Choosing Your Spine Surgeon
Choosing the right surgeon for your back surgery is crucial if you want the best chance at achieving pain relief while minimizing potential complication. In any medical case, a patient needs to get a correct diagnosis. Spine surgery only addresses an anatomical problem. The surgery, therefore, is useless if the underlying cause of the pain […]
How to Tell if You Need Back Surgery
When it comes to back pain, most spine surgeons believe that surgery should be the last option. Whether or not you undergo surgery will depend on your diagnosis and how fast your back problem progresses. Advancements in surgical techniques enabled spine specialists to reduce or eliminate back pain due to progressive degenerative conditions, such as […]
Is it Time for Back Surgery?
At some point of their lives, everyone will experience at least one acute low back pain episode. The majority of these episodes can get better without the need for surgery, but some suffering from back pain still wonder if they need to consult an orthopedic spine surgeon to undergo back surgery. If you’re experiencing low […]
Symptoms and Causes of Post Herpetic Neuralgia
Post-herpetic neuralgia is brought about by the varicella virus after an episode of shingles. No studies have been able to define exactly how this happens. However, some theories have been surmised to help explain this phenomenon. One possibility is that the nerve cells are activated more when injured, thus the exaggerated stimuli response. Another probable […]
Post Herpetic Neuralgia Treatment Options
Are you suffering from post herpetic neuralgia(PHN)? Spine Center of Texas will be listing down treatment options you can try to relieve the pain: Try wearing loose fitting cotton clothes in order to reduce irritation on the affected skin area. Wrap ice cubes in a plastic bag and apply it directly to the affected area. […]
What is Post Herpetic Neuralgia?
Post herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a type of persistent pain that occurs after an episode of shingles. Shingles is a nerve infection caused by the chicken pox varicella-zoster virus – distinguishable because of the development of a certain rash. Singles can occur at any age, but people over 50 are more prone to developing one. […]
Choosing the Best Mattress for Your Back Pain
Are you suffering from back pain? It may be because of the bed you’re sleeping in every night. It’s worth the time and research to find the right mattress to help with your back pain. Sleep can be very hard to find if you’re experiencing pain, and losing sleep can affect your entire day. Spine […]
Back Straightening Tips
Have you tried standing for eight or nine hours straight? If you’ve stood for that long without experiencing back pain, congratulations! It means you have strong back muscles. If you experienced back pain and body fatigue, however, don’t despair. Our back muscles are part of the core muscle group that has a primary role in […]
Easy Ways to Eliminate Upper Back Pain
Upper back pain is slowly becoming a major issue in the US. While lower back pain is common, there are actually a large number of people suffering from upper back pain. People with upper back pain often suffer in silence and have no idea how to eliminate the pain they’re dealing with on a daily […]
Neuromodulation FAQs
Spine Center of Texas will be answering some commonly asked questions about Neuromodulation. What types of conditions can nueromodulation treat? People who suffer chronic pain, spasticity, movement disorders, epilepsy, ischaemia, spinal injury, and other specific psychiatric disorders can benefit from the neuromodulation approach. Spinal cord stimulation is the most common neuromodulation treatment for those who’ve […]
Benefits of Spinal Cord Stimulation
14,000 patients around the world who undergo spinal cord stimulator implants annually. Spinal cord stimulation or SCS is a form of neuromodulation treatment that delivers mild electric stimulation to the nerves found along the spinal column. The electric stimulation modifies nerve activity in order to lessen the pain sensation reaching the brain. First used to […]
Neuromodulation for Back Pain
Neuromodulation is a therapeutic process which involvse stimulating and administering medication directly to the body’s nervous system in order to treat pain and other neurologic dysfunctions, such as movement disorder, spasticity, and epilepsy. Neuromodulation stimulates nerve cells by implanting drug-containing devices or neural stimulators in the central and peripheral nervous systems, autonomic nervous system, and […]
