Spine Health

After a year of constant, burning back pain, Roberta Lafuze has finally found relief and says she owes her life to Derron Wilson, MD, GCBS’ director of the Interventional Pain Management Center. CBS 4 Indy (WTTV) recently featured Lafuze, who suffered severe nerve damage from a slip in the mud. She had lost all hope […]

The Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, start next month—good news for couch potatoes who can’t get enough curling. The Olympics raise awareness of and interest in all sorts of winter sports, including some pretty extreme ones. So it’s  timely that January is National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month. Each year, skiing, […]

Whether you love or hate winter, we all can agree that icy conditions are a (sometimes literal) pain. Indeed, no one is immune from ice-related falls. But there are ways to avoid, reduce, and respond wisely to them. First, let’s look at what you can do to stay vertical when walkways are slick. Stay indoors […]

When you’re a smoker, it never seems like a good time to quit. Maybe you’re in the middle of a stressfulwork project, or maybe you’re waiting for a big milestone—your birthday, say, or New Year’s Day. Maybe you just enjoy the ritual of taking a few minutes for yourself to get away, have that cigarette, […]

Knowing more about your health and understanding it better can make a big difference. During the third week of October, National Health Education Week honors the role health education can play in improving public health. So this week, we thought we’d look at a common patient question: why health issues like diabetes, obesity, and tobacco use might […]

September 22 marks the 10th annual Fall Prevention Awareness Day, and that makes this a great time to talk about how you can keep yourself or a loved one safe. At least 1 in 4 Americans 65-years-and-Older will experience a fall, which make falls a leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries in older adults. Given its […]

Minimally Invasive is a very big “buzz” word right now in the spine surgery community. Many patients are coming in to their surgeon’s office hoping to have an “easier” surgery. But what does minimally invasive really mean, especially when put into perspective with the perception of spine surgery being a pretty “invasive” surgery? When talking […]

In a healthy person bones continue to grow in strength and size until a person reaches their mid-30s, when peak bone mass is attained. In average bone regeneration, it takes about 90 days for old bone to be reabsorbed and replaced by new bone. Approximately 99 percent of the calcium in the body is stored […]

First and foremost, good posture is your friend when it comes to preventing back pain. For years, your mother has told you to stand up straight and improve your posture, but did you know that poor posture can actually lead to hastened degenerative spinal disorders? Good posture keeps your bones properly aligned and alleviates extra […]