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Active Spine and Joint Institute takes a multidisciplinary approach to getting you out of pain and getting you active again.   Here we’ll share more information about what you can expect from our highly experienced medical practitioners as we treat your chronic pain.

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Fuel Your Joints: The Best Foods for Pain-Free Movement

Your diet can make or break your joint health. Learn which foods help reduce inflammation, protect cartilage, and improve flexibility—plus what to avoid if you want pain-free movement and healthier joints this winter.

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How Acupuncture Helps Relieve Chronic Pain, Naturally

If you’ve been living with chronic joint pain, muscle tension, or inflammation — and feel like you’ve “tried everything” — acupuncture may be the missing piece to your recovery. At Active Spine & Joint Institute in Southern New Jersey, we use acupuncture to help patients reduce pain naturally, restore mobility, and improve their quality of life without drugs or surgery.

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Why Nonsurgical Back Pain Relief Should Be Your First Choice (Not Your Last Resort)

20-40% of back surgeries fail, with success rates dropping to just 5% by the fourth surgery. Spinal decompression therapy offers proven nonsurgical back pain relief without the risks, recovery time, or failure rates of surgery. At Active Spine and Joint Institute, we help patients throughout South Jersey avoid the operating room and find lasting back pain relief.

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Why Aren't Medications Fixing My Neuropathy?

Here's what nobody's telling you: Traditional neuropathy medications don't fix the problem—they mask it. If you're reading this, chances are you've been down the medication road. Maybe you're on gabapentin, pregabalin, duloxetine, or some cocktail of pills that promised relief but delivered disappointment.

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Hip Replacement: Why Younger Patients Are Getting Screwed (Literally)

Hip replacement surgery in people under 60 has increased by 600% in the past two decades. The orthopedic industry calls it an “epidemic of young, active patients needing joint replacement.” The truth? It’s an epidemic of unnecessary surgeries—procedures that could often be avoided with the right comprehensive care. We’ve helped hundreds of younger patients avoid hip replacement and keep their natural joints. While surgeons are scheduling replacements for 40- and 50-year-olds, we’re helping them return to running, lifting, hiking, and living active lives—with their original hips intact.

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How to Stay Active with Chronic Pain: The Counterintuitive Approach That Works

If you live with chronic pain, you’ve heard this advice a thousand times. From doctors. From family. From well-meaning friends. Maybe even from your own inner voice, urging you to protect yourself from further injury.

But here’s the truth: This advice is not only wrong—it may actually be making your pain worse.

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The Active Back Method: Avoid Unnecessary Surgery with Proven Non-Surgical Care

Here's what your surgeon probably didn't tell you: 94% of patients who are told they need joint surgery can avoid it entirely with the right conservative treatment approach.

The problem isn't that conservative treatment doesn't work—it's that most patients never receive comprehensive conservative treatment. They get symptom management disguised as conservative care, fail predictably, and then get told surgery is their "only option."

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Say Goodbye to Tech Neck with Chiropractic Care

Whether you’re at your desk working on a computer, checking emails on your phone, or scrolling through social media, these habits come with a hidden cost: tech neck. This modern condition, caused by prolonged forward head posture while looking at screens, is becoming a common cause of neck and upper back pain.

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How Chiropractic Care Can Transform Your Health

If you’ve ever dealt with pain, limited movement, or just felt like your body wasn’t performing at its best, chiropractic care might be the game-changer you’ve been looking for. At Active Spine and Joint Institute, we take a full-body approach to help you feel better, move better, and live better—without relying on pain medications or surgery.

Here’s how chiropractic care can transform your health—and why patients trust us to guide their journey to wellness.

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Is Your Doctor Missing the Real Cause of Your Chronic Joint Pain?

If you've been told your only option for knee, hip, or arthritis pain is surgery, you need to read this. At Active Spine & Joint Institute, we help patients find the real cause of their joint pain—often discovering it's not “bone on bone” after all. Explore advanced, drug-free treatments that work with your body to heal—not just mask pain.

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