A new study in the journal Spine has found that patients undergoing conservative care with physical therapy did as well as those who underwent neck fusion surgery followed by physical in the long term. Â The surgical group was noted to have a more rapid recovery in the first 12 months, but those improvements waned by…
Continue reading…Vitamin D Supplementation of No Benefit to Healthy Individuals
Vitamin D is a key vitamin that the body absorbs from food and produces when exposed to sunlight.  It has also  been advocated as a supplement by many people in helping to prevent several conditions, most notably osteoporosis in adults.  However, a new study published in The Lancet medical journal found no significant improvement in the bone…
Continue reading…Can Antibiotics Cure Chronic Back Pain?
A recent article in the European Spine Journal reports that up to 40% of patients with a history of chronic back pain from a herniated disc may find improvement with long term antibiotic therapy. A double blinded, randomized controlled study evaluated 166 patients with a history of chronic low back pain greater than 6 months…
Continue reading…Practice Selected as Teaching Rotation for Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine
Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine has been selected by Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine to serve as a clinical rotation for third year medical students.  This rotation will provide Hofstra medical students with a unique opportunity to obtain history taking,  physical examination, and clinical reasoning skills in the assessment of patients with spinal pain and…
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