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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the holiday season will soon be in full swing. Of course, this time of the year brings with it many celebrations – and many temptations to drift into unhealthy habits. This can be a particularly bad situation for chronic back pain sufferers, but Laser Spine Institute is pleased to offer you some advice for good nutrition throughout the holidays that can help you manage not only your back pain, but also your overall health and well-being.

The holidays are a particularly hard time to maintain a healthy lifestyle. With big family dinners, holiday parties packed with sugary sweets, and other unhealthy temptations at every turn, it's easy to get off track. Aside from the negative impact on your overall health and well-being, an unhealthy diet can aggravate for your chronic back or neck pain.

The holidays are a particularly tough time to keep up with your exercise program. The weather is getting chilly, which makes you want to snuggle up indoors. There are family and friends making demands on your time that could otherwise be spent in the gym and, above all else, there are countless meals and holiday parties threatening to overload you with excess calories.

Wanda Bogus, of Lexington, Alabama, enjoyed an active lifestyle full of early morning walks, working out, cooking and cleaning around the house, helping with a Sunday school class, and spending time with her family and grandchildren. But when burning pain down her right leg due to bone spurs and sciatica threatened to take away her normal lifestyle, she turned to Laser Spine Institute – and her faith – to regain her life without pain.

If you've been a regular visitor to our Facebook page, you know that one of the common topics of discussion is the cost of Laser Spine Institute's endoscopic procedures, and whether insurance policies will cover them. The good news is that a number of developments have worked to lower the cost of treatment to many patients.  Although every situation is different, we think you’ll find our minimally invasive spine procedures are more accessible than ever.