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A CCJ Instability Treatment Update
As you may recall, we’ve been using a novel CCJ instability treatment for the last two years. This procedure is different from other treatments in that we inject the alar, transverse, and accessory ligaments directly through the back of the throat using X-ray guidance. We’ve seen excellent results, but outside of updating you on a medical conference…read more
What Is Foraminal Stenosis?
What is foraminal stenosis? Is it necessarily the cause of your back or neck pain, and does foraminal stenosis require surgery? Let’s start from the beginning… Your spinal column, or backbone, is made up of vertebrae, stacked one on top of the other, with a disc between each level to provide cushion and absorb shock.…read more
New Study: Neck Pain and TMJ Are Related…
We medical providers who see patients with neck pain and jaw problems have known for years that the two are linked. However, it’s always great to see studies that begin to prove what you think you know. A new study now ties neck pain and TMJ together by looking at how the contractions of the…read more
Are You a Candidate for Our Novel CCJ Instability Procedure?
This past year we were the first clinic in the world to begin offering a first-of-its-kind direct stem cell treatment for the alar, transverse, and accessory ligaments that make up the craniocervical junction, or CCJ. Given that the only other option that seems to work for these CCJ instability patients is a very, very invasive…read more
My New Book: The Spine Owner’s Manual
Ever since I wrote the third edition of Orthopedics 2.0, I’ve dreamt of writing body-area-specific versions. You see, the issue with Ortho 2.0 is that it tries to cover so much of the real estate of the body, it’s tough to provide a lot of information about any one area. That’s now been fixed for…read more
Using MRI to Measure CSF Flow in Patients with CCJ Instability
We will learn more about the human neuromusculoskeletal system in the next few decades than we have learned in the last several hundred years. If you need proof of that, just take a look at some truly inspired technology being used in upstate NY by Scott Rosa and Dave Harshfield. Dr. Rosa and I have worked…read more
Is It Time to Get Rid of Range of Motion Measurements?
If you read my blog, you likely know that I love to be a bit irreverent, especially if it provokes discussion about why we all do the stupid stuff we do. Medicine is rife with sacred cows that nobody dares to touch. One of those in the world of orthopedics and pain medicine is range…read more
