The first six weeks is the immediate recovery phase. Your incision heals within the first two weeks. You are also recovering from the affects of surgery. You will be fatigued. It is like the fatigue [...]
Imagine spending five years of your life in constant pain — unable to sit still for more than fifteen minutes at a time, partake in the sports you love, or go to parties with your [...]
“I was an avid every day runner and cyclist—participating in marathons, half marathons and annual week long bicycle tours since the 1990’s that explored southern Colorado. The bicycle tours averaged 75 to 100 miles daily. [...]
Patient is a 60 year old police officer who had seen us 6 years before for long standing significant lower back pain (LBP). The patient was not a surgical candidate and we sent him for [...]
This lecture is designed for the professional (M.D., D.O., Chiropractor or Physical Therapist). This is the first part of a three part lecture on diseases that cause or mimic neck pain, low back pain, [...]
This is a powerpoint lecture of the reasons and indications for surgery for herniated discs in the cervical spine and lumbar spine.
When complex spinal surgery is undertaken, is there a way to monitor the health of the nervous system? The answer is yes. During complex and sensitive spinal surgery, a technician can generate small electrical signals [...]
This machine is really a portable intraoperative CT scanner. CT scanning as most know is a tool to illuminate the spine with three dimensional images. A surgeon can view the spine not only from the [...]
How does Minimal Incision Microsurgery (MIMS) differ from Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS), the current "fad" in spine surgery? Minimal Incision Microsurgery uses a midline approach to the spine- not a sideways approach through the [...]
This is a GPS system for spinal surgery not dissimilar to the one you find in cars to locate your position. The video screen shows in real time where the surgeon’s tools are in relation [...]
