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At the Centeno-Schultz Clinic, safety is first and foremost. As physicians we have a responsibility to our patients and community to do no harm. To that extent, we asked a key question in 2016. Do commonly injected local anesthetics harm stem cells? You know, those medicines used to numb an area? The…

At the Centeno-Schultz Clinic, we utilize the SANS approach in our evaluation and treatment of patients. This has been discussed in prior blogs.  S stands for stability. Stability is dependent upon muscle strength and ligament stability. The Multifidus Anatomy The multifidus is one of the deep muscles of the back.…

We could title today’s post with a number of questions: Do I really need a neck fusion? Does neck fusion surgery really work? What complications can I expect following a neck fusion? However, the answers to all of these boils down to, neck fusion may be creating more problems than…

Back and neck fusions are surgeries we place into the category of “Damage to Accomplish a Goal,” and, indeed, these spinal fusions are perhaps some of the most damaging orthopedic surgeries out there. Only in the most extreme cases, where the extensive harm this surgery creates is sure to be…

While not super common, hand numbness while sleeping is an issue patients sometimes bring to our attention. We’re not talking about I fell asleep on my hand, and when I woke up it was numb; we’re talking about legitimate hand numbness that seems to recur most nights and may even…