Adolescent & Pediatric Options for Scoliosis Bracing
Adolescent & Pediatric Options for Scoliosis Bracing
Scoliosis Bracing (aka Orthotics) remains a valid and widely used option for the treatment of childhood and adolescent spinal deformity. Although doctors have used bracing as a scoliosis intervention for centuries, modern advances in brace design have changed the game. In fact, advances in orthotic materials have enabled doctors to slow or…
Your Guide to Artificial Disc Replacement
Your Guide To Artificial Disc Replacement
Our intervertebral discs ensure the health of our spine. Without these discs, our vertebrae would lock into place like a puzzle, functioning like a stiff and rigid column. Furthermore, our vertebrae would rub together, bone-against-bone as we moved, turned, or bent at the waist. As a matter of fact, this would make movements like stooping or twisting…
Ultrasound Therapy for Strains & Sprains
The Fascinating Evolution of Ultrasound Technology
Ultrasound—also known as sonography—is a diagnostic and therapeutic technique that has been in use for almost a century. Fun fact: The original idea for sonography was inspired by the way in which bats navigate their world through echolocation. Simply put, bats emit high-pitched sound waves that bounce off the proximate world and return…
Atlantic Health System Announces New Scoliosis Center
Atlantic Health System Announces New Scoliosis Center
The Advanced Spine Center of New Jersey would like to extend a warm welcome to a new partner in the world of spine health: The Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity Center at Atlantic Orthopedic Institute. With its December 2017 opening in Morristown, New Jersey, this innovative center is a state-of-the-art diagnostic and surgical facility. This…
Relieve Osteoarthritis Pain With Aquatic Therapy
Relieve Osteoarthritis Pain With Aquatic Therapy
What is Osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis is a progressive condition that affects millions of Americans every year. Unlike other forms of arthritis, this condition solely affects the skeletal joints. In fact, osteoarthritis generates pain by causing the breakdown of the cartilage that coats these joints. This protective cartilage is crucial to the…
Nerve Conduction Studies: What to Expect
Nerve Conduction Studies: What to Expect
Nerve conduction studies measure the strength and speed of nerves signals that deliver messages from the body to the brain. When a nerve goes even a little bit haywire, pain is the typical result. Because your body is so rich in nerves, finding the culprit of your pain can be difficult. Nerve conduction studies allow your doctor to do exactly this. Using…
Osteoporosis: Lifelong Prevention Tips for Women
Osteoporosis: Lifelong Prevention Tips for Women
Osteoporosis is no laughing matter.
Our bones provide us with a sturdy frame, keep us upright, and enable our movements. They protect our vital nerves and organs and even produce new blood cells. Any circumstance that compromises our skeleton, also compromises all of those other functions. Osteoporosis is a degenerative condition that can really…
Can Tai Chi Help Relieve Chronic Neck Pain?
Can Tai Chi Help Relieve Chronic Neck Pain?
Have you ever seen a group of people practicing Tai Chi in the park? The slow, graceful movements of Tai Chi are said to be helpful for improving physical balance and strengthening the muscles. Using a series of poses which transition into one another, followers of Tai Chi swear by its many benefits. For the elderly, Tai Chi is a useful practice for…
Can Surgical Repair of Phrenic Nerve Injury Improve Breathing?
Can Surgical Repair of Phrenic Nerve Injury Improve Breathing?
For such an important nerve, governing such a crucial bodily function, the phrenic nerve doesn’t get a lot of airtime. Yet, this is the nerve which controls breathing, telling your diaphragm when to expand and contract, as you inhale and exhale.
It’s the phrenic nerve that allows you to carry on in your daily life, without giving a…
Meet Dr. Jason E. Lowenstein
Meet Dr. Jason E. Lowenstein
Advanced Spine Center is proud to introduce Dr. Jason E. Lowenstein. As part of our team. Dr. Lowenstein brings a wealth of experience to patients here, with expertise in a variety of conditions affecting the spine.
Born in New York City, Dr. Lowenstein and his family relocated to Pittsburgh, PA when he was a teen. His dream of becoming a doctor took him to the…