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Diet plays an important role in controlling blood sugar levels, high blood pressure, endocrine problems (thyroid, obesity). Nowadays due to the changes in lifestyle, bad posture, working for a long hours on computers, wrong eating habits along with lack of exercises...

How often do you wake up with a sore neck or worse end your day with sore neck? The answer is often. As ubiquitous and many a times benign- neck pain has several causes. As a health personnel who deals with this presentation very frequently..

The Science of spine surgery has advanced to vast extent. With Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery now outcomes of spine treatment in India have been very promising. Spine Surgery is intended to improve the quality of life of our patients. The intention is to reduce pain...

Spine Surgery has evolved over time and not all spine surgeries are the same or involve the same risks and benefit profiles. So one Should gather all sort of information from the surgeon about the recommended procedure, the exact nature of the surgery. Things to expect after the surgery and time of recovery. You can also ask about the surgeon’s personal experience with the procedure. You can also ask the surgeon if he is an exclusive spine surgeon or also operates on patients with other issues. ...

Low Back pain is one of the commonest reasons for visiting an orthopedic surgeon. It is one of the leading reasons for sickness leaves all over the world. Back pain is so common that almost each one of us will have at least one episode of severe low back pain at least once in our lives. However, back pain can be prevented to a large extent by following the right advise and putting your back to work in the right way

Here are the top 10 reasons for back pain

• Faulty posture

Highlights: With increased life expectancy, spine problems are more prevalent in old age Spine problems can reduce the quality of life in old age Most of these spine problems can be managed with out surgery Surgery is required in a small percentage of patients With advent of modern techniques and better surgical training, spine surgery can be done in older patients with a very high success rate

Gone are the days when senior citizens would like to retire from their active lifestyle and be confined to the walls of their own houses.

Disc herniation commonly known as herniated disc or slip disc or disc prolapse is one of the most common problem affecting the spine. It is a condition where the disc between two vertebra comes out of its normal position and irritates the spinal nerves. The slipped disc in the low back can cause sciatica (shooting pain in legs), weakness and at times it can cause loss of control over urine. In the neck slip disc can cause pain in arms and weakness and sometimes can lead to imbalance while walking.

Working across the world, in India and the United States, I have realized one thing that is common amongst every spine patient- 'The fear of undergoing spine surgery'