Is Working from Home a Pain in Your Neck?
It won’t be long before remote workers staff one-quarter of all jobs in North America. Workers love the flexibility, and employers often see benefits like reduced overhead and productivity increases. If there’s a dark side to the work-from-home trend, it may be the lack of attention to workplace ergonomics. Despite their name, laptops aren’t well-suited for laps, [...]
What Causes Cervical Radiculopathy?
The pillar upon which your body is built, the spine is a complex structure of bone and soft tissue that supports your body while providing a conduit for the nervous system. Nerves branch off of the spinal cord, reaching all parts of your body, reporting sensations, triggering muscle activity, and controlling autonomic systems. When a [...]
How Acupuncture Is Used to Alleviate Pain from a Herniated Disc
Learning you have a herniated spinal disc and that it’s the cause of your back pain can be disconcerting. However, it’s also possible that you’ve had herniated discs before that produced no symptoms. It’s an internal injury that often repairs itself with little to no treatment. Often, medical care focuses on pain relief while the [...]
5 Nonsurgical Treatments for Lumbar Radiculopathy
Anytime a spinal nerve root is compressed or damaged, the problem is known medically as radiculopathy. In the lumbar region, your lower back, radiculopathy usually affects the sciatic nerve, creating the collection of symptoms commonly known as sciatica. It’s the most common reason patients contact spine surgeons like our doctors at Atlas Neurosurgery and Spine Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. [...]
Surgery for Neuroblastoma: What to Expect
Neuroblastomas occurs when immature nerve cells called neuroblasts grow abnormally. Usually, most neuroblasts mature into nerve cells by the time of birth. The remaining neuroblasts typically develop into nerve tissue, but sometimes a tumor called a neuroblastoma forms. While some types of neuroblastomas disappear on their own, many require treatment, which sometimes includes surgery. When [...]
Can Acupuncture Help My Neck Pain?
Virtually everyone suffers from neck pain at some point in time, though it’s usually a short-term concern. When your issue becomes chronic, it can interfere with work, sleep, and many other aspects of daily life. As neck pain specialists,our team at Atlas Neurosurgery and Spine Center can diagnose and treat your condition. Though capable of [...]
How is a Herniated Disc Treated?
There are plenty of common names for a herniated disc, including slipped, ruptured, torn, bulging, and leaking. Despite the somewhat violent names, a herniated disc isn’t always a medical problem. You can have one without any observable symptoms before the disc itself heals. Due to the tight structure of your spine, though, any injury that [...]
