Mar 8, 2016 | back, neck, Uncategorized |
In the 1970s, John Sarno, a New York physician, wrote a series of best-selling books trying to convince patients that their pain was all in their head. A study published in the December 2015 issue of The Journal of Pain disputes Dr. Sarno’s hypothesis by showing that...
Mar 3, 2016 | back, knee, nerves, Uncategorized |
Just about everything you think you know about your knee pain probably is wrong. Most physicians hold fast to what they learned in medical school, but the science of medicine is constantly evolving—finding less invasive ways to treat our ailments and discovering the...
Feb 23, 2016 | back, headache, neck, nerves, Uncategorized |
What’s the first thing you do to try to relieve an irritating headache? Swig down an extra cup of coffee? Raid the medicine cabinet and pop a couple of ibuprofen? Rub your throbbing temples? Migraine sufferers rely on neurologist-prescribed triptans, antihistamines,...
Jan 8, 2016 | back, hip, nerves, Uncategorized |
Hip-replacement rates have been sky-rocketing in the past 10 years. Many patients who have gotten their hip replaced still have hip pain. How is that possible? The orthopedic surgeon never checked the lower back as a possible cause of hip pain. Now a new study...
Dec 10, 2015 | back, surgery, Uncategorized |
A patient recently reported to her Regenexx doctor that she had spoken to people at a clinic called “North American Spine” and had been told that there was zero percent chance of her getting worse after a minimally invasive surgical procedure. That the clinic refused...
