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                                                    February 22, 2023
                                                    
                                                
                                                Once the surgeon finishes your spine surgery, a key component to recovery is walking – further and sooner than you…
                                             
                                        
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                                                    June 06, 2022
                                                    
                                                
                                                By Gregory Kuzmik, MD It’s estimated that more than three million Americans are living with a herniated disc in their…
                                             
                                        
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                                                    March 15, 2022
                                                    
                                                
                                                Back pain is the second-most common type of pain, but only a small percentage of people ever need back surgery….
                                             
                                        
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                                                    December 14, 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                                Pelvic floor dysfunction is often associated with women, especially after childbirth. But pelvic floor dysfunction affects people of all genders…
                                             
                                        
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                                                    October 15, 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                                Two months after performing the first awake spine surgery at Hartford HealthCare (HHC), neurosurgeon Dr. Vijay Yanamadala became the first…
                                             
                                        
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                                                    October 13, 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                                John Collins may be 72, but he likes to stay in shape, walking every day until the pain in his…
                                             
                                        
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                                                    August 02, 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                                When the 65-year-old man came to the Spine Wellness Center, he had already undergone several surgeries on his spine and…
                                             
                                        
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                                                    April 21, 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                                The main difference between practicing medicine in his native Brazil and the United States, according to neurosurgeon Dr. Pedro Coutinho,…
                                             
                                        
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                                                    April 14, 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                                Pain stems from visible causes, a wound or break, but when the reason is less obvious a health psychologist can…
                                             
                                        
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                                                    March 30, 2021
                                                    
                                                
                                                [pullquote]“I tell every patient the best surgery is no surgery. It is the last resort after we’ve tried every other…