ACP guidelines? What are those? Dealing with low back or neck pain? There is a good chance that you have visited your medical doctor  to discuss treatment options for your back or neck pain. The American College of Physicians (ACP) is the second largest medical organization in the US behind only the AMA. It is comprised […]

The year 2017 will be memorable for many reasons. Within the world of spines, lower backs, and necks there were some big advancements to help us move forward into 2018 with great momentum. The majority of patients that show up in my clinics have had previous episodes of lower back and neck pain. For many, […]

We all have a love affair with our cell phones. But I remember resisting getting one in the first place. I was perfectly content having a phone hanging on the wall at home that had a answering machine attached to it. Why would I want someone to get in touch with me if I wasn’t […]

We are back with our “2 for Tuesday” series on Back Talking! I am hosting weekly Facebook Live sessions every Tuesday at 2 pm, so check us out over on Facebook at The Joint Morrisville page. This was our second show on Facebook Live, and the first question that I answered was submitted by Margarita, […]

We are back with our “2 for Tuesday” series on Back Talking! I am hosting weekly Facebook Live sessions every Tuesday at 2 pm, so check us out over on Facebook at The Joint Morrisville page. This week was our first show on Facebook live, so the first question that I answered was an easy […]

We continue with the series titled “what is causing your low back pain?” on Blab. We’ve been hosting weekly blab episodes every Friday at 1p, so come check us out over at blab.im. This week we discuss John, he is an elder gentleman who has arthritis, most likely caused by the 30 plus years of […]

In this week’s episode of Back Talking! we continue with the series “What is causing your lower back pain?” Lumbar strains represent probably the largest single cause of someone struggling with a lower back pain issue. We decide to clean out the basement,  help a friend move that old couch down into the basement, or […]

Annular tears most commonly occur in discs that are degenerating or breaking down. In this episode we continue our series on blab titled “What is causing your lower back pain?” We discuss Sheila, a 54 year old office worker who has recently been diagnosed with an annular tear. Annular Tear The intervertebral disc is comprised […]

Spondylolytic spondylolisthesis. Wow that is a mouthful! Okay, now for a translation of the words, that should help to make things a little clearer. Spondylo means vertebra, lytic means to burst, and listhesis means to slip. So the word translates to a burst and slipped vertebra! Yikes! that doesn’t sound very good! Actually, there are […]

Canal stenosis is a common diagnosis for someone suffering from back and/or leg pain. What is stenosis? Stenosis is from the Greek and means narrowing. With that it mind, it should make things a little clearer. You can have narrowing in blood vessels (think heart attack), narrowing in your intestines (scarring from Crohn’s disease), and […]