by Arthur Jenkins III, MD | Jul 18, 2024 | Spine
Spine surgery is an elegant and demanding profession that requires finesse, but also sometimes requires longer stamina on revisions and deformity cases. There are many technologies that have been proposed to improve outcomes or reduce stress on surgeons and, in some...
by Arthur Jenkins III, MD | Jul 17, 2024 | Spine
America has become a country where attention seems to be shown only when somebody calls something “epidemic” or “pandemic”. COVID-19 obviously was a true pandemic, but we are also suffering through multiple epidemics such as violence, obesity, apathy, intolerance,...
by Arthur Jenkins III, MD | Jul 11, 2024 | Spine
Bertolotti’s syndrome, first described by Mario Bertolotti in 1917, is a clinical syndrome of pain, caused by lumbosacral transitional vertebra. Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae are essentially a hybrid form of the junction of the lumbar spine (lower back) and the...
by Arthur Jenkins III, MD | Apr 4, 2024 | Spine
It can be overwhelming, frightening, terrifying (insert your own adjective here) having back pain, leg pain, other more concerning or embarrassing neurologic symptoms, or more than one of these that would not get better with physical therapy, stretching, chiropractic...
by Arthur Jenkins III, MD | Mar 15, 2022 | Spine
Sciatic nerve pain can be a nuisance, impacting the daily lives of 40% of the population, but you don’t need to put up with the pain. Keep reading to learn more about sciatica and the treatment options that a sciatica specialist can provide. What is Sciatica? Sciatica...