OSTEOPOROSIS: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention, Gary Kraus MD Back and Neck Houston, TX

OSTEOPOROSIS: CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION


Osteoporosis can be very debilitating, resulting in significant pain and decreased quality of live, due to bone fractures resulting from it. Osteoporosis typically results in a patient experiencing fractures of the spine, hips, ribs and wrists. There are measures which an individual can take to try to prevent osteoporosis, as well as treat it. This video reviews the causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of osteoporosis.

Lifestyle changes can improve osteoporosis. Physical activity, especially resistance training, can strengthen bones. Good nutrition is essential. Excessive drinking of alcohol, as well as smoking, are factors which can increase osteoporosis.

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Dr. Gary Kraus is a neurosurgeon located in Houston, TX.

Dr. Kraus is the founder and chairman of the Kraus Back and Neck Institute in Houston, TX. In addition, he is Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Kraus is past Chairman of Neurosurgery, Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital, and past Medical Director of Neurosciences and Gamma Knife at West Houston Medical Center. Dr. Kraus has been a practicing neurosurgeon for twenty three years and is Board Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed text Microsurgical Anatomy of the Brain: A Stereo Atlas. He has written numerous articles for the peer-reviewed neurosurgical literature, as well as chapters in neurosurgical textbooks and is co-author of the medical thriller Body Trade, the prequel to Body Trade: Unexpected.
Dr. Kraus earned a BS in physics and electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his MD from the SUNY/Stony Brook. He completed a residency in neurosurgery at the St. Louis University School of Medicine and a fellowship in neurovascular-skull base surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute. Dr. Kraus has been listed numerous times in Best Doctors in America, Castle Connolly, featured in Newsweek Magazine as a “Top Doctor in Texas,” and named a Top Doc in Houston, Texas by H. Texas Magazine for the years 2007 to 2016.

NEUROSURGEON GUIDE LOWER BACK/NECK PAIN, Gary Kraus MD Masaki Oishi Houston, Woodlands TX Reviews

Has Lower Back Pain or Neck Pain ruined your life, taken away your motivation, consumed your thoughts and depressed you? Have you lost motivation to do anything with friends and family, but instead stay home lying down in bed so you can get off your feet? Experts at the Kraus Back and Neck Institute (KBNI) in Houston, TX understand. Expert neurosurgeons Gary Kraus, MD and Masaki Oishi, M.D.,Ph.D. have found, after treating thousands of patients, that most patients improve without the need for surgery. Most patients don't need to see the inside of an operating room So don't live in fear and pain, as the KBNI offers non-surgical solutions for most patients, but when surgery is needed, the minimally invasive surgery and pain management are available.
KBNI treats patients in Houston and surrounding areas, including Katy, Sugarland, Kingwood, Humble, Spring, Woodlands, Memorial City, West Houston, Beaumont, as well as Austin, San Antonio and Dallas / Fort Worth. Patients are also seen from other states and internationally. If you need help with travel arrangements or accomodations, the KBNI can help ( )
Many patients suffer recent onset or long term pain, or have been in an injury. KBNI would like to help, and also works with lawyers / attorneys who are helping patients with an injury.
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