How Does Paget’s Disease Affect the Spine?
Is Paget’s disease related to spinal stenosis? It is quite possible that you have never heard of Paget’s disease, but, in fact, only osteoporosis is a more common type of ...
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What Is a Pinched Nerve?
Is “pinched nerve” a real type of spinal condition and how does it happen? As anyone unfortunate enough to have experienced the accompanying pain will tell you, nerves do, indeed, ...
Announcing Our New Office in Huntington
We’re excited to announce that our Syosset office has now moved to Huntington. We are now taking appointments for the office. You can also see us at our other locations ...
Dr. Lee Named 2016 New York Super Doctor
We would like to congratulate Dr. Joseph Lee on being selected again as a New York Super Doctor Rising Star for 2016 by his peers. He can be found in the May 2016 Sunday ...
Functional exercise programs improve chronic back pain
The field of physiatry is based on the goal of enhancing and restoring functional ability as well as quality of life in patients with injuries or disabilities. An article in this week’s Wall Street ...
Dr. Miranda Smith Joins Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine
Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine would like to welcome our latest addition to our family, Dr. Miranda Smith. Like our other physicians, she is a fellowship trained Interventional Spine & Sports ...
Dr. Lipetz & Dr. Beer Selected Again As Castle Connolly Top Doctors
We would like to congratulate Dr. Lipetz and Dr. Beer for being selected again as Top Doctors by Castle Connolly in 2015!
Steroids Helpful or Not Helpful for Acute Sciatica Pain?
As noted in a new article from the May 19, 2015 issue of JAMA, oral steroid tapers are commonly used to treat acute sciatica due to a herniated disc. The study performed ...
Dr. Lee Named 2015 New York SuperDoctor
Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine would like to congratulate Dr. Joseph Lee on being selected again as a New York Super Doctor Rising Star for 2015 through a rigorous selection process. ...
Dr. Lipetz Comments On Cam Newton Spinal Injury
Dr. Lipetz comments on Cam Newton’s recent spinal injuries from a motor vehicle accident in a recent article in the North Shore LIJ Newsroom article.
Dr. Lipetz Discusses Role of Medications in Chronic Spinal Conditions in Spine Surgery Today
Dr. Lipetz comments on the role of opioid medications in the treatment of chronic spinal pain and conditions in Spine Surgery Today, a national newspaper dedicated to spine surgeons and neurosurgeons.
Back Pain Surgery Not Recommended As First Line Treatment
More than 26 million Americans between the ages of 20-64 experience low back pain. Globally, an estimated 22-65% of adults suffer from it every year. Treatment recommendations can vary significantly, from ...
WSJ: Conservative Treatment of Back Pain
Today’s Wall Street Journal talks about treatment of back pain. Whether people experience back pain because they are more active during the summertime or because the pain seemingly appears out of nowhere, ...
Treating Pain Without Painkillers
A new Boston Globe article discusses the dangers of our society’s increasing dependence on painkillers. Patients often want and at times demand a quick solution to their problems, but treating pain is typically much ...
Dr. Lipetz Responds to Recent Spinal Stenosis Articles
For our patients, their families, and our colleagues, Dr. Jason S. Lipetz comments on the recent New England Journal of Medicine and New York Times articles on the role of ...
Findings Of New Study on Back Pain Questioned
A New York orthopedist is questioning the findings in a new study that suggests that epidural steroid injections may not help relieve back and leg pain from spinal stenosis. “This is ...
Dr. Lee Selected to New York Super Doctors
Dr. Joseph Lee has been selected by his peers to the Super Doctors New York Rising Stars Edition. After being nominated by professional colleagues in the community, Super Doctors candidates are ...
Dr. Lipetz Appointed Chief of Spine Medicine at North Shore LIJ
Dr. Lipetz has been appointed to the position of Chief of the Spine Medicine Division in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at North Shore LIJ. In this role, Dr. ...
Increased Risk of Back Injuries In Young Athletes
Young athletes have become much more involved in sports, playing on multiple teams during a season and throughout the year. Specializing in one sport has become more commonplace as well. ...
Exercise Can Improve Back Pain
Back pain has been known as one of the most common injuries people suffer from. In an NPR segment this week, various treatments for lower back pain were discussed. The article notes ...
Physical Therapy & Neck Surgery Demonstrate Similar Long Term Outcomes
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 ...
PEMF Therapy May Improve Shoulder Pain
A recent study published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation highlights the potential utility of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) therapy in the treatment of patients with shoulder pain due to ...
Major Study Reports Acupuncture Helpful for Pain
A nationally recognized study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, a leading medical journal, provides the most rigorous evidence to date showing the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating patients suffering from ...
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 ...
Is Your SI Joint Causing Your Back Pain?
SI (sacroiliac) joint pain has been often cited as a source of lower back pain. In the 19th century, the SI joint was often cited as a cause of patient’s ...
Bracing Beneficial for Adolescent Scoliosis
A new study from New England Journal of Medicine shows benefits of spinal bracing in high risk patients in preventing . The two year study followed 240 adolescents with spinal curves ...
Drs. Lipetz, Beer, and Lee Named Top Doctors
Drs. Jason Lipetz & Jeffry Beer have both been recognized as Top Doctors in the New York Metropolitan area by Castle Connolly. Their selections come from nominations by peer physicians and independent review by Castle ...
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 ...
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 ...
Serial MRI Not Correlated to Prognosis of Spine Conditions
Sciatica is a relatively common condition. The prognosis in most cases is favorable, with spontaneous resolution of leg pain typically within 8 weeks in the majority of patients. A recent ...
Pre-Operative Physiatry Consultations Reduce Spinal Surgery Rates
A new study published in the February 1 issue of Spine concludes that a consultation with a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) physician, also known as a physiatrist, before proceeding ...
Information on Meningitis Outbreak
Important Information for Our Patients Regarding Recent Reports of Meningitis Associated with Spinal Injection Procedures As we are all now unfortunately aware, cases of meningitis and death in several states ...
Dr. Lipetz Selected as a Journal Peer Reviewer
We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Jason Lipetz has been selected as a Peer Reviewer for the Spine Section of Pain Medicine, an international Journal and the official Journal of ...
Dr. Lee Joins Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine
It is with great pleasure that Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine welcomes Dr. Joseph Lee. Dr. Lee was selected to join our practice after a national search which revealed several ...
Dr. Jason Lipetz Appointed to Specialist Physicians Panel
We’re proud to announce that Dr. Lipetz has been named to the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board’s panel of specialist physicians to provide expert opinion in select cases within the ...
Dr. Lipetz Appointed to the ISIS Research Committee
The International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS) is pleased to welcome Dr. Jason S. Lipetz as a member of its seven member Research Committee. Dr. Lipetz will work with his colleagues ...
New Hewlett Office Location is Now Open
Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine is now pleased to offer additional office hours at our new Hewlett location. Dr. Beer will be seeing patients on Fridays at 1157 Broadway in Hewlett. ...
East Meadow Office Renovations
We’re proud of the newly completed renovations to our East Meadow Office.