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Fit Your Backpack to Avoid Back and Neck Pain

A telltale sign that summer is coming to an end are the promotional ads for back-to-school supplies. Pens, calculators, and folders will begin to fill shopping carts across the country. A new backpack may even be on your list, and if so, you’ll need to know how it should fit and how much you can […]

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Cervical Laminoplasty: An alternative to fusion for the right patients

Mark M. Mikhael, M.D. Advanced arthritic changes in the cervical spine can lead to narrowing of the spinal canal at multiple levels throughout the neck. When the narrowing becomes severe, it can lead to compression of the spinal cord, referred to as “myelopathy.” Symptoms of myelopathy can include difficulty with walking and balance, trouble with handwriting […]

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Smartphones Can Take a Toll on Your Body

IBJI Doctors Want You to Understand the Impact, Know How to Prevent Injuries It seems that almost every teen and young adult these days has a smartphone. In fact, a recent study by Pew Research Center reveals that 86 percent of young adults aged 18 to 29 own a smartphone. These amazing devices put incredible […]

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Is Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease Causing Your Neck Pain?

As a natural part of aging, our vertebral discs dry out and lose their flexibility, resilience and shock absorbing capacity. This dehydration and shrinkage of the center of the disc can quickly lead to degeneration of the cervical discs causing pain and stiffness. Symptoms of Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease The main symptom of CDDD is persistent […]

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5 Common Causes Of A Stiff Neck

A stiff neck may last a few days or even weeks but it usually heals quickly because of the durability of the cervical spine. Sometimes, something as simple as sleeping wrong can cause a stiff neck and occasionally a stiff neck can have more serious implications. These are the usual culprits that can lead to a […]

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Cervical Fusion Surgery – Types of Cervical Fusion, Procedure and Recovery

A Cervical Fusion Surgery links together damaged segments of the vertebral column in the neck. Normally, there is a spinal disc between each vertebrae, which acts as a cushion, but also allows some movement between each vertebrae. Most often a cervical fusion is performed because the spinal disc is causing problems by pushing on a nerve […]

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Backpack Back Attack: Tips for Feeling Better Fast

Have you seen kids heading back to school with backpacks almost as big as they are? Their packs are stuffed with homework and books and laptops, old lunches and things better left unexamined. These bags can weigh 15 pounds or more, and that’s too much for a 60 pound middle-schooler. “We see kids with back and […]

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Is Neck Pain Causing A Headache?

Have you ever heard of a Cervicogenic headache? A Cervicogenic headache (CGH) is a type of secondary headache disorder brought on by the dysfunction of any neck joints. These headaches usually start off from upper three neck joints, neurovascular structures or neck muscles. When the neck joints become stressed they trigger pain signals that travel […]

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IBJI Supports World Spine Day to “Straighten Up And Move”

On October 16th, IBJI will join in celebrating World Spine Day to raise awareness of spine health, as part of National Bone and Joint Health Awareness Month. This year’s theme is “Straighten Up and Move,” recognizing the importance of proper posture and movement in maintaining good spinal health. The back is a complex network of bones, joints, ligaments […]

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Degenerative Disc Disease Symptoms and Treatment

Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) is a condition that causes a weakening of one or more vertebral discs.  There is some confusion around DDD as it is not really a disease, and everyone will experience degeneration in their disc due to aging.  Many people will have no pain at all, and others will have neck and back […]

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