Every surgery carries with it risks and potential complications, but the stakes are even higher when you’re dealing with a neurological surgery. Now, neurosurgeons are some of the best and brightest surgeons in the game, and techniques are only getting safer as we get a better understanding of how to best care for patients, but […]
Archives for April 2019
Tiger Woods’ Masters Victory Possible Because Of Spine Surgery
If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you’re probably familiar with some of the posts we’ve written on Tiger Woods and his ailing back. We wrote about his fourth spine surgery in which he underwent an anterior lumbar interbody fusion two years ago, and we blogged about his Tour Championship win back in […]
Scientists Diagnose CTE Markers In Living Patients
According to a team of researchers in Boston and Arizona, we may now be able to detect abnormal markers related to the brain condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in living adults. CTE is a unique condition in that it can only be diagnosed during an autopsy, so while we believe their may be indications of […]
Preventing Everyday Causes Of Back Pain
Back pain is one of the most common conditions that people deal with on a regular basis, but it doesn’t always come about as a result of an acute injury. In fact, most causes of back pain are much less obvious, and we may be putting our spines in jeopardy on a daily basis without […]
