As we try to get outside and make the most of these cold winter months, it’s important to use basic safety tips that help minimize injury. Make sure to follow the following tips to help keep your family injury free while out in the snow and ice. Shoveling snow can wreak havoc on the musculoskeletal…
Researchers have made a breakthrough into the second most-common form of arthritis that, until now, has eluded scientists. “Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis” or DISH, affects between 6 percent and 12 percent of North Americans, usually people older than 50, according to the Arthritis Society. DISH is a form of degenerative arthritis and characterized by the formation of…
Tense shoulders, or pains in the neck and back are the all too familiar complaints of travelers who carry heavy luggage. As thousands of Americans gear up for travel this holiday season, orthopedic surgeons share safety tips to reduce travel related injuries. EXPERT ADVICE: “Back pain is very common and affects millions of Americans,” said…
If you’ve ever had back pain for an extended period of time, at one point, you may have thought that losing some weight might help the situation. It’s a pretty natural thought — after all, most of us have an extra pound or two that we’d like to see go someplace far away. If we…
Introducing Ake Spencer Evans, M.D., who is joining us as a new member of the team here at the Center for Spinal Disorders as a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiatry! Evans attended New York Medical College, and interned at the Sound Shore Medical Center of Weschester. Following his internship, he worked as a resident at…
The #4 Watch Your Back 30′ Fountain, sponsored by the CSD Surgical Team, driven by Doc Janssen, and lead by throttleman Mark Truck, competed neck–and–neck with the 5 other contestants in the Super Vee Limited class for the 2012 Super Boat World Championships in Key West last week. Stabled with another Cutting Edge Marine boat, the…