You spend hours behind a desk each day or in a seated position, and your back is becoming increasingly achy. There are many reasons why prolonged sitting can lead to back pain (and more), and it pays to take a few simple steps to protect your spine.

When neck pain strikes, you just want it to go away. But how can you solve your pain if you don’t know the root cause?

At Spinal Diagnostics, our team of highly trained musculoskeletal experts understands how impactful back pain can be, hijacking almost every aspect of your life.

Why did your spinal canal become too narrow? Age plays a role. Herniated discs or thickened ligaments can cause stenosis, but it usually occurs as a result of arthritis and wear and tear from the aging process.

For the nearly 40 million men, women, and children in the United States who suffer from migraines, it should come as no surprise that migraines are the 6th most disabling illness in the world.

Many people experience mild incontinence from time to time. Perhaps a sneeze causes you to leak a little urine, or diarrhea makes you need to dash to the bathroom.

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The temperatures suddenly rise, and you have a migraine attack. Or, perhaps your migraines are tied to humidity levels or barometric pressure.

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) isn’t all that common — it affects about 200,000 people yearly in the United States.

The Connection Between Diabetes and Peripheral Neuropathy

Post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) has long been associated with combat veterans, but trauma affects millions of adults and children in the United States.

Most people are familiar with common headaches that respond to over the counter medications and typically go away after a few hours. However

The numbers surrounding trauma in the American population are nothing short of eye-opening.

You need to roll out of bed, quite literally, or you can’t stand up straight without pain searing through your lower back and leg.

Approximately 34,000 spinal cord stimulators are implanted each year in patients around the world, and this number is growing

While there are many conditions that can lead to arm pain, there are times when the source of the pain (and other symptoms) isn’t obvious, leaving you to wonder what’s causing the discomfort.

Back pain can sideline you for weeks, months, or years. Depending on what’s causing your pain, you may be able to treat it with an epidural steroid injection.

In the simplest of terms, spinal stenosis describes a narrowing in your spinal canal. The condition is fairly common, especially as you

The numbers surrounding pain in the United States are eye-opening.

You’re shying away from invasive surgical solutions or potentially risky medications to manage your chronic pain

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered dramatic changes throughout everyday life — and in the medical community as well.

The prevalence of pelvic pain in women in the United States is nothing short of eye-opening — 15% of women of childbearing age report problems with pelvic pain that lasts for six months or more.

Chronic or complex arm pain can be uncomfortable, distressing, and debilitating.

You’re unable to drive comfortably, as turning your head has become painful, or you can’t sit for long periods at your desk to get work done because of pain in your lower back.

When your body sustains damage in an injury or after surgery, recovery can be a long haul. For most, this patience is well rewarded as the body heals and the pain fades away.

Lower back pain is widespread and affects most of us at some point in our lives.

Does your back or neck hurt when you turn, bend, or even try and get up out of a chair? While many conditions can lead to this type of pain and stiffness along your spine, your facet joints may play a role. If this is the case, facet joint injections provide the first line of defense against this type of back pain and neck pain.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), about 20% of adults in the United States suffer from chronic pain, and 8% have high-impact chronic pain.

Peripheral neuropathy is often only associated with diabetes, for a good reason — up to 70% of those who have diabetes develop some degree of nerve damage.

CRPS is a neurological disorder in which you sense pain more strongly and for much longer than you should. There are generally two types of CRPS — CRPS type I and CRPS type II.

Because our backs bear the brunt of so much movement, it’s probable that you’ll have some back pain in your lifetime.

Contrary to its name, degenerative disc disease (DDD) isn’t a disease but rather a condition in which age, wear-and-tear, and injury break down the discs along your spine.

You wake one day and find that certain movements send shooting pain down one of your legs.

Chances are, you or someone you care about lives with chronic back pain. The leading cause of disability and one of the top reasons for missed work, low back pain affects 31 million adults in the United States at any given time.

You’re struggling with pain due to a nerve group in your spine that’s compromised, causing it to send pain signals to your brain.

Migraines can be an incredibly frustrating condition to deal with and one out of every four households in the United States has someone who suffers from these debilitating headaches, including children.

If you’re living with back pain, it can be hard to find effective relief, especially when you have spinal stenosis.

Back pain is a widespread ailment. About 30% of American adults have some type of back pain.

It’s not until you have real pain in your neck that you begin to understand the expression, “Pain in the neck.” Discomfort in your neck can affect almost everything you do

There hasn’t been much good news to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the increasing acceptance of telehealth as a way to get medical care may be one

Headaches are a very common ailment, one that most people experience from time to time over their lifetime.

When COVID-19 struck, Americans quickly adapted and learned to perform various functions remotely, from working and going to school to receiving healthcare.

Migraines affect nearly 30 million people in the United States; three out of four are women. There’s still much we don’t understand about migraines, but the enormous gender disparity has led researchers to the link between migraines and hormones.

More than 37 million people in the United States have diabetes, and another 96 million are considered prediabetic.

Stenosis is a term that describes a narrowing, and when it’s used in conjunction with your spine, it refers to a condition in which your spinal canal has become narrower.

You're experiencing throbbing pain in your head, perhaps just on one side, or your head is tender to the touch.

As spine health experts, the team here at Spinal Diagnostics specializes in the myriad conditions that lead to back pain, and sciatica certainly accounts for its fair share of the problem.

While most people experience aches and pains from time to time, these usually go away after some rest or with the help of a little aspirin or ibuprofen

You’re tired of the constant battle you’ve had to wage against back pain, not to mention the limits the problem has placed on your life. So, you’re taking the next step and opting for back surgery to help you move freely and without pain.

Sciatica is a condition caused by a damaged, irritated, or pinched sciatic nerve, which is the longest nerve in the body and affects your buttocks, feet, legs, and hips.

The incidence of lower back pain in the United States is growing thanks to an aging population.