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Strategies for Cervical Spine Pain

Mike Reinold

The post Strategies for Cervical Spine Pain appeared first on Mike Reinold. Neck pain is a pretty common diagnosis that we all see. Here are some of our strategies to help.

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Old Spines, Need New Ideas: Spine Hardware Update

Orthopedics This Week

Old spines need new ideas. Time for Karma, a better approach for spine fixation when bone quality is suspect. The post Old Spines, Need New Ideas: Spine Hardware Update first appeared on Orthopedics This Week. In strong, non-osteoporotic bone, pedicle screw loosening rates are about 1-15%.

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When a Standard Spine MRI Won’t Cut It

Orthopedics This Week

An apparently healthy spine disc on an MRI could be, in fact, the pain generator. The post When a Standard Spine MRI Won’t Cut It first appeared on Orthopedics This Week. Unfortunately, the ability to accurately answer that question has traditionally been something of a dark art—even with a standard MRI scan.

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Providence St. Joseph Hospital Performs World’s First Spine Surgery Using eCential Robotics’ Open Spine Robot, with Spineart Compatible Implants

OrthoSpineNews

Joseph Hospital announced it has successfully performed the world’s first robotic spinal surgery using a new open spine platform by eCential Robotics to implant a Spineart medical device.

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New Year Same Spine

ChiroJunky

Same Spine Every December 31st as the year turns another age, your spine also grow older. Though some organs tissues have the ability to regenerate, like the liver, the spine ages and degenerates overtime. The spine is the weight-baring back one of the body. The spine has several functions that maintain us through life.

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Researchers discover that sustained neck exertions change the spine and muscles, causing pain

ScienceDaily: Back and Neck Pain

Using high-precision X-ray imaging to track spine movements during neck exertion tasks, researchers discovered that sustained neck exertions cause muscle fatigue that then exaggerate the cervical spine curvature. This leads to neck pain.

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Cost of Chiropractic Versus Medical Management of Adults with Spine-related Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review

ChiroOrg

Chiro.Org Blog: Patients with spine-related musculoskeletal pain who consulted a chiropractor as their initial provider incurred substantially decreased downstream healthcare services and associated costs, resulting in lower overall healthcare costs compared with medical management.