In this video, Dr. Christopher Good, one of the nation’s leading spine surgeons at VSI, “dives” into an inspiring case study of Matteo, a young athlete who avoided back surgery and returned to Division 1 diving at Brown University. Watch the Video on Youtube Understanding Stress Fractures in Young Athletes Stress fractures in the back,…
When Matteo Vasiliadis first came to see Dr. Christopher Good, he was honest with him — the best solution to cure his back pain was to give up diving. However, that wasn’t an option for the then high school sophomore who had been diving since he was five and competing since he was eleven. Matteo…
Stem cell therapy has become more mainstream and provides people with an alternative to surgery with minimal downtime. In fact, celebrities and athletes alike are sharing their personal experiences of overcoming pain and injury with this beneficial treatment. Cristiano Ronaldo, Max Scherzer, Charlie Sheen, and even Madonna have all had positive results with stem cell…
Watch the Podcast on Youtube With the rise of competitive youth sports and year-round training, overuse injuries in young athletes are becoming a growing concern for parents. Each year, millions of children experience sports-related injuries, many due to excessive training and lack of recovery time. According to the CDC, 3 million children visit the emergency…
Lower back pain is an extremely common condition that many adults experience, especially as they age. However, lower back pain can affect anyone, despite their stage of life and fitness levels. Whether your lower back pain is keeping you from running marathons or simply chasing your toddler, finding the root cause of your lower back…
Whether you’re stressed or injured, dealing with constant neck pain can make it difficult to perform daily tasks and significantly reduce your quality of life. Neck pain affects 10-20% of adults and has a variety of potential causes. This type of pain is also called cervicalgia, which refers to the pain associated with your cervical…
Sciatica is an incredibly common cause of pain — as many as 40% of people experience it in their lives and it commonly occurs with age. Despite its widespread effect, sciatica is not well understood. In addition to working with a spine specialist and learning about this condition, regular stretching is a great practice you…
THE ULTIMATE CHOICE FOR ULTIMATE SOLUTIONS™️ As Director of Regenerative Medicine at VSI, I help patients every day who are dealing with terrible back, neck, and body pain. When surgery isn’t the right answer — or isn’t possible — regenerative medicine procedures like platelet-rich plasma or stem cell therapy often come into play to help…
Today we’re busting a big and long-held myth – that all surgeons just want to do surgery. The truth is, there are so many modern spine treatments and procedures out there that patients and their doctors have a lot of options to treat pain and injury – not just surgical but non-surgical ones too. A…
A love of basketball runs deep. Once you’ve played the game, it’s hard to give it up. That’s why so many adults are part of recreational basketball leagues – long after they’ve stopped competing as student athletes. But beware! Americans are more likely to injure themselves playing basketball than any other sport. Between 2012 and…
