pain
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Recon
Haphazard Prescribing for Opioid-Naïve Patients After Knee Arthroscopy?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. As patients prescribed opioids typically have remaining pills, more precise prescribing is in order, say…
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Spine
Inspired Spine Introducing New Technology to Revolutionize SI Joint Disease Treatment
BURNSVILLE, Minn., July 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Inspired Spine Introducing New Technology to Revolutionize SI Joint Disease Treatment. “We continue to raise the…
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Regulatory
Study Finds Patients Who Undergo Spine Surgery Prescribed Most Narcotics Three Months Following Surgery
ROSEMONT, Ill., July 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As Americans have the highest opioid use rates, leading to abuse,i the orthopaedic community has committed itself…
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Recon
Lower Back Pain Can Improve After Total Hip Replacement According to HSS Study
NEW YORK, July 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City reveals that symptomatic…
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Neuro
Mainstay Medical Announces U.S. FDA Approval of ReActiv8® Neurostimulation System for Chronic Low Back Pain
June 22, 2020 DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mainstay Medical Holdings plc (“Mainstay” or the “Company”) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Hospitals
Keep Older Hip Patients Off Opioids!
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Elderly patients with hip fractures don’t need anything else to worry about, much less the…
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Spine
Nocimed Expanding US and OUS Commerical Distribution Partners
April 22, 2020 A poor diagnosis leads to poor outcomes. But not with Nocimed, a cloud-based SaaS provider of adjunctive…
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Biologics
StemSpine® to Launch in the United States Following Successful Treatments Overseas with 12+ Months Data Showing Safety and Efficacy
PHOENIX, Oct. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Creative Medical Technology Holdings, Inc. (OTC: CELZ), a leading commercial stage biotechnology company focused on Urology, Neurology and…
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Spine
Nocimed: Moving Forward on Back Pain
By Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., October 4, 2019 If one of the most defining human traits is a need for…
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Spine
Spine Specialist Global Non-Surgical Back Pain Treatment Makes Historic Start in Canada
WELLESLEY, ON–(Marketwired – January 11, 2017) – Demand for spine health medical attention, especially on back pain, is exploding, and…
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Sports Medicine
Got knee pain? X-rays: the first, and best screening tool in diagnosing knee pain among middle-aged patients
A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons investigates ROSEMONT, Ill. (September 9, 2016)—Knee pain is…
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Extremities
Improving the Lives of Patients, Bioness’ StimRouter™ Neuromodulation System Currently Being Implanted to Manage Chronic Pain
VALENCIA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Bioness, Inc., the leading provider of cutting edge, clinically supported rehabilitation therapies, today…
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Neuro
Stimwave’s Drug-Free Wireless Pain Relief Neurostimulator Changing the Lives of People Suffering From Chronic Pain
August 29, 2016 MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stimwave LLC, a medical device manufacturer and independent research institute headquartered in South Florida, has achieved…
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Spine
Intralink-Spine Continues To See Positive Clinical Results For The Treatment Of Low Back Pain
August 30, 2016 LEXINGTON, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With the continuation of extremely positive clinical results at the 1-month juncture, Intralink-Spine, Inc. (ILS)…
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Spine
Vertebroplasty helps reduce acute pain among patients with spinal fractures
WASHINGTON, August 19, 2016–Vertebroplasty is a safe and effective procedure to reduce acute pain and disability in patients who have…
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