Most people understand that smoking cigarettes will interfere with a healthy spinal fusion recovery, but second hand smoke can also impair your body's ability to heal after spine surgery.
"My husband is very healthy and fit. But after a recent accident in the garden, he has lost the ability to do many of the activities he's used to because he has numbness and weakness in his knees."
Kyphoplasty is a surgical procedure that treats spinal compression fractures caused by osteoporosis. Read about the pros and cons of this procedure in this article.
"I am recovering from cervical spine surgery. Healing seems to be going well, and I am wearing a brace. I am anxious to start exercising again because I know it's important that my muscles stay conditioned, but will neck exercises interfere with my healing?"
What You Should Know about This Surgical Technique
Posted on March 23, 2010 | by Richard D. Guyer, MD in How to Deal with Disc Pain
"I want to learn more about artificial disc replacement surgery. It seems like this is a fairly new technique, but are there any updates I should know about?"
Neck pain can cause headaches, and your doctor may call them cervicogenic headaches. These types of headaches have different treatments than other types of headaches.
"My mother has osteoporosis-related spinal compression fractures. She has developed multiple fractures from simple things, such as getting out of bed. What can she do to stop the recurring fractures?"