Dr. Jason C Eck D.O.
Orthopedist | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
119 Belmont St Department Of Orthop Worcester MA, 01605About
Dr. Jason Eck is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Chattanooga, TN. Dr. Eck specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Eck tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Univ of Hlth Sciences Coll of Osteopathic Med, Kansas City, Mo DO
Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine 2002
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science 2002
University of Adelaide Faculty of Health Sciences
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Clinical evaluation and treatment options for herniated lumbar disc.
- The surgical treatment of far lateral L3-L4 and L4-L5 disc herniations. A modified technique and outcomes analysis of 25 patients.
- Adjacent-segment degeneration after lumbar fusion: a review of clinical, biomechanical, and radiologic studies.
- Management of incidental durotomy without mandatory bed rest. A retrospective review of 20 cases.
- Rate of injury in minor league baseball by level of play.
- Intraoperative loosening of Bagby and Kuslich cages during anterior lumbar interbody fusion.
- Comparison of posterior and transforaminal approaches to lumbar interbody fusion.
- Predicting factors of successful recovery from lumbar spine surgery among workers' compensation patients.
- Whiplash: a review of a commonly misunderstood injury.
- Use of oral creatine as an ergogenic aid for increased sports performance: perceptions of adolescent athletes.
- Techniques for stimulating spinal fusion: efficacy of electricity, ultrasound, and biologic factors in achieving fusion.
- A modified technique for anterior multilevel cervical fusion.
- Imaging of the cervical spine and its role in clinical decision making.
- Posterior extradural lumbar disk fragment.
- Complications of the anterior retropharyngeal approach in cervical spine surgery: a technique and outcomes review.
Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
- Abnormal Gait
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