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Best Lower Back Pain Exercises vs. Lower Back Pain Exercises to Avoid

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Dr. Kaliq Chang with Atlantic Spine Center Offers Tips to Soothe and Strengthen. As we age, our spine does too, of course – meaning lower back pain becomes more of a looming possibility. But…
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Breaking down the broadly used term “laser spine surgery”

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For Luke Skywalker, a laser sword proved the weapon-of-choice in his fight against the “Empire” in Star Wars, but when it comes to battling chronic back pain and the spinal disorders that cause it…
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Shoulder Pain: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

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When our shoulder hurts, we naturally assume we have a problem in, well, the shoulder. But in reality, shoulder pain often indicates a spine problem, according to Kaliq Chang, MD, of Atlantic Spine…
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Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery - 5 Questions for Your Doctor

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Nearly all of us know someone who had surgery to replace their bum hip or knee with an artificial joint. But artificial discs? Fewer have heard of this increasingly prevalent orthopedic surgery…
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Dr. Kaliq Chang explains symptoms, causes, treatment, and prevention measures for a common back pain trigger

Degenerative Disc DiseasePrevention
Neck pain is very common and often preventable, according to Kaliq Chang, MD, of Atlantic Spine Center. About one in three people experience neck pain at least once a year. The chance of having it…
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Pain Relief for Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Chronic Back Pain: Causes and Treatment

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Chronic back pain may not spring to mind as one of the more common problems linked to the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis, or RA. But this is indeed the case, and relief for RA-associated back…