If you spend your day at a computer, in meetings, or scrolling between emails and your phone, you may know the feeling of a tight, achy neck. After eight plus hours at work, many spend additional hours in the evening looking down at their phone. This pattern has a...
At Kalra Brain & Spine, when we counsel patients before an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), Dr. Kalra’s goal is not simply to explain the operation, it is to ensure that his patients understand the diagnosis, alternatives, expected benefits, risks,...
If you are dealing with chronic back or neck pain, you have probably already learned something important: not all spine problems resolve with rest, medication, or physical therapy. While conservative care is always the first step, some conditions require a more...
If your neurosurgery appointment is scheduled with a physician assistant (PA) instead of a neurosurgeon, often times it is assumed this will negatively affect quality of care. Other thoughts and questions many patients ponder are: what training does a PA receive, can...
At some point in your life time you most likely will experience spine pain, or be diagnosed with degenerative disc disease (DDD). Degenerative disc disease is often a common cause of back and neck pain. DDD is not actually a disease, it is a condition or set of...
