In today’s environment, telemedicine has become even more important to treat patients. Nucci Medical has been offering telemedicine appointments for our new and follow-up patients for several Read more
Chronic pain used to be defined as pain that lasts for more than 6 months. More recently it has been redefined as pain lasting more than 3 months. But whether it is 3 months or 6 months, it is less Read more
X-rays and MRI are complementary studies. Both are useful in different ways. X-rays are fairly simple to do and are excellent in showing the bones. They are also good in showing degenerative changes, Read more
When does a patient need to see an orthopedic spine surgeon following a traumatic injury to the neck/back following a car crash or work accident? The general answer is after about 6 weeks of Read more
What are the differences between a cervical and lumbar disc herniation in terms of symptoms, treatment and recovery? Cervical disk herniations are in the neck and lumbar disk herniations are in the Read more