By BRIAN J. SULLIVAN, M.D., Neurosurgeon Back problems are an enormous medical issue in our society. Too often, people endure pain for years before they find the right medical team and treatment plan. At MBSP, we always attempt our best and most aggressive nonsurgical treatments first. No one wants to take on the risks of…
Reading the Body’s Roadmap
In an age of break-neck technological and biomedical innovation, would it surprise you to know that we really are not sure where back pain comes from? To neurosurgeons there is an enormous difference between back pain (pain from the buttocks up) versus leg or sciatic pain (from the buttocks down). The different presentation implies a…