The Best Shoes to Prevent Back Surgery
The Best Shoes to Prevent Back Surgery Shoes designed for comfort can keep you out of the hospital. If you feel a pain in your neck or your lower back, you may think you pulled a muscle — or worse, developed a slipped disc. Your pain, however, may have started in your feet. Yes, from […]
Certifications for Back Surgeons
Certifications for Back Surgeons How to tell if your spine specialist is the best Anyone can call himself a doctor. You can even find Doctors of Philosophy, most likely serving you dinner at McCrady’s. But when you need a specialist in spinal medicine, you want to make sure that the doctor advising you has the […]
A Brief History of Back Surgery
Rapid changes in back surgery techniques continue to improve safety and shorten recovery. In general, medical science and research have enhanced surgical procedures drastically since the 1950s. Back surgery in particular has seen dramatic shifts in both availability and effectiveness. Spinal surgery and neurosurgery were only in the infant stages in 1950; surgeons weren’t even […]
Safe Spinal Injections Instead of Surgery
The Southeastern Spine Institute offers a host of options to treat back pain that don’t involve surgery. In this day and age, it’s really rare that you’ll need surgery to alleviate your back pain. As a matter of fact, fewer than 10 percent of patients with back pain of any kind end up under the […]
Physical Therapy Following Back Surgery
Back surgery rehab requires physical therapy. If you’ve opted for back surgery or if your spinal physician told you that you needed surgery, it likely means you’ve been experiencing acute back pain, possibly for a long time. Surgery on your spine is a delicate procedure, but if you’ve come to the Southeastern Spine Institute, you […]
The Neck Bone’s Attached to the Backbone
Take care of your neck to avoid back pain or even spinal surgery. Back pain affects most people at some point in their lives, with lower back pain the most common. Fortunately, most back pain doesn’t require spinal surgery. While surgery may be the treatment of last resort, most often, back pain responds to more […]
How to Avoid Going Back for More Surgery
Recover from back surgery completely while returning to normal activity. If conservative treatments for your back pain don’t yield results, you must undergo back surgery to get back to your normal, healthy self. And while the Southeastern Spine Institute boasts some of the most experienced and competent back surgeons in the country to guide your […]
10 Important Questions to Ask Before Your Back Surgery
Know what to expect. If your spine physician at the Southeastern Spine Institute (SSI) tells you that you need back surgery, it’s most likely that your symptoms and condition haven’t responded to more conservative treatments. In this case, surgery may be the best course of action to relieve your back pain. But before you submit […]
Can You Play Golf After Back Surgery?
At some point, your back surgery rehab will allow you to golf again. As you can imagine, the term “back surgery” covers a wide range of operations. A Cervical Posterior Foraminotomy, for example, is very different from a Lumbar Inter-Body Fusion procedure, but both are considered back surgery. The point is that the length of […]
Strengthen Your Core, Strengthen Your Back
From the moment you take your first step as a child, your spine is working to balance and support the weight of your body. The bones that make up your spine form an S-shape, as seen from the side, to withstand the daily pressure of standing upright. Despite this natural curve, your lower back, known […]