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Upcoming Spine or Orthopedic Surgery? Did the Hospital Sterilize Instruments?
Spine and orthopedic surgery is associated with multiple risks which include bleeding, infection, failure and escalation in pain. Infection can be devastating requiring removal of an implant and repeat surgery. Infection can also spread throughout the body with life threatening sepsis and serious infections such as hepatitis B, meningitis and…
Consequences of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Spine surgery has lasting consequences, as it forever changes the lumbar anatomy and biomechanics. It’s not like a bad haircut which will grow out over time. The anatomical changes are permanent. The consequences of minimally invasive spine surgery are truly something to talk about directly. We have all seen the…
Reducing Your Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease
Did you know there are 7 basic things that you can do to prevent or reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease? Dr Pitts, our nutrition expert, breaks this all down for you in this new addition to his "Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Series"
Curcumin vs Diclofenac for the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Knee pain can be disabling compromising quality of life and one’s ability to hike, run or ski. And it takes something as simple as curcumin to help with it. Traditional treatment options include ice, rest and oral NSAID’s such as Alleve, Motrin and Diclofenac. Significant side effects associated NSAID include:…
Watch Dr. Pitts Perform a Disc Treatment Using Stem Cells
Today, we invite you into one of our interventional orthopedics procedure suites. Dr. Pitts will be performing an advanced image-guided stem cell injection into an L4–5 disc to treat a patient with an annular tear and low back pain. Watch the video below, and you can also review terminology and…