At DFW Center for Spinal Disorders, every day we see the results of patients who take their back health for granted. Lower back pain, sciatica, herniated discs, and strained muscles are all common issues with the lower back. The best defense against back pain is a good offense, to quote sports jargon. But in this […]
Bulging spinal discs are one thing we see every day here at DFW Center for Spinal Disorders. We have 23 vertebral discs: 6 in the cervical spine, 12 in the thoracic/middle back, and 5 in the lower/lumbar spine. In most cases, the lumbar discs are the troublemakers. Bulging discs are common. It’s estimated that as […]
Nerve roots can become impinged and compressed down the entire spine, although the most likely locations are the cervical spine (neck) and the lumbar spine (lower back). Bone spurs can develop in the spinal canal. Discs can herniate and push on the nerves. And in the neck, the foramen is often the problem area. At […]
In golf-crazed Texas, most everyone knows about the world’s most famous spinal fusion patient — Tiger Woods. Now a year and change into his return to professional golf, most any story about him involves his fusion surgery and how it affects his golf game and his life overall. Thus far, the results show real promise […]
The passing years take a toll on our entire body, and it holds up remarkably well. But our vertebrae and spinal discs show their age with degenerative disc disease. Not an actual “disease,” this is a condition where the natural wear and tear on the spinal discs causes one or more discs to become unstable, […]
We often think of our spine as being pretty straight. After all, didn’t your mom always tell you to stand up straight? Reality is that our spines have a natural curve to them. But some people have excessive spinal curving. This is known as scoliosis. At DFW Center for Spinal Disorders, we help patients manage […]
Since we’re just a few months into the New Year, some of you may actually still be living up to your resolutions. Way to go, especially if one of them was to exercise more. That said, even the most regular exercise participants often don’t understand why certain workouts have them grabbing their lower back the […]
Sciatica refers to pain that radiates out along the path of the sciatic nerve. This nerve branches from your lumbar spine (lower back) and runs downward through your hips and buttocks and then down into each leg. Sciatica usually affects just one side. At DFW Center for Spinal Disorders, we often use epidural injections to […]
If you have chronic, non-improving back pain, it could be due to spinal stenosis. Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal, the opening through which the nerve roots pass. Stenosis can develop in any area of the spine. At DFW Center for Spinal Disorders, we have various ways for treating spinal stenosis, […]
Back surgery sure isn’t what it used to be…and that’s a good thing. Most people know of someone who had open back surgery 15 or 20 years ago, and the healing and recovery facets of the procedure often weren’t pretty. Thanks to minimally invasive techniques that continue to evolve, when we now perform many lumbar […]
