How Your Shoe Choice Affects Your Back
Professional women are often encouraged to “dress for the job you want, not the job you have,” but many women…
Success Story: Daniel Schmalzried
We call it conventional wisdom because it gets passed down over the years, from person to person. But sometimes, relying…
Success Story: Mary Halabi
When older adults suffer from chronic back pain, their symptoms often stem from issues that have developed over time like…
Could Mindfulness Ease Your Back Pain?
Before considering minimally invasive laser spine surgery, it’s important that more conservative treatments are tried. At the Spine Institute Northwest,…
How You Can Improve Your Back Health in One Minute
While severe, chronic back pain can be caused by problems ranging from bulging discs to compression fractures, less intense pain…
Success Story: Dwayne Burnell
One thing you may have heard about minimally invasive spine surgery is that the results don’t last. Other skeptics will…
New Findings on Achieving and Maintaining Relief from Back Pain
A recent study in JAMA Internal Medicine caused quite a splash in the media with the astounding statistic that 80%…
The One Time It Pays to Be a Quitter
Giving up is usually a bad thing, but if you’re talking about smoking, giving it up is the best thing…
What to Do When You’re Traveling with Back Pain
Planning a winter getaway? Taking some time away from your everyday is a welcome relief, but for back pain sufferers,…
Success Story: Margo Witters
Suffering from chronic back pain can be debilitating in so many ways that go beyond the pain itself. It can…