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6 Signs You Should Consider Seeing an Orthopaedic Specialist for Back Pain
Common causes of back pain include poor posture, an injury or overdoing it when exercising. Back pain is very common and often resolves given time, rest and over-the-counter painkillers. Sometimes, though, it’s a sign of something more significant.
Understanding Your Spinal Pain
Back pain can range from a slight twinge to a relentless, debilitating condition. About 1 in 5 of us experience it in any given year while 50-80% of us can expect to have at least one bout of back pain over the course of our lifetime. What’s going on?
Chronic Back Pain: Your Treatment Options
I recently came across this photo when looking through some old memories. It was taken shortly after disembarking at King Island airport in 2015.
Landing in King Island
I recently came across this photo when looking through some old memories. It was taken shortly after disembarking at King Island airport in 2015.
Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion (OLIF)
OLIF is a technique using the anterior to psoas approach to place an interbody cage and bone graft in the lumbar spine. The choice to place interbody cage and graft has to be made by the surgeon after considering multiple factors in the case concerned.
Spine pain in COVID-19
If you have had a flare up of spinal pain during the COVID-19 pandemic there are a number of things that can be done despite restricted access to the health system and social distancing.