The advice many people with neck pain and nerve symptoms receive, whether from a well-meaning family member, an online article, or even a healthcare provider, is some version of “fix your posture.” Keep your shoulders back. Sit up straight. Stop slouching. For people dealing with neck pain and nerve symptoms, this can be one of […]
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When someone has dealt with radiating leg pain for weeks or months and nothing seems to be helping, surgery can start to feel like the obvious answer. Remove the disc problem. Free the nerve. Finally move on. That thought process makes sense. But research on sciatica surgery tells a more complicated story; one that is
Surgery for Sciatica Gets Similar Long-Term Results to Physical Therapy Read More »
A pinched nerve in the neck, or cervical radiculopathy, isn’t actually a nerve being squeezed like a garden hose. The process is much more complex, and understanding what’s really happening can completely change how you approach recovery. Your cervical spine contains seven vertebrae with soft discs between each bone. Your spinal cord runs through this
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Most people who develop burning, tingling, or pain shooting down their leg assume they have injured a muscle. However, when leg symptoms are worse than back pain, especially when they travel below the knee, an irritated nerve root is usually the cause. That distinction changes how we approach treatment and is one of the first
If Your Leg Hurts More Than Your Back, a Nerve in Your Spine Is Probably the Reason Read More »
The research is clear: posture does not reliably predict who develops pain and who doesn’t. That’s not a controversial opinion. High-quality studies have repeatedly reached the same conclusion. If you’ve spent years blaming your forward head posture or anterior pelvic tilt for your neck or back pain, this may be frustrating to hear. However, it
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Sciatica has a way of making itself impossible to ignore. The electric shooting pain down the back of the leg, the numbness, the feeling that your hip or glute is somehow both painful and dead at the same time. It’s one of the most common reasons people come to see us, and one of the
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You hurt your back. Your doctor ordered an MRI. The report came back with words like herniated disc, disc bulge, foraminal narrowing, or moderate degenerative changes. The assumption is that one explains the other. Here’s the thing: that assumption is often wrong. I’m going to say that again because it’s so important: the assumption that
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Working from home in Oceanside, Carlsbad, or anywhere in North County sounds ideal. But if you’re spending 6 to 8 hours a day sitting at a desk, your body is accumulating load in ways that eventually show up as neck pain, back pain, headaches, or all three. What prolonged sitting does to your spine The
Desk Workers in North County: Why Your Back and Neck Are Breaking Down Read More »
Sciatica has a way of making itself impossible to ignore. The electric shooting pain down the back of the leg, the numbness, the feeling that your hip or glute is somehow both painful and dead at the same time. It’s one of the most common reasons people come to see us, and one of the
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