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Oxy and Vicodin pretend to be cures, but they are a mask that makes pain worse
Oxy and Vicodin pretend to be cures, but they are a mask that makes pain worse 1024 535 Best Practice Health TV

By Grace Lieberman Chronic pain is overwhelming and debilitating, so patients tend to understandably trust their doctors implicitly and are hesitant to change a system that provides relief, however small.…

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Hip replacement surgery: from pickleball to hip pain and back!
Hip replacement surgery: from pickleball to hip pain and back! 1024 535 Best Practice Health TV

Wesley Richards is an avid pickleball player, but a few years ago, his hip pain was getting in the way of his game. Wesley knew a lot about hip pain:…

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Herniated Disc With Sciatica | Foot Drop
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From our YouTube channel visitor: “Hi. I saw a neurosurgeon regarding my foot weakness in my left leg. I was surprised they didn’t even order an MRI or X-ray. I’ve…

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Herniated Disc With Sciatica | Microdiscectomy Surgery
Herniated Disc With Sciatica | Microdiscectomy Surgery 1024 535 Best Practice Health TV

From our YouTube channel visitor: “Thank you so much for your content! I thoroughly enjoyed everything about it. I just had the surgery a week ago and I’m very nervous…

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Herniated Disc With Sciatica | Microdiscectomy
Herniated Disc With Sciatica | Microdiscectomy 1024 535 Best Practice Health TV

From our YouTube channel visitor: “Does the size of a (herniated) disc extrusion correlate with the need for (microdiscectomy) surgery?” Yes For the first 12 weeks after you first feel…

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Cervical Myelopathy | Herniated Disc
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From our YouTube channel visitor: “I am confused. If someone has a herniated cervical disc, it often causes myelopathy. Everyone says that this myelopathy usually progresses, why do they say…

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Radiculopathy vs. Neuropathy
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From our YouTube channel visitor: “Thanks doc…I have mild chronic leg symptoms. Sometimes nothing, sometimes it’s a nag. I have full strength and no numbness. But the water from a…

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Recurrent Herniated Disc With Sciatica 
Recurrent Herniated Disc With Sciatica  1024 535 Best Practice Health TV

From our YouTube channel visitor: “Hi Doctor, I had an extrusion of L5-S1 two and a half years ago and had a microdiscectomy. I didn’t have any pain after the…

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Arthroscopic meniscal tear repair may not be enough: When a meniscal tear actually means total knee replacement.
Arthroscopic meniscal tear repair may not be enough: When a meniscal tear actually means total knee replacement. 1024 535 Best Practice Health TV

From our YouTube channel visitor: “I tore my medial collateral ligament and medial meniscus. I had the steroid injection which lasted about a month. I then had three injections of…

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If traditional hip replacement surgery is so bad, why do they still do them?
If traditional hip replacement surgery is so bad, why do they still do them? 1024 535 Best Practice Health TV

Great question. The anterior approach that your sister had is what people call a “minimally invasive approach.” The other two minimally invasive approaches to total hip replacement are superPATH and…

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