Dr. Evan Johnson, Physical Therapist at the Spine Center  recently attended the 2011 annual meeting of the North American Spine Society. There he got to help test participants' balance and grip strength. The tests were part of an interactive display developed by the NASS Exercise Committee to...

Take this quiz to find out. 1. Would your mother tell you to sit up straight if she saw you working on your laptop? 2. Do you communicate with your friends from your laptop more than in real life? 3. Do your neck and shoulders ache? 4. Do you find time disappears when you are on your...

Failed back surgery syndrome, complex regional pain syndrome, and facial pain are common examples of chronic pain conditions that may respond quite well to neurosurgical intervention. Spinal cord stimulation and implantable infusion pumps are powerful tools that pain neurosurgeons may use to...