Jeffrey R. Carlson, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAOS As an orthopaedic spine surgeon, I get this titular question multiple times a day seeing patients for clinical consults. They come to see me with nerves that are pinched either in the neck
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Jeffrey R. Carlson, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAOS In this series of articles, we have covered spinal anatomy, the classifications and types of adult spinal deformities, the symptomology of ASDs and how they are diagnosed in a clinical setting. In Part
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Mark W. McFarland, DO As a busy orthopedic Spine specialist, I am happy to answer the questions I get from patients before having a lumbar epidural steroid injection. However, I’m frequently astounded by the myths and misinformation surrounding the subject.
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I first came to OSC to see Dr. Raj Sureja for a follow-up after I had spinal fusion surgery. I began to panic because I had once had a bad experience with another physician with the epidural, but Dr. Sureja
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Mark W. McFarland, MD Sciatica is a catch-all term that is used for pain that runs from the lower back through the buttock, down the thigh and calf, into the foot. It is named thusly after the sciatic nerve, which
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Jeffrey R. Carlson, MD, CPE, FAAOS Every day, I see patients for arm or leg pain and numbness related to pinched nerves in their spine. These patients all have differing degrees of pain and dysfunction from their back and neck
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Mark W. McFarland, DO When I consult with patients about their spinal conditions, I often see them for pain which occurs in their limbs, shooting down an arm or a leg, perhaps even into the foot and toes. These patients
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Jeffrey R. Carlson, MD, CPE As a spine surgeon, I answer questions from patients daily having to do with spine-related issues. I also find that I must frequently correct misinformation or commonly held beliefs about pinched nerves and how they
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Mark W. McFarland, MD This question came in over our web chat and it is a great one to answer. The human spine is made up of 26 vertebrae (bones) that go from your skull to your pelvis. In between
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Jeffrey R. Carlson, MD Over the past few months, you may have heard about a shortage of contrast dye used in some forms of diagnostic imaging studies. This shortage is due to COVID-19 pandemic manufacturing facility shutdowns in Shanghai, China
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