Spine Talk

Spine Talk

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Spine Talk episodes

  • Dr Kevin Ju Talks About Ankylosing Spondylitis
    On any given day, the waiting room of Texas Back Institute is filled with people who are experiencing back pain. In most cases, these patients are over 50 and have age-related causes for their pain, ranging from arthritis, wear and tear from work or other conditions that affect their spine. By and large, back pain is an older person’s problem. However, a form of chronic back pain that affects younger patients has received more discussion and research among spine specialists. This disease is ankylosing spondylitis.
    According to a report in Medical News, “Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a painful and progressive form of spinal arthritis and symptoms of inflammatory back pain often first present in people before age 35. It typically begins in the late teens and early twenties and in severe cases may result in fusing spinal vertebrae and may cause structural damage to hips and other joints. Often misdiagnosed as "just back pain" or undifferentiated arthritis, AS is a systemic inflammatory disease that, in addition to its effect on the spine, can affect internal organs, peripheral joints, and vision.”
    The Spondylitis Association of America estimates that between 350,000 and one million people in the U.S. suffer from ankylosing spondylitis. However, millions more may have the disease and are unaware of this...
    Read more at: https://texasback.com/young-adults-take-notice-that-back-pain-may-be-ankylosing-spondylitis-and-it-is-serious/
    10 min
  • Dr. Boah Talks About Conservative Care Treatments For Back Pain
    Dr. Akwasi Boah, Neurosurgeon at Texas Back Institute explains conservative care treatments for back pain. 90 percent of people who suffer from back pain can be treated using conservative care treatments without having surgery. Some of these conservative care treatments include: ice, heat, anti-inflammatories medication, physical therapy, injections, rhizotomy, and chiropractic care.
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    6 min
  • Dr Rey Bosita Talks About When To See A Spine Specialist
    Suffering from back pain can be difficult, and knowing when to seek the help of a specialist can be confusing. Dr. Rey Bosita, Spine Surgeon at Texas Back Institute gives helpful tips on when to see a spine specialist and what red flags to watch for.
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    5 min
  • Dr Rey Bosita Answers FAQs Of Low Back Pain
    Dr. Rey Bosita, Orthopedic Spine Surgeon at Texas Back Institute talks about some myths and facts about back pain.
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    6 min
  • Dr Rey Bosita Talks About Healthy Habits For Your Back
    Dr. Rey Bosita, Orthopedic Spine Surgeon at Texas Back Institute presents some healthy habits for your back. Use some of these tips in your everyday life to help maintain a healthy spine.
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    6 min
  • Spine Biomechanics Lab At Texas Back Institute With Dr Scott Kutz
    Since its founding in 1977, Texas Back Institute (https://texasback.com/about-us/) has been recognized around the world as a state-of-the-art clinic for spine and neurological treatments. Along with recruiting the best and the brightest spine surgeons and clinicians, the practice has been an important contributor in the development of medical innovations such as artificial disc replacement, treatment for scoliosis, disc fusion and for the testing of many other medical devices on behalf of the Federal Drug Administration.
    The practice is now earning accolades for its spinal research with the launch of the Spine Biomechanics Laboratory at Texas Back Institute. According to a recent article in the online medical site “Spine Universe,” this team and facility, located in Plano, Texas is “helping patients understand exactly how spine conditions affect their movements and muscle activities, and quantifies how much improvement they have made following spine surgery and other treatments.”
    One of the leaders of this research effort is Dr. Scott Kutz (https://texasback.com/find-a-physician/name/scott-kutz/), a neurosurgeon at Texas Back Institute. He explained why this research is important to both TBI patients and spine specialists around the world.
    “From a research perspective, this process is extremely valuable because it allows us, as physicians, to understand what we are accomplishing with surgery. The subjective reporting from patients is not as conclusive. While it is certainly wonderful to have a patient return for follow-up and report that they are feeling better, we need objective measures to prove that what has been done is improving the patient’s health. This research is also important for our practice here at the Texas Back Institute and when it is documented in publications, we can share these results – both good and bad – with other spine specialists around the world.”
    View full article at www.texasback.com/blog
    12 min
  • Dr. Michael Duffy Talks About Jason Day And Playing Golf With Back Injuries
    The Power Swing: Why it’s Causing Severe Back Injuries and Ending the Careers of Young Golfers
    The world’s top-ranked professional golfer is Jason Day. He is just 29 years old, 12 years younger than his mentor Tiger Woods, and may be nearing the end of his career due to a golf swing that is taking its physical toll on his back. Woods’ history of back injuries has been extensively chronicled, and due to these health problems, he appears to be at the end of his impressive professional career.
    The Professional Golf Association (PGA) tour has become a young man’s game, with five of the first six tour events in 2017 won by players between the ages of 22 and 24. However, these “young guns,” such as Day, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose, have all had recurring back injuries force them out of tournaments this year.
    What in the Name of Lee Trevino is Going on Here?
    In the words of that great Duke Ellington song from the 1940’s, “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!” These ailing young golfers have several things in common, including their athleticism, but it is their swing that is making and breaking their careers.
    According to Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee, who has written a popular book on the sport titled “The Anatomy of Greatness,”every swing is different, but Woods, Day and McIlroy embody a stylistic change that has pervaded the sport. In a recent article, he shared his knowledge of the swing traits of some of the greatest golfers in history and found a few key differences in the contemporary swing from past generations.
    “In general, the modern swing is shorter with more restrictive lower body movement. That requires a more violent turn to initiate the downswing, which takes more of a physical toll than swings from previous golfing greats, such as Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, that were longer and more rhythmic.”
    A Competitive Golfer Who is Also a Spine Surgeon... see the full story here: https://texasback.com/the-power-swing-why-its-causing-severe-back-injuries-and-ending-the-careers-of-young-golfers/
    12 min
  • Blog Audio - Dr Belanger Tallks Scoliosis And The Ethiopian Twins Update
    An Update on the Ethiopian Twins: Their Miraculous Medical Transformation Continues
    The lives of two twin brothers from Ethiopia were changed forever in December 2016. Tamirat and Markos Bogale both suffered from a debilitating spine disease called scoliosis. With the help of many organizations in Africa and America, they were transported to Plano, Texas and put in the hands of Texas Back Institute spine surgeon Dr. Ted Belanger, who specializes in procedures which correct this disease.
    Dr. Belanger shared the good news about these two, brave young men with an update on their post-operative conditions.
    “Both patients are doing very well,” he noted in a recent interview. “Markos had a more simple surgery than his brother and he is recovering nicely. He should be able to travel back to Ethiopia in late February. Tamirat had a more complicated scoliosis condition, with a greater spinal curvature. His first surgery was successful but he will require another procedure. In the interim between the two surgeries, we will gradually correct his spinal curvature by using a new technology called ‘magnetic growing rods.’” See the full post here: https://texasback.com/an-update-on-the-ethiopian-twins-their-miraculous-medical-transformation-continues/
    15 min
  • Dr Hisey Talks About How the New Guidelines for Treating Lower Back Pain Will Affect You
    The ancient Chinese and Indian healthcare providers who were masters of acupuncture, yoga and tai chai must surely be smiling in their afterlife. In a report released during the second week of February 2017, the American College of Physicians released new guidelines for dealing with the most common maladies affecting modern mankind – lower back pain – with these ancient health techniques before prescription drugs and surgery are employed.
    Many medical experts called these guidelines “historical” in their implication for treating back pain. According to nationwide media reports, such as this one from the Wall Street Journal, the primary reason for the issuance of these new guidelines lies in the epidemic of opioid addiction. “Opioids, one of the most commonly prescribed medications for pain relief and the source of the increasing addiction and death, should only be considered for chronic back pain when other alternatives – natural and prescription – don’t work”, say the guidelines, which were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
    Even over-the-counter medicines such as acetaminophen, which is the primary ingredient in the popular pain medicine Tylenol, is no longer recommended for acute back pain. These new guidelines will most likely influence how doctors such as those at Texas Back Institute treat patients with back pain. However, one of these highly-respected and world-class spinal surgeons, Dr. Michael Hisey, feels most back surgeons and spine experts have been following these guidelines for many years.
    These Guidelines Have Been Evolving for Several Years...
    Read the full post here: http://texasback.com/about-us/blog/how-the-new-guidelines-for-treating-lower-back-pain-will-affect-you/
    7 min

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