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Dr. Todd Jackman
Minnesota Spine Surgeon
A spinal fusion procedure can help you get back to participating in a number of your favorite activities and living a more independent life, but getting to this point won’t happen overnight. It’s going to take months for you to make a full recovery, and that process begins at home following your discharge from the …
Facet arthropathy is the term for arthritis that affects the facet joints in your spine. Each vertebra in what spine is connected to an adjacent segment by a pair of supportive facet joints. These joints assist with normal spinal motion as you bend and twist. Over time or as a result of acute injury, these …
If you have been plagued by spinal nerve pain and conservative techniques haven’t helped to provide relief, your spine specialist may recommend that you move forward with a decompression procedure. There are a number of different procedures that can decompress your spinal column based on your underlying needs, but one of the more common procedures …
Back pain can present in countless ways, and we hear patients describe their discomfort using many different adjectives. However, our ears perk up when patients describe their back pain in a few specific ways, because it can indicate that more rapid intervention is necessary. If you describe your back pain using any of the five …
A synovial cyst is a fluid-filled sac that forms as a result of joint degeneration. When they form in the spinal region, they can put pressure on key structures and nerve roots, leading to a host of symptoms and related conditions like spinal stenosis. Treatment focuses on removing the cyst and taking care of the …
I bent over to pick something up and all of a sudden I had intense pain in my back, hips and legs. Sound familiar? Back pain that develops as a result of bending over is one of the most common reasons why someone visits our office, and we’ve become experts at not only diagnosing the …
Spine surgery is a significant trauma to your body, even when minimally invasive techniques are used, so the decision to pursue surgery should not be taken lightly. Before you move forward with an operation, you’ll want to make sure that you and your surgeon are on the same page, and the best way to do …
The vast majority of Americans will experience chronic back pain at some point in their life, and one of the most common underlying causes of chronic back pain is due to an issue with your spinal disc. If you put too much acute stress on a spinal disc or it simply succumbs to repetitive stress …
Degenerative disc disease is an all too common spinal condition that affects millions of Americans each year. Due to osteoarthritis, trauma, repetitive strain and natural aging, the discs in our spine can start to thin out. When this happens, your body tries to address the issue by producing extra bone to help reinforce the structural …
A spinal disc herniates when a concentrated amount of stress causes the soft inner disc material to break through the tough fibrous outer layer. It takes a lot of strain for a disc to herniate, but that doesn’t mean discs only herniate during traumatic collisions, like during athletics or a car accident. You can herniate …
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