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Do you have a spinal condition that’s causing you chronic pain intense enough to interfere with your life or day-to-day activities? Are you afraid you’ll never be able to get your pain under control or that it might continue to worsen as you age? 

WELL, YOU’RE NOT ALONE. 

Many people with spinal disorders feel frustrated, confused, and helpless about their conditions. As many as 500,000 people suffer from some form of spinal injury each year. The good news is that you can ease your concerns and fears by gaining a better understanding of your condition. 

 

At NJ Spine and Orthopedic, we work to help you understand your symptoms, diagnose your condition and inform you of the various treatments. Below is an overview of the most common types of spine conditions, as well as other orthopedic conditions.

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Tips for Keeping Your Spine Surgery Recovery Healthy

After you’ve undergone spine surgery, you want to make your path to recovery smooth, painless and short. Preparing yourself with information and expectations will allow you to plan for after your surgery. Before going into surgery, you should already have your home ready, so you won’t have to do much during your recovery. At NJ Spine & Orthopedic, we treat people, not patients. We want you to have a swift and effective recovery so you can get back to your everyday life. Here are some tips for how to make your recovery from spine surgery go as smoothly as possible. What to Do Before Spine Surgery Your home should be prepped with food, you should make advance sleeping arrangements and you should organize your house before you have your surgery. This way everything will be taken care of, so you can focus on your recovery when you return. Things to consider include: Food and Drink Accessibility. Stock your fridge and pantry with plenty of food and drinks. Ask your doctor if you need to follow a specific diet after your surgery. Stairs. Your doctor will probably inform you to avoid going up and down stairs for a while after your surgery. Bring whatever items you might want downstairs so you can access them. Sleeping Arrangements. If you can’t go upstairs, prepare a bedroom for yourself on the first floor. Put everything you need and want to make it as comfortable as possible. Include books, magazines and television, so if you’re told to stay in bed for a few days, you’ll have entertainment within reach. Organization and Fall Prevention. Maneuvering through clear, well-lit spaces will take stress off your recovery. Remove clutter to avoid possible injury from tripping or falling. Remove or secure carpet corners that might trip you. Night-lights should be in hallways, so you always know where you’re stepping. What to Do After Spine Surgery After surgery, you’ll need to know how to care for your wound and understand your limitations. Your first two weeks will be crucial to setting a precedent for your recovery. Do these five things to help the recovery go well. Set Realistic Expectations Your body needs time and rest to heal. You will not be able to do any laborious, intense activities or resume working after surgery. Some surgeries take weeks to heal and others take months. Your surgeon will help you plan for the recovery process. Avoid Showering Until You Get the All-Clear Your wound will probably need to be kept dry for about a week unless your doctor tells you otherwise. When showering, it’s imperative that no water gets into the wound. Cover the wound with plastic wrap to keep water away. Someone should assist you the first time you shower after surgery. Practice Smart Wound Care and Inspection Your doctor will tell you when you can remove the bandage and how to wash it. For the first few days, you may need to keep your wound dry. You should be aware

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What is Failed Back Surgery Syndrome?

Nearly 80 percent of Americans will experience back pain during their lifetime. Finding the cure for your back or neck pain can be a long journey, and for some, it ends with surgery. But what if you have neck or back surgery and continue to suffer from the same pain? Or worse, increased pain, tingling or numbness in new areas? You aren’t alone, and there is hope. Failed back surgery syndrome is the medical term used to describe patients who continue to feel pain and discomfort after their neck, back or spine surgery. The pain or discomfort you feel may be the same as it was before you had your surgery, or different – perhaps an increased level of pain or discomfort, or pain or discomfort in a new area. It’s important to note that while neck and back surgery are often viewed as the last resort to relieving your pain or discomfort, it is a process. Even in a perfect scenario, the actual operation itself is one step in the process. After surgery, your doctor should have a plan in place for rehabilitation. Often, it is through a combination of the surgery and your rehabilitation plan that relief is achieved. Assuming that you’ve been through back surgery and completed (or are in the midst of) your rehabilitation plan and are still experiencing pain, you may be wondering, how can the surgery that was supposed to relieve you of your pain fail to do so?   There are a few different possible explanations – two of the most common are: you were misdiagnosed, and the lesion you had surgery on was not causing your pain; and the second explanation is that there is a second source of pain, in addition to the lesion on which you had surgery. There is also a third, less common reason, which involves the development of scar tissue after surgery. If you do have pain or discomfort as a result of scar tissue after surgery, you would only begin to notice the pain and discomfort 6 to 12 weeks post-operation – the amount of time it takes for scar tissue to form. In addition to these reasons for pain, surgeries can fail due to a lack of experience and old techniques used by the surgeon. Unfortunately, even surgeons with experience often use traditional surgical tools and technologies, which prolong recovery times and put patients at a greater risk of having additional complications after the surgery is complete. The alternative to traditional tools and techniques is the advanced minimally invasive surgeries that are offered by some surgeons. In these procedures, cutting-edge tools are used, and incisions are small – usually less than one inch in diameter. Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Symptoms At first, it can be hard to tell whether or not you have symptoms of failed back surgery syndrome because as you recover from traditional back or spine surgery, some degree of pain and discomfort is expected during your recovery period. If you’ve communicated with

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