My wife is very good at eating crab. It seems like an odd thing to say, but if you’ve ever eaten, or attempted to eat a crab, it can be a...

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I turned and looked at the x-ray image on the screen and adjusted the needle slightly. I was performing a transforaminal epidural steroid...

There’s a saying in pain management: “Fast is slow.” I first heard it when I was learning to perform a spinal cord stimulator trial. The...

My son recently finished a year with a select soccer team. He had done well with the neighborhood team the previous season and we thought...

My family and I recently went on vacation to the beach. One day, as we walked along, my 9- and 10-year-old sons ran down to the water as...

I turned to the medical student and put the needle down. “There,” I said, “do you see the Scotty dog?” The medical student looked at the...

There is a growing movement among physicians and other professions to become Financially Independence, Retire Early. It is called the...

About two months ago, our family bought a puppy. We immediately all fell in love with the dog. She is a very cute little labradoodle and...

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There’s an old bar in New York City called McSorley’s. It is one of the oldest bars in the city. It has sawdust on the floor and an...

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Not long ago, my family and I visited Montgomery Bay Aquarium. Before we left, I went to the gift shop with my son to pick out a...

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At a medical conference I attended a few years ago, one of the presentations was entitled “The Elevator Pitch.” The purpose of the...

We were leaving the hockey rink, my son tired and drained. He staggered towards the double glass doors, his hair still wet with sweat. My...

I recently had a golf lesson. It was an hour long, but felt much longer than that. My instructor watched me swing my normal swing and...