We all put lots of unnecessary strain on our backs, usually due to a lack of foresight or just not paying attention to how we’re leveraging our spine with our movements. Since we see the end result of this kind of damage here at DFW Center for Spinal Disorders, here are three popular ways we […]
That phrase in the title of this blog sure says it all about neck pain. It is truly a “pain in the neck,” both literally and figuratively. Neck pain is a common complaint, in many people more so than back pain. This is partly because the neck muscles can become easily strained from simple behaviors […]
Just about everyone has some period of back pain during over the course of their lives. It could be an acute episode after improperly lifting some item. Or it could be chronic, ongoing pain that is due to weak muscles supporting your spine. In either of these cases, physical therapy will probably be one of […]
Most people have never heard the word spondylolisthesis, much less tried to spell or pronounce it. But if you’ve had this condition where a vertebra slips out of its normal location onto the bone beneath it, you probably know it all too well. Spondylolisthesis can lead to nerve compression, and that means back and often […]
Having a bulging spinal disc isn’t unusual — it’s estimated that as many as 80 percent of people over 55 have a bulging disc or discs. Bulging discs can be painless, or they can push on surrounding nerve roots and cause all sorts of pain. Here’s some information on a condition we see all the […]
You’ve probably known someone (if you haven’t had it yourself) who has suffered from sciatica. Sciatica is inflammation of the sciatic nerve, the longest nerve in the body. When the sciatic nerve is compressed, it sends pain down the entire nerve pathway, meaning from the lumbar region of the spine into the buttock and down […]
Whiplash is a common neck condition that we’ve all heard about, usually in the context of a car accident. It occurs when there is a sudden backwards-forwards motion of the head. This movement can stretch the muscles and ligaments as the neck moves out of its normal range of motion. We treat whiplash at DFW […]
When a patient has a herniated disc that is pressing on a nearby nerve root, the pain can be chronic and radiate down into the legs. If the disc herniation has continued for some time, the patient may even have numbness, weakness, or other neurological symptoms in the leg and foot. At DFW Center for […]
When you hear people talking about their back problems, they’ll say things such as “I slipped a disc.” or “I have a disintegrated disc.” But what are the spinal discs? And what happens to them that make for such painful symptoms? Since we deal with the spinal discs every day at DFW Center for Spinal […]
Just about all of us over the age of 45 or 50 have arthritis. You read that right, but it’s not the type you think of where a person’s joints become so painful it’s hard to function. That’s rheumatoid arthritis. Most all of us who been active in our lives have some degree of osteoarthritis. […]
