Can complementary medicine methods like a medical massage help reduce sciatica pain? That pain that seems to run all the way down the outside of your leg, sometimes radiating in a way that feels like you are being poked by a thousand needles and other times more of an aching numbness, is called sciatica. The…
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Rotator Cuff Injuries: Symptoms and Causes
What causes rotator cuff injuries? In the United States alone, rotator cuff tears have become so common that 2 million people visit their doctor for this issue every year. If you have ever been unfortunate enough to have sustained this painful injury, just watching the pitchers in the World Series wind up to get ready…
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Stop Golfer’s Elbow Before It Starts
If you play a lot of golf, is golfer’s elbow inevitable or can it be prevented? There was a time when golf was defined as a sport, but many people thought of it as more of a second-tier type of athletic competition. Perhaps that had to do with the pastel colors and plaids or maybe…
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Spinal Stenosis: Signs and Symptoms
Is there a way to tell if I am developing spinal stenosis? If you haven’t reached the period in life where the first thing you are asked when you mention an ache or a pain is “how old are you, now?”, then just wait for it. If you are fortunate enough to live into your…
Continue reading…Benefits of Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy
What are some of the conditions that are being treated with platelet-rich plasma therapy? The world around changes so quickly that it’s really hard to keep up, isn’t it? Nowhere is that truer than with medical technology and treatment innovations. If someone told you that they were getting PRP (platelet-rich plasma) treatments for their tendonitis,…
Continue reading…What Do You Really Know About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
If I work on my computer most of the day, how likely am I to develop carpal tunnel syndrome? Most people are familiar with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Either we have experienced the pain and inconvenience of this condition or we know someone who has. Anytime someone spends a lot of time at a computer…
Continue reading…Lipetz and Beer Named Top Doctors on Long Island
Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine is pleased to announce that founder Jason S. Lipetz, MD and Jeffry R. Beer, MD have been included in Newsday’s annual listing of “Top Doctors on Long Island” in the category of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Everyone knows how important it is to find the best doctor, no matter what…
Continue reading…What Is an Electromyography?
What are the reasons that my doctor might recommend an electromyography (EMG) study? An EMG has interested doctors and scientists for a long time. It was the Italian physician, Francesco Redi, who discovered electrical activity in muscle tissue of a certain type of fish, the electric ray fish, in the mid-1600s. It took another 250…
Continue reading…Goat Yoga for Back Pain?
Is there really a benefit in using goat yoga for back pain? Upward goat on a downward dog? Yes, goat yoga is a real thing, and, while it is not based on some recently discovered branch of the ancient practice of yoga, it is becoming very popular. There is a farm in Oregon where the…
Continue reading…Symptoms of Tennis Elbow
What are the most common symptoms of tennis elbow and can you experience the same injury without playing tennis? The most common diagnosis received by patients complaining about pain in the elbow is lateral epicondylitis, more commonly known as tennis elbow. This is true for athletes who play a lot of tennis, those who only…
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