eBook: 7 Reasons to Avoid Spine Surgery

Are You in Neck Pain or Back Pain?

Surgery is not the best option! Download your free copy of Dr. Kassicieh's latest eBook today! In 7 Reasons to Avoid Spine Surgery, you'll find out:

  • Why back surgery is the most over-utilized surgery in the US today,
  • Why your MRI is lying about the cause of your spine pain
  • When you actually should have spine surgery (not very often!)

...and much, much more! You can't afford not to read this book! Download yours today!

Dr. Kassicieh

MRI Scans & Lower Back Pain

April 8, 2011

Lower back pain is a common complaint seen by almost every primary care doctor in the United States. So common in fact that 80% of the population will experience at least one episode of significant low back pain in their life. Many will experience recurrent episodes of lower back pains. Of those patients, one third [...]

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Podcast: Parkinson’s Disease Overview and Management

November 19, 2010

In this episode of the Sarasota Neurology Podcast, Dr. Kassicieh, a recognized Parkinson’s disease expert, provides an overview of the disease and current techniques for managing it. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease seen in the United States. Only Alzheimer’s disease is more common. They both share the common fact that they [...]

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Podcast: Migraine and Headaches: No Need to Suffer

August 30, 2010

Migraine & Headaches – No Need to Suffer Migraine and headache are one of the most common complaints physicians see in their office. There are 30 million migraine sufferers in the United States. That represents ten percent of the population. Unfortunately only about fifty percent of patients suffering from migraine and other headache problems get [...]

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FDA Approves New Migraine Medication: Sumavel

March 27, 2010

Migraine headaches are a common medical condition in the United States, affecting approximately 12% of the entire population. It is estimated that there are 35-45 million migraine and headaches sufferers in the U.S.  An unfortunate fact is that only 50% of all headache and migraine patients are medically treated. Individuals with different types of headaches [...]

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Podcast: Platelet Rich Plasma Regenerates Injured Joints and Relieves Pain

December 21, 2009

In this episode of the Sarasota Neurology Podcast, Dr. Kassicieh discusses Platelet Rich Plasma  and Regenerative Medicine. Regenerative medicine is a new, exciting branch of medicine which deals with healing injured or damaged tissue with the body’s own natural healing mechanism. To do this, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is extracted from the patient’s own blood. [...]

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Relief From Parkinson Disease Freezing & Off Time

October 8, 2008

Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, just behind Alzheimer’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is characterized by specific clinical symptoms including rigidity (stiffness), slowness of movement, unsteadiness (gait imbalance) and tremor. For the accurate diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease to be made, a patient needs to have 3 of the 4 major symptoms of the [...]

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Migraine Headaches – Risk Factors & Progression

July 16, 2008

Migraine headaches are one of the most common neurological problems seen. There are an estimated 30 million affected American patients. Despite its common occurrence, fifty percent of affected individuals remain untreated. Why are there so many patients with migraine? A new report in Neurology Reviews has shed some light on migraine risk factors and how [...]

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Are You Tired of Waiting in Your Doctor’s Office? Sarasota Neurology Makes the Difference!

July 12, 2008

How many times have you had an appointment in your doctor’s office, gotten there on time and then had to wait 30 minutes, an hour or even more? We all have. It is one of the frustrating aspects of visiting your doctor’s office. Dr. Kassicieh, at Sarasota Neurology, understands that. He respects patients’ time and [...]

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Parkinson’s Disease May Benefit From Early Deep Brain Stimulation

July 10, 2008

Recent studies have suggested that qualifying Parkinson patients benefit from earlier treatment with deep brain stimulation, as reported in Clinical Neurology News. The study indicates that younger Parkinson disease patients are more likely to benefit from early brain stimulator treatment. There is information that may suggest that this therapy may have a protective effect in [...]

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