Spinal Surgeon Reveals the Truth About Back Surgery and Chronic Pain
The story usually goes something like this: “I felt a little twinge in my back yesterday while I was lifting something. I didn’t think much of it at the time…but when I woke up this morning, I couldn’t even move!” That story illustrates one of the great misunderstandings of low back pain…and it actually means […]
10 Ways to End Bunion Pain Without Surgery
For an otherwise very well put together 80-year-old woman, the huge hole in her right shoe was a shocker…that is, until I saw her foot. Her big toe was pointing sideways and there, at the base of her big toe was an enormous bunion. It was so large that there was no way that it […]
Useless Surgery: More Common Than You Think
The famous phrase, “A chance to cut is a chance to cure,” has guided surgeons for centuries. Although this old saying is often true… it can also be an invitation for big trouble. When a person has a medical problem and a physician suggests surgery, it often seems like a very cut and dry (pun […]
