is atrophy …
Microgravity and the Most Important Low Back Muscle Called Multifidus Read More »
Regenerative medicine is a complicated space and we get key questions answered for our listeners during this episode. What is PRP? What are stem cells? Does it work? Does it not work? Is it worth the extra money? Who do I go to? We discuss these key questions with Dr. Steven Sampson, one of the …
Hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman – “Regenerative Medicine” Read More »
DESCRIPTION The TRIUMPH® Lumbar Disc is a first-of-its-kind disc replacement device that is inserted through a posterolateral approach and is uniquely designed to permit a physiologic range of motion in all planes, regardless of insertion angle. Allows physiologic motion: Designed for segmental motion in flexion/extension, lateral bending, and axial rotation, regardless of insertion angle Bony …
On the back of two-year data comparing the M6-C cervical disc with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion published in The Spine Journal, eight surgeons discuss the future of total disc replacement in spine: Question: How do you see disc replacement developing in the next five to 10 years? Brian Cole, MD. Englewood (N.J.) Spine Associates: I think …
Will disc replacement supersede spinal fusion? 8 spine surgeons weigh in Read More »
Abstract Introduction: This study was designed to determine whether systemic cobalt toxicity as an adverse event could be documented using the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database for cobalt-chromium containing hip implant recipients. Class 3 Johnson & Johnson (J&J)/DePuy devices were chosen for analysis because of the large number …
Abstract Background context: Cervical disc replacement (CDR) has increased in popularity over the past decade based on published outcomes from FDA IDE studies with narrowly defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. A low rate of complications was noted in these studies. The broader complication profile for CDR in widespread clinical practice has yet to be described. Purpose: To …
Abstract Cervical disc replacement (CDR) is a motion-preserving surgical procedure for treating patients with degenerative disorders. Numerous reports of first generation CDR “ball-and-socket” articulating devices have shown satisfactory clinical results. As a result, CDR devices have been safely implemented in the surgeon’s armamentarium on a global scale. However, only minor design improvements have been made …
Viscoelastic cervical total disc replacement devices: Design concepts Read More »
