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LiveSmart: Fighting Pain in Your Neck? It Could Be Your Tech

January 23, 2025 Robert Webster Jr.

Laptops, tablets, smartphones – staring at all those screens can mess with your posture. Our expert provides tips to get your head on straight and avoid the dreaded “tech neck.”

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WAMC: Medical Monday with Dr. Lucas First

July 18, 2023 Courtney Weisberg

Lucas First, M.D., a physiatrist with St. Peter’s Musculoskeletal Medicine, discusses treatment options for low back pain as well as other bone, muscle, and nerve problems, during an appearance on WAMC’s Medical Monday.

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LiveSmart: Stand Up Straight! The Importance of Good Posture

September 3, 2019 Robert Webster Jr.

Poor posture is a common problem and the source of a lot of the neck, jaw, head, shoulder/back, and even knee pain complaints routinely treated by physical therapists.

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LiveSmart: Remember Safe Lifting Techniques for Better Health

October 10, 2018 Robert Webster Jr.

How best to protect yourself from the ravages of everyday lifting? Our physical therapist weighs in with some advice.

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WNYT: Health Beat: Preventing Back Pain

June 27, 2018 Courtney Weisberg

Dr. William Montgomery of OrthoNY discusses ways to prevent back pain on WNYT’s Health Beat.

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LiveSmart: Lifestyle Choices, New Technologies Can Help with Lower Back Pain

September 20, 2017 Robert Webster Jr.

Back pain is an all-too-familiar problem for many Americans. Chances are, if you don’t have it now, you will eventually.

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