After a long winter, warm weather is here and many people are taking advantage of these spring days by breaking out their golf clubs. Golf is an enjoyable and relaxing sport for many people (it can also get quite competitive!), but for quite a few people they experience lower back pain and injury related to…
People who make the decision to undergo a surgical procedure do so with the expectation that the procedure will be worth it – that is, it will successfully correct the issues that made surgery an attractive alternative. However, there are some patients who do not have the outcomes they hoped for; in fact, they may…
Many people work at jobs, play sports, or do exercises that repeatedly use the same motions of the wrist that can eventually contribute to wrist problems. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is caused by a pinched nerve in the wrist that can cause numbness, tingling, and loss of function in the hand. Getting its name from the…
Millions of people suffer from chronic and acute back pain in the United States alone each year. Many sufferers have tried living with the pain for years until it has become debilitating. For others, they have tried different methods of treatment and medications that have not offered long term effective relief. If you suffer from…
In the fast paced world in which we live, few people have time to go through back surgery to relieve their back pain. With the recuperation time involved and the invasiveness of the procedure, open back surgeries are at times avoided at all costs if they can be. At Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians in…
Piriformis syndrome is a neuromuscular disorder that is caused when the piriformis muscle compresses the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve is often associated with shooting pain or a nerve sensation in the buttocks and down one or both of the legs. The piriformis muscle is a muscle that is essential in lower body movement as…
Cervical osteoarthritis, also referred to as degenerative joint disease or neck arthritis, is the degeneration of the facet joints in the cervical spine that leads to arthritis in the neck. Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians is an orthopedic spine and sports medicine practice located in Atlanta, Georgia, that effectively treats many chronic neck and back…
Chronic pain is defined as pain that has lasted longer than two to six months. For those who suffer from chronic pain, it feels much longer. At Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians, we are Atlanta’s premier minimally invasive interventional medicine practice that specializes in finding solutions to complex, chronic, and acute pain conditions. We offer…
A motor vehicle accident can have devastating effects on a person’s physical and financial life. Motor vehicle accidents, whether from a car, truck, motorcycle, or boat, often result in a variety of complex injuries to the neck and/or spine. Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians in Atlanta is the leader in motor vehicle accident rehabilitation. We…
Sacroiliac joint injections are used to treat sacroiliac joint dysfunction. The sacroiliac joints lie on either side of the spine and connect the sacrum (the triangular bone at the base of the spine) with the pelvis (iliac crest). The term sacroiliac joints comes from both the sacrum (sacro) and pelvis (iliac). Joint inflammation or dysfunction…
