If you are spending too much of your day thinking and talking about your back pain, not to mention suffering with it, it may be time to drastically change your approach. This may be the moment to look to physicians who focus their attention not on surgery, but on pain management and restoration of function. …
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Back Pain During Pregnancy
Along with the joy and excitement of being pregnant comes a certain amount of discomfort. In a great many cases this includes back pain. While for some women back pain means an occasional twinge or cramp, for others it can become a chronic problem that persists even after the baby is born. Because pregnant women…
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Why Are Backaches So Common?
Studies have shown that 80 percent of the population experiences back pain at some point. According to evolutionary biologists, the problem began over 4 million years ago when primates became bipedal, using only two of their four limbs for locomotion. This development put increased stress on the spine and may be blamed for many of…
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Injuries Caused by Bending
When the Beatles sang Doing the garden, digging the weeds/ Who could ask for more, they were nowhere near 64 and probably not thinking about the aches and pains that become more prevalent in middle-age. While children and young adults usually don’t hurt themselves by simply bending over, injuries that occur during this simple act…
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Is Your Bad Posture Contributing to Your Back and Joint Pain?
While telling our children to “sit up straight” may seem to be an old-fashioned command, good posture is important to maintaining pain-free flexibility and general well-being. Not only does poor posture contribute to back pain, but it can also negatively impact respiration, digestion, balance, and even psychological health. At Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine, our…
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Upper Back Pain and What Can Be Done to Relieve It
Though not nearly as common a complaint as lower back pain, upper back pain, often felt across the shoulder blades, is a source of ongoing distress to many of our patients. As physiatrists, whose medical specialties are nonsurgical pain relief and restoration of function, the doctors at Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine are well-prepared to…
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Why Are There So Many Different Tests to Diagnose Back Pain?
Back pain can result from a broad range of causes, from congenital defects to herniated discs, from spinal stenosis to kidney stones. While your symptoms — the type of pain you’re experiencing, its specific location, and when it occurs — provide helpful clues relative to its origin, our skilled doctors have numerous excellent diagnostic tools…
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How Home Workouts Can Result in Injuries
Although some of us have always exercised at home, the pandemic has certainly increased the number of us who are lifting weights, doing pushups, riding stationary bicycles, and using treadmills in our living rooms, basements, and garages. Unfortunately, there can be dangers to working out at home, especially if doing so involves a change in…
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Acupuncture: An Important Treatment for Low Back Pain
For many years, acupuncture has been helping patients with chronic back pain find relief. Though many traditional medical professionals have been reluctant to explore the advantages of this painless, non-surgical treatment, at Long Island Rehabilitation Medicine we have been using it successfully for years. Western medicine has continued to be dismissive, even suspicious, of Eastern…
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Why Does My Lower Back Hurt When I Stand Too Long?
You stand in line, you wash dishes, you chat with a friend – and then, the tension builds. That dull ache pulses across your lower back, and shifting your weight doesn’t help. You sit for relief, but the pain returns the next time you stand. This cycle frustrates patients across Long Island, and standard scans often…
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