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Superior Orthopedics’ Response to COVID-19 in 2021

By Ariel Brazzale | January 22, 2021 |

In December 2019, when a new type of “viral pneumonia” had just surfaced in Wuhan China, no one knew the disease would travel globally leaving a trail of fatalities in just one year. We have all had to change our ways of life in 2020 to cope with this devastation, but your overall musculoskeletal health…

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Tiger Woods- Victory after Minimally Invasive Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

By Ariel Brazzale | April 26, 2019 |

Tiger Woods made a historic and astounding comeback at this year’s Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, winning his fifth green jacket and his 15th major title. Yet, just a short time before this amazing rebound, Woods suffered from years of intolerable low back pain. After many rounds of intense conservative therapy followed by four back…

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Outpatient Total Knee Replacements

By Ariel Brazzale | March 22, 2019 |

You have tried everything- Physical Therapy, injections, ice, heat, medications- nothing has decreased your knee pain. Although these treatments may work for some, they do not work for all. You are tired and ready to get back to normal life. You and Dr. Spott decided a Total Knee Arthroplasty or a Total Knee Replacement is…

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Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction

By Ariel Brazzale | January 23, 2019 |

Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Low back pain, we all have it at some point in our lives. Did you know that in some cases, this pain could be originating from specific joints in your lower back? The sacroiliac joint consists of 5 fused vertebrae (sacrum) at the bottom of the spine, and the ilium which is…

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