Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: When Your Funny Bone Is Not So Funny

Everyone over a certain age knows the peculiar pain of a “funny bone” injury when you hit the inside of your elbow in a particular spot and experience a weird, tingling pain, almost like a shock. Used in the nickname “funny bone,” “funny” means odd, not laughable. Though funny bone injuries (that actually result from…

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Preventing Pinched Nerves: Tips for Maintaining Spinal Health

As physiatrists at Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine, we specialize in relieving neuromusculoskeletal pain through non-surgical methods. Therefore, one of our common focuses is alleviating the troubling symptoms of pinched nerves. If you are having pain you suspect may be caused by a pinched nerve or if you have had this problem in the past,…

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Is Your Smartphone Causing You Pain?

Smartphones, though we may wonder how we ever survived without them, often result in physical problems we could all happily do without. At Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine, we diagnose and treat many patients who are suffering from musculoskeletal injuries directly related to their frequent use of these devices. If you are troubled by neck,…

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