A healthy hip is supported by a ring of cartilage, called a labrum, which acts a seal designed to keep the ball at the top of the thighbone securely in place in the hip socket. When the labrum...

Thoracic Epidural Arteriovenous Malformation (TEAM)

Thoracic Epidural Arteriovenous Malformation (TEAM) Disease is an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) that is located in the epidural space of the...

DISC Sports & Spine Center is committed to achieving the highest levels of patient safety and satisfaction in every aspect of delivering care. DISC’s surgical teams take a coordinated approach and...

If you spend most of your time at work sitting in front of a desk, you may be doing long term damage to your spine, back and overall health. Being sedentary for hours on end can lead to an array of...

Lindsay Nicholas, a young woman from Orange County, CA experienced a puzzling medical condition that required her to travel an hour north to seek the expertise of the world-class physicians at...

Dr. Rojeh Melikian shares his three tips on how to prevent back pain. 

Tip #1: Get up and move. Our bodies were designed to be active, so use them! Long periods of sitting can be detrimental to not...

Every single day our spines are subjected to conditions that are detrimental to its health. Poor posture, exercise, lack of exercise and gravity are just a few of the things that can hasten the...

Treating Spinal Stenosis

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of canals in the spine. This may put pressure on the spinal cord and/or spinal nerves, causing a variety of painful symptoms. Spinal stenosis...

Posture. It’s a critically important yet often overlooked aspect of human health. Poor posture can lead to an array of health issues from joint pain to a collapsed chest. Even if it doesn’t lead to...

It seems like everybody has experienced some form of back pain over the course of their lives. Most of the time back pain can be attributed to poor posture, lifting heavy objects with improper form...

"There are days where it hurts to get out of bed and I can barely walk." Christian Novak was a healthy, 16 year-old girl pitching in her high school’s state championship game when she felt a “pop”...