When we bend over to pick something up or lift something a little too far away from us, we often pay for it with debilitating back pain. Ouch, a muscle spasm. Usually these result from overuse, sports, or some accident/wrong move. But the root cause of most muscle spasms is an actual injury to something […]
Standing desks are all the rage in the workplace. You see the commercials, where employees are thrilled to go to work, where they never hate their boss any longer, where they never backstab other employees, where they never spend half of their workday mindlessly scrolling through their Facebook feed Wait. Standing desks may be popular, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When we’re dealing with fractures or have performed fusion surgery on the lumbar spine, we often use back braces to limit the motion and help the healing process. There are two types of back braces: rigid braces and corset braces. Here’s a little information about them, along with the pros and cons of wearing a […]
Most of us remember having our mother tell us, usually during our high school years, to stand up and quit slouching. Since high school and slouching kind of go together, we didn’t really listen. Our backs wish we had. Our spine is a miracle worker of stability, but when we stoop or slouch, when we […]
Seeing that title, you’d think this could be about your Uncle Wally with the bad back who in most conversations somehow brings it around to referring to his aching back. Actually, referred back pain tends to be an achy, dull and migratory pain, meaning it’s not a sharp pain and it tends to move around. […]
If you’re constantly dealing with lower back pain, the culprit may be where you spend eight hours every day — your office chair. If you’re a desk jockey, you may love or hate your chair, but your back likely falls into the second category. Part of the problem with many office chairs is that they […]
When a spinal disc pushes out beyond its normal parameters the outer membrane can crack. This is called a herniated disc and the inner gel-like material can push outward and impact nearby spinal nerve roots. This leads to back pain and pain that often radiates down into your legs and buttocks. There is no way […]
