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Our Doctor comment on recent article: ”Spinal injections may not aid lower back pain“ Dr. Stojanovic’s thoughts: This is an interesting article, however the small sample size (number of patients involved) limits the validity of its results. Still, the study results show that, statistically, significantly more patients treated with epidural steroids did better than patients [...]
Continue Reading →Our Doctor comments on a recent article: “Insight to Brain Connectivity in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients is Seen through a Novel Arterial Spin Labeling MRI Study“ Dr. Stojanovic’s thoughts: Although the real “test for pain” still does not exist, over the last 20 years functional brain imaging has helped to understand how the brain [...]
Continue Reading →Our Doctor comments on a recent article: “Steroid Injections Prove Effective in Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniations, Researchers say“ Dr. Sakai’s thoughts: This study examined a very specific patient population of young and healthy football players, but it certainly lends support to the use of epidural steroid injections for the treatment of pain due [...]
Continue Reading →Our Doctor comments on a recent article: “HealthPartners wants to further limit spine surgeries“ Dr. Sakai’s thoughts: “If you have significant spine pain that requires treatment, it is important to know what the options are to be able to make the best informed decision. There are certainly cases when surgery is necessary, such as in [...]
Continue Reading →Dr. Stojanovic comments on a recent article: “Rest won’t ease back pain; workout will“ “” 70% of Americans suffer from low back pain at some point in their lives. However, most people would think that when back pain occurs it is best to rest or lay down. This article supports what has been well documented [...]
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