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Did Tiger Woods Suffer Another Serious Injury?
Tiger Woods cut short his time on the fairway on Sunday, August 3 after the golf legend re-injured his back at the World Golf Championships (WGC)-Bridgestone Invitational. Having undergone a lumbar... -
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4 Tips for a Quick Massage
Massage therapy can help relieve stress and increase your energy, while helping to decrease aches and pains that are associated with various spinal conditions. But what if you don’t have a massage...
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Steve Nash Is Putting His Season – and Spine – to Rest
NBA all-star Steve Nash officially announced that he will be sitting out of the 2014-2015 season due to nerve damage caused by spondylolisthesis, a degenerative spinal condition. The forty-year-old... -
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Tony Romo Recovering From a Transverse Process Fracture
A knee to the back brought down NFL player Tony Romo during a recent game against the Washington Redskins. Romo was seen lying on the field in obvious pain and limping into the locker room, a sight... -
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Local Spine Surgeon Brings Latest Robotic Research to International Meeting
Dr. Patel will moderate a symposium about computer-assisted surgery called, “Which tools and techniques are ready for adoption in your operating room?” The goal of this symposium is to provide a... -
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Philip Rivers’ Injury: Bulging vs. Herniated Discs
San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers recently announced that he has been playing with a bulging disc in his lower back for weeks, and plans to continue doing so despite being told that he... -
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Robotic-Assisted Surgery: A New Option in Spine Care, Coming Soon to an Operating Room Near You.
Already widely used in other specialties like gynecology, urology and oncology, robotic surgical systems employ advanced imaging and navigation systems along with a robotic component that the surgeon...
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Time for Some Spine Trivia! Fun, Interesting… and Just Plain Strange Facts About Your Back
Who ever said learning about your spine can’t be fun? Understanding that an informed patient is an empowered patient, here are eight amazing facts you may not have known about your back, brought to... -
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Chetan Patel, MD to Lead Spine Society’s Robotics and Navigation Efforts Through 2018
Internationally renowned orthopaedic spine surgeon Chetan Patel, MD will continue his leadership of the North American Spine Society’s (NASS) Robotics & Navigation Section through 2018 following re... -
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Tiger’s Second Microdiscectomy: Perhaps Not so Surprising?
Tiger Woods’s announcement late last week that he recently underwent a second microdiscectomy procedure came as a shock to many fans who’d noticed some improvement in his game during recent weeks...