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Fall Prevention - How to Prevent Falls and Be Prepared Through Education and Physical Therapy

Learn more about balance training, safety in the home, who is at risk, exercises to improve balance, and how physical therapy can help train a person for the unexpected.

4/24/2025 By Joann Lavrisha, PT and Rachel Pierce

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How to Keep Your Back Healthy at Work and Home

Learn practical injury prevention techniques that may be used at work and at home.

4/16/2025 By Ryan Tessean, PT, CIDN

Physical therapist examining senior patient's back injury at doctor's office

New Treatment for Herniated Discs

Learn more about the new ultra-minimally endoscopic spine surgery for patients needing treatment for herniated discs.

2/27/2025 By Sophie Zhou, MD

Robotic-Assisted Spine Surgery

Learn more about robotic assisted spine surgery and its benefits.

1/26/2023 By Gabriel Smith, MD

Women standing at a desk holding her back with Sciatica pain

Sciatica 101 – Causes, non-surgical and surgical treatment options

Learn what sciatica is along with all the non-surgical and surgical treatment options.

1/19/2023 By Antimo Paul Gazzillo, MD and Christina Cheng, MD

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Maintaining a Healthy Back at Home and Work

Learn more about practical injury prevention techniques that may be used at work and at home.

7/12/2022 By Ryan Tessean, PT, CIDN

Senior man with back injury in physiotherapist office

Physical Therapy Options for Treatment of Back Pain

Learn more about back pain, and how physical therapy can get you moving and feeling better again.

9/22/2021 By Elayna Theiss, PT

Chiropractic Treatment of Sciatica

Learn about the evaluation and treatment of sciatica from the perspective of a chiropractor.

11/13/2020 By Robert Trager, DC