David J. BenEliyahu DC FICC Administrative Director, Back & Neck Pain Center at Mather Hospital Research studies have definitively shown that there is a positive association between active smoking and back pain, as much as 30% in adult smokers. Women who smoke were 50% more likely to have chronic back pain than non-smoking women. Other…
Are you struggling with chronic hip pain that just won’t let up? You’re certainly not alone, and it can be frustrating to diagnose the cause of your pain. One potential culprit is a hip impingement, also known as a femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). However, closely related with similar symptoms is a labral tear. Few issues are…
Craig Limoncelli of Smithtown had endured a painful right hip for five years. It got so bad that walking up his steep, 130-foot long driveway with the day’s mail became a painful experience. A technician for Mercedes Benz, Craig, 53, decided he couldn’t put off hip surgery any longer when he had difficulty lifting objects…
Hip Replacement Surgery Puts Duffer Back on the Green When Jack Argila of Mount Sinai decided that the pain in his hip was constant and too severe to continue to treat with pain medication, he resigned himself to having total hip replacement surgery. It wasn’t an easy decision and he didn’t make it without great…