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What is the most common lumbar MRI finding that correlates with an Annular Tear ?In the very early days of MRI use to evaluate the lumbar spine, there were some findings that were thought to strongly correlate with low back pain. One such finding was the High...

Should Pain Management Physicians Perform Endoscopic Spine Surgery?Founder Dr. Tony Mork was recently asked to participate in a 9 surgeon panel to discuss whether pain management physicians should perform endoscopic spine surgery.   Click Here to Read the...

Why Manage Cervical Facet Pain When You Can Cure it?If you’re doing an RFA to treat pain from cervical facet syndrome, aren’t you just managing the pain, since the treatment is always temporary? In this day and age of cost containment and reduction of opioids to treat...

Endoscopic Spine Surgery Will Change How You Look at Spine PainIn 1998, when I began to specialize in endoscopic spine surgery, I had some preconceived and vague ideas about what caused neck and back pain, but not a clear idea. A “clear idea” is being able to listen...

Pain Management and COVID-19 How could the coronavirus benefit a pain practice? Most medical practices get very busy with the day-to-day duties and operations of seeing patients and running the business. However, at this point, there is not much to do when you and all...

A More Synergistic Approach to Back and Neck Pain There are two large physician groups that treat back and neck pain. The fellowship-trained spine surgeons and pain management doctors. Each group has a different idea of how to pain based on tools and training. The...

Thoracic Facet Loose Body When you begin to view pain from an endoscopic point of view, you will begin to see things that are rarely talked about as a potential cause of back or neck pain. This same phenomenon occurred, years ago, when arthroscopic knee surgery...