AllSpine’s Health Care Blog

What Causes Upper Back Pain? Upper back pain is not a very common spinal disorder, but it can cause both discomfort and pain when it happens. Therefore, it is important to know the main causes of upper back pain and how you can treat it.

What is Degenerative Disc Disease? People’s spine wear down with age. Your spinal discs help you move and bend, being little shock absorbers throughout your spine. Degenerative disc disease is osteoarthritis of the spine, and typically occurs in the neck or lower back. The discs

Sciatica describes a radiating pain that can travel from your lower back down through your buttock and into your legs. The pain originates from pressure on the sciatic nerve specifically. Did you know the sciatic nerve is the largest single nerve in the body? It

Neck Pain from a Stiff Neck When you have a stiff neck in the morning, or maybe a chronic kink in the neck, there is some pain associated with that stiffness. You may have difficult moving your neck and turning it from side to side,

What is Nerve Pain? All pain is experienced through nerves, so it’s not immediately apparent whether the cause of pain is from damage to bodily tissues like muscles and tendons. Nerve receptors adjacent to damaged tissue, called nociceptors, send pain signals to the brain which

Back and Neck Pain Caused by the Spine Did you know that spinal pain (back and neck pain) is the most common cause of disability worldwide and the second most common reason people go see a doctor? Most cases of back pain improve within weeks.

Going to a Doctor After a Car Accident Being in a car accident can be one of the most overwhelming and terrifying experiences to go through. If you’ve been involved in a car accident, you could have suffered injuries to your nerves, muscles, and possibly

Neck Pain from a Car Accident Did you know that nerve damage and pain can be caused by car accidents? There is ample scientific data that correlates onset of new back and neck pain to motor vehicles accidents. Many of these improve spontaneously over time

Using Laser Surgery for Back Pain Relief Laser spine surgery has made life better for literally thousands of people who thought they would suffer with back pain for the rest of their lives. It’s been nothing short of a miracle. The problem? You may think

Neuroscience and Neurosurgery Info Before Spinal Surgery Finding out you may need spinal surgery can be daunting, but getting an expert second opinion can put your mind at ease. If a physician tells you that you need spinal surgery, it’s important to consider getting a

A car accident can cause a number of injuries, and one of the side effects might be a constant headache. These headaches can be extremely painful and might be symptoms of a concussion or other kind of neurological issue. It’s important to see a medical