Simple question, somewhat nuanced answer. Basically, nerve blocks are injections of local anesthetic aimed at temporarily and chemically inactivating a nerve – pure and simple. Where things get a bit…
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I was recently asked why some people require more than one operation to obtain optimal relief. A great question and one with a multi-part answer. Let me try to break it down…
I have been asked recently to write a little something about so-called “rebound headaches”. This topic can be quite confusing, and as you will read, is not very well understood….
Over the years, I seem to have had this question come up on a fairly consistent basis and the answer is actually relatively straightforward. Let’s take as an example, an…
This query is one of the great ones – a $64,000 question that continues to be raised both in my office as well as online. What is the difference…
This question is one of the most common articulated in my office and I believe represents an underappreciated component of our everyday lives that can certainly impact many facets of…
Take a look at the first picture- it is of a midline incision in the back of the neck. Can you identify the nerve by the black arrow and the…
I’ve noted that there has been some confusion lately over the roles of nerve blocks, nerve stimulators and nerve decompression in the treatment of chronic headaches. To be sure, there…
As with many things in life, there are positive and negative ways to perceive just about anything. Just because the MRI was negative, clearly does not mean that there is…
Perhaps one of the most common questions I get asked is, “What is recovery like?” How much time do you have? There are so many facets to this question that…
