Friday, October 30, 2015
Congratulations Kendra!
SpineOne Employee of the Month for October! Learn more about Kendra at http://dlvr.it/CbyCSY
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
I ♥ Dr. Sonstein and SpineOne!
Read what first-time patient, Shauna, had to
say about her experience at SpineOne.
“I love Dr. Sonstein . It was clear from the beginning that his main objective was to make me feel better. He was really concerned about me.
“I love Dr. Sonstein . It was clear from the beginning that his main objective was to make me feel better. He was really concerned about me.
Your surgical staff is
amazing. All your nurses are attentive and nice. The nurse who helped me the
anesthesia rocks big time and your center is great!
Candy in billing is
totally amazing. She explains things simply and clearly and is quite good at
calming you down and walking your through the process.
Friday, October 23, 2015
There are Alternatives to Spinal Surgery. You Should Always Get a Second Opinion.
Back pain can be
debilitating, and when it is keeping you on the sidelines of your life, you may
be willing to consider any treatment that will work, including surgery. There
are occasions when back surgery is the best option for relieving your pain, but
it’s not the only choice you have. There are often alternative treatments to
surgery for back pain associated with symptoms from conditions such as
herniated or bulging discs, spinal stenosis, degenerative discs, osteoarthritis
and more.
Before you undergo surgery, visit a spine specialist like the physicians
at SpineOne for an assessment to determine if other, less-invasive treatments may be
the better choice for you. With
minimally invasive treatment options, like the ones at SpineOne, you get:
Fast Recovery
With back surgery, you may face a hospital stay followed by an extended period of bed rest. This means that you will need to take time off from work and that you won’t be able to handle your family responsibilities as you normally would. With most of our treatments, you’re ready to get back to life as soon as the treatment is over. No in-patient care is required and you can start to get relief from your back pain right away.
With back surgery, you may face a hospital stay followed by an extended period of bed rest. This means that you will need to take time off from work and that you won’t be able to handle your family responsibilities as you normally would. With most of our treatments, you’re ready to get back to life as soon as the treatment is over. No in-patient care is required and you can start to get relief from your back pain right away.
Conservative Pain Therapies
In the wake of surgery, your doctor will likely prescribe powerful medications to manage your back pain. These medications can leave you feeling groggy and can be habit-forming. At SpineOne, we can manage your pain using targeted injections and therapeutic care to provide you with relief without the side effects of strong medications.
In the wake of surgery, your doctor will likely prescribe powerful medications to manage your back pain. These medications can leave you feeling groggy and can be habit-forming. At SpineOne, we can manage your pain using targeted injections and therapeutic care to provide you with relief without the side effects of strong medications.
Tailored, Comprehensive Treatment Plans
At SpineOne, our spine specialists tailor comprehensive treatment plans for each individual patient. We incorporate minimally invasive and innovative treatments often including physical therapy to address back pain. There is no cutting involved which means you won’t face the risks associated with surgery, and you won’t have any scarring. You face fewer potential complications with our treatments, many of which are completely natural. Our minimally invasive treatments also leave you with less pain after care than you would experience recovering from surgery.
At SpineOne, our spine specialists tailor comprehensive treatment plans for each individual patient. We incorporate minimally invasive and innovative treatments often including physical therapy to address back pain. There is no cutting involved which means you won’t face the risks associated with surgery, and you won’t have any scarring. You face fewer potential complications with our treatments, many of which are completely natural. Our minimally invasive treatments also leave you with less pain after care than you would experience recovering from surgery.
If you are considering open- or laser-spine surgery, visit the doctors at
SpineOne for a second opinion. The back specialists at SpineOne can likely relieve back or neck pain
without surgery.
Call us at 303.500.8611 or visit www.spineone.com to learn more about our services. For your convenience, SpineOne offers same-day
appointments with consultation, imaging and treatment all within one
facility.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Tips to Prevent Back Pain at Work
If
you’re sitting at your computer right now reading this, you may be damaging your
back more than you would by lifting heavy furniture.
Office Chairs and Back Pain
These days, work often means sitting in front of a computer for hours. That’s why your office chair matters when it comes to your spinal health. If your chair doesn’t support your lower back and arms, you’re bound to start slumping over in the seat and leaning into your computer screen. This common posture strains your spine from your neck to the base of your back. Your ligaments begin to stretch out and put too much pressure on your spinal discs. The compression of your spine can also cause pinched nerves and back or neck pain.
Office Chairs and Back Pain
These days, work often means sitting in front of a computer for hours. That’s why your office chair matters when it comes to your spinal health. If your chair doesn’t support your lower back and arms, you’re bound to start slumping over in the seat and leaning into your computer screen. This common posture strains your spine from your neck to the base of your back. Your ligaments begin to stretch out and put too much pressure on your spinal discs. The compression of your spine can also cause pinched nerves and back or neck pain.
However,
there are things you can do to ensure that your daily activities aren’t causing
you pain.
Office
Chair Ergonomics
An ergonomically designed office chair can prevent back pain by forcing you to sit up straight and reduce pressure on your spine. However, simply switching to an ergonomic chair won’t eliminate your back pain. You will have to adjust the chair to ensure that it provides the individualized support you need.
An ergonomically designed office chair can prevent back pain by forcing you to sit up straight and reduce pressure on your spine. However, simply switching to an ergonomic chair won’t eliminate your back pain. You will have to adjust the chair to ensure that it provides the individualized support you need.
Be
sure that you can sit close to your desk so that your upper arms and spine are
parallel. Your lower back should be pressed firmly against the back of the
chair, and adding a lumbar cushion
can provide extra support and help you resist slouching. Make sure you adjust
the chair arm rests to lift your shoulders slightly and keep your wrists as
straight as possible while typing. This will reduce strain on your neck.
As
a reminder to help you keep up proper seating posture, SpineOne has provided an
infograph for you to click, download, print and keep at your desk.
Get Back to Enjoying Work
Back
pain and neck pain can make your time at work unbearable. SpineOne can relieve
your pain and teach you techniques to prevent work-related back and neck issues
in the future.
SpineOne offers a
comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis and treatment plan tailored to meet the
pain management needs of each individual patient. The physicians
at SpineOne practice minimally invasive procedures combined with
other practices such as physical therapy to get you healthy and enjoying your
life again.
SpineOne provides same-day appointments upon
request and offers doctor consultations, imaging and treatments all from the
same facility for your convenience. If you are experiencing chronic back or
neck pain…
Click www.spineone.com or call 303-500-8611 today!
Friday, October 16, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Could Science Fiction Transform the Future of Spine Care?
It was just last night that I sat down with my 10-year-old daughter to watch one of her favorite shows, Star Trek Voyager. One of the main characters in the TV series includes an “Emergency Medical Hologram” known as “The Doctor.” The doctor, played by Robert Picardo, is Star Ship Voyager’s fully interactive, computer-generated, three-dimensional (3-D), resident physician who has saved the lives of numerous crew members.
While watching the series, I often wondered how cool it would be to have one’s own holographic physician available on demand. Imagine being seen for the flu right in your own home, or getting emergency care no matter where you are located. But we know that such technology is just science fiction, or is it?
Back to the Future
Earlier this year at the 2015 Build Developer Conference, Microsoft unveiled its HoloLens—a fully wireless, holographic computer that one wears like workshop glasses to work or play with 3-D content in the real world. HoloLens provides a more natural way to create, communicate and collaborate. There are no computer screens or peripherals. A simple gesture, gaze or one’s voice is used to interact with the 3-D subject matter and others in the room, or those across the globe.
“Wow, that sounds really cool, but what does it have to do with medicine?”
We are glad you asked.
Microsoft has partnered with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (CWRU) to build upon and create limitless learning possibilities using HoloLens. With this technology, medical students are now able to literally “see” in 3-D all the systems of the human body in an interactive, inter-functional and layered format—reducing the need for cadavers.
Most importantly, CWRU claims this technology will help develop medical students into the best possible professionals by allowing them to fail forward in a real-time learning environment. And as the HoloLens is being used as a tool to study medicine, it is hard not to imagine its potential for practical use across all types of medicine.
The SpineOne Position
As one of Colorado's premier medical centers devoted exclusively to innovative spinal care, SpineOne is an advocate of new technology where it shows a proven benefit to the patient. If and when there are clinical trials that are able to show conclusively a proven benefit to a patient (along with continued trials by the rest of the medical community to acknowledge the medical advance's validity), SpineOne will consider this and other advances in technology. This being said, it should be fun to see where this type of technology takes medicine.
About SpineOne
Established in 2000, SpineOne Medical Center is a leading-regional medical center for minimally invasive spine care and has treated thousands of people in Colorado and surrounding states for back and/or neck pain. Many of these patients, who once had severe, even debilitating neck and back pain, are now living pain-free.
At SpineOne, our goal is to treat your pain symptoms with non-operative treatments whenever possible.
For your convenience, SpineOne offers same-day appointments and provides doctor consultations, MRIs and treatments all from the same facility.
While watching the series, I often wondered how cool it would be to have one’s own holographic physician available on demand. Imagine being seen for the flu right in your own home, or getting emergency care no matter where you are located. But we know that such technology is just science fiction, or is it?
Back to the Future
Earlier this year at the 2015 Build Developer Conference, Microsoft unveiled its HoloLens—a fully wireless, holographic computer that one wears like workshop glasses to work or play with 3-D content in the real world. HoloLens provides a more natural way to create, communicate and collaborate. There are no computer screens or peripherals. A simple gesture, gaze or one’s voice is used to interact with the 3-D subject matter and others in the room, or those across the globe.
“Wow, that sounds really cool, but what does it have to do with medicine?”
We are glad you asked.
Microsoft has partnered with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (CWRU) to build upon and create limitless learning possibilities using HoloLens. With this technology, medical students are now able to literally “see” in 3-D all the systems of the human body in an interactive, inter-functional and layered format—reducing the need for cadavers.
Most importantly, CWRU claims this technology will help develop medical students into the best possible professionals by allowing them to fail forward in a real-time learning environment. And as the HoloLens is being used as a tool to study medicine, it is hard not to imagine its potential for practical use across all types of medicine.
The SpineOne Position
As one of Colorado's premier medical centers devoted exclusively to innovative spinal care, SpineOne is an advocate of new technology where it shows a proven benefit to the patient. If and when there are clinical trials that are able to show conclusively a proven benefit to a patient (along with continued trials by the rest of the medical community to acknowledge the medical advance's validity), SpineOne will consider this and other advances in technology. This being said, it should be fun to see where this type of technology takes medicine.
About SpineOne
Established in 2000, SpineOne Medical Center is a leading-regional medical center for minimally invasive spine care and has treated thousands of people in Colorado and surrounding states for back and/or neck pain. Many of these patients, who once had severe, even debilitating neck and back pain, are now living pain-free.
At SpineOne, our goal is to treat your pain symptoms with non-operative treatments whenever possible.
For your convenience, SpineOne offers same-day appointments and provides doctor consultations, MRIs and treatments all from the same facility.
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