25
Jun
What to expect from a workers comp doctor
Workers’ compensation is a benefit virtually all workplaces are obligated to pay on their employees’ behalf. If you are injured on the job, this benefit helps pay for lost income and medical bills while you recover. Doctors who accept workers’ comp patients help treat individ...
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25
Jun
What is an orthopedic specialist what do they do
Orthopedic doctors focus on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the bones, joints, muscles, nerves and tendons. These parts of your body make up your musculoskeletal system. Many of these doctors, like Dr. Timothy Roberts of the New York Spine Ins...
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25
Jun
What Is an Acoustic Neuroma?
An acoustic neuroma is a benign brain tumor that grows from the eighth cranial nerve resulting in progressive hearing loss, ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and dizziness. The eighth cranial nerve travels between the brain stem and the inner ear, transmitting information about ...
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25
Jun
What Is an Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)?
AVMs are abnormal clusters of arteries and veins located within the brain or spinal cord. The blood flow in AVMs is abnormal since the blood rapidly flows from a complex of feeding arteries directly into a network of draining veins, bypassing the smaller capillary network of ...
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25
Jun
What Is an Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass?
An extracranial-intracranial bypass is a technique used to augment the blood flow to the brain. The common carotid artery is located in the neck and supplies blood to the brain, face, and scalp. At the jaw the common carotid artery divides into the internal carotid artery tha...
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25
Jun
What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
The term carpal tunnel syndrome describes a condition that arises when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, is compressed at the wrist by a tendinous band. Compression of this nerve can result in pain, weakness, and numbness involving the wrist and han...
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25
Jun
What Is Cervical Spinal Stenosis?
The term cervical spinal stenosis describes a narrowing of the spinal canal in the cervical region leading to compression of the spinal cord. What Causes Cervical Spinal Stenosis? For most patients, cervical stenosis is an acquired disease process brought about by chronic we...
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25
Jun
What Is Craniosynostosis?
The skull is made up of several boney plates that are held together by fibrous joints (cranial sutures). These cranial sutures permit skull growth during childhood as the brain enlarges. Craniosynostosis describes a phenomenon where one or more of these cranial sutures fuse p...
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25
Jun
What Is Cubital Tunnel Syndrome?
Cubital tunnel syndrome refers to a group of symptoms arising from injury to the ulnar nerve as it travels along the medial aspect of the elbow, a region commonly known as the “funny bone. ” These symptoms include pain at the elbow, numbness along the medial aspect of the fore...
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25
Jun
What Is Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)?
Deep brain stimulation involves the placement of electrodes in the brain to treat specific movement disorders such as: parkinson’s disease, essential tremor and dystonia. These electrodes are connected to an implanted pulse generator, similar to a pacemaker for the heart. The...
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