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Protecting Your Neck, Back, & Spine in Oilfield, Construction, and Manual Labor Jobs Most spine injuries in the trades don’t happen during the heaviest lift of the day. They build quietly over months of loaded bending, twisting, overhead work, and equipment vibration, then announce themselves during one perfectly ordinary lift. Protecting your spine is less […]

Slip and Fall Spine Injuries in Older Adults: What to Watch For After a fall, an older adult can have a serious spine injury while feeling relatively fine at first. Weaker bone means a low-energy fall can fracture a vertebra, and the symptoms often build over days rather than arriving all at once. Severe neck […]

Physical Therapy After Spine Surgery: The Phases of Rehab Rehab after spine surgery generally moves through four phases: protecting the repair while you walk, restoring motion and basic strength, building real strength and endurance, and returning to full activity. Timelines vary enormously by procedure. A microdiscectomy may progress in weeks while a fusion is measured […]

How to Get a Second Opinion on Spine Surgery Getting a second opinion on spine surgery comes down to four things: confirm your insurance covers it, request copies of your imaging and records, book with a surgeon at a different practice, and arrive with written questions. The whole process usually takes a week or two, […]

The Benefits of Imaging, Testing, PT, and Surgery Under One Roof When your imaging, nerve testing, physical therapy, and surgical care all happen within one practice, you spend far less time repeating your story, waiting on records, and driving between buildings. At Neurosurgery & Spine Consultants, X-ray, DEXA scans, nerve testing, lab draws, physical therapy, […]

What Is a DEXA Scan and Who Should Get One? A DEXA scan is a quick, low-dose X-ray test that measures how much mineral is packed into your bones, which is the best available predictor of your future fracture risk. Screening is recommended for all women 65 and older, and for postmenopausal women under 65 […]

Understanding Your DEXA Results: T-Scores and Z-Scores Explained Your DEXA report gives your bone density as a T-score, and often a Z-score as well. The T-score compares your bone density to that of a healthy young adult and is the number used to identify low bone mass and osteoporosis. The Z-score compares you to other […]

Neck & Shoulder Pain from Sitting at a Computer Neck and shoulder pain from sitting at a computer is most often caused by muscles holding your head and arms in one position for hours at a time, and it usually eases once your setup and habits change. When the pain travels down into the arm, […]