A common frustrating condition for patients is pain in the buttock region, which has several common and some less common causes. More common causes would be pain referred from the low back called the lumbar spine. Many people believe any pain radiating to the buttock is from a herniated disc, but that is not always […]

On April 6, 2015, the Annals of Internal Medicine published online an article by A. Delitto, PT, PhD, who conducted a randomized controlled trial of Physical therapy vs surgical treatment of patients with spinal stenosis. Spinal stenosis is a condition where the spinal nerves or spinal cord become compressed by a narrow canal or channel. […]

Did you know that the word ‘sciatica’, does not necessarily refer to a specific medical condition? Rather, it is an expression used to describe pain radiating down the leg. So where does the pain come from? The main places it could be originating from are the nerves in the low back called “lumbar nerve roots” […]

Spinal cord stimulation has been a successful treatment within the realm of electrodiagnostic medicine for quite some time. The best part about it is that you get to “test drive” an external version of the device to ensure that this is the proper treatment for you. Listed below are some common questions we often get […]