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As we get older, we all experience the occasional ache or pain. Sometimes it happens after an intense workout session. Other times, we wake up in the morning and have achy knees for no discernable reason. These pains, usually referred to as acute pains, are common and often dissipate.
Sciatica and lower back pain, on the other hand, is a very different beast. It's experienced by 40% of Americans at some point in their lives. Suffering from sciatica and lower back pain can be debilitating and life-altering.
Sciatica and lower back pain are more than just physical - they're also stressful, bothersome, and all-encompassing. They cause normal men and women to become reclusive, depressed, and unable to enjoy life's pleasures. If you're suffering from sciatica or lower back pain, you might feel like all hope is lost. But the doctors and specialists at Texas Nerve and Spine are here to tell you that you do not have to continue to suffer.
In fact, sciatica and lower back pain relief in Katy, TX, is more achievable than you might think, and it doesn't have to involve harmful surgeries or addictive pain medications.
Contact UsAt our nerve and spine clinic in Texas, we have a simple philosophy: Treat every patient the same way that you would treat your parent, spouse, or child if they were patients at Texas Nerve and Spine. As a family-owned and operated institution, that's just the way we do business. While some spine and nerve pain clinics focus solely on monetary transactions and ROI, we prefer to put our patients' needs first before anything else. And that, in a nutshell, is what sets Texas Nerve and Spine apart from all the others.
We supplement our patient-first philosophy with innovative sciatica and lower back pain therapies. Our therapies restore our patients' health while correcting the underlying causes of their spine and nerve issues without relying on damaging pharmaceutical drugs or expensive, invasive surgeries.
It all starts with our unique Brain to Body system - a cutting-edge approach developed specifically for people with chronic pain and nerve diseases. This system also helps treat patients suffering from a wide range of conditions, including:
If you're in search of an expert panel of nerve and pain doctors who provide lasting relief and world-class therapies for nerve diseases and chronic pain, our team is here to serve you.
To reverse sciatica and lower back pain, the areas that have become weak due to disease or injury must be strengthened. This includes your brain, nerves, muscles, blood vessels, and cells. Our experts here at Texas Nerve and Spine developed the most advanced pain and nerve therapy system to do all of this and more, and we call it the Brain to Body System.
Our Brain to Body System helps restore your health and corrects the causes of your problems. Unlike treatments from other nerve and spine clinics, our system provides long-term relief without relying on invasive surgeries or dangerously addictive pharmaceutical medications.
To understand how our Brain to Body System solves sciatica, lower back pain, and other similar conditions, you need a basic knowledge of the conditions themselves. That way, you can understand why so many who suffer from them rarely improve.
Sciatica and lower back pain can cause a domino effect within your body. It starts with inflammation, which leads to decreased blood supply. This reduced blood supply results in a lack of oxygen. When your body doesn't get enough oxygen, it loses crucial nutrients that your body needs. This progressive effect often leads to more long-term problems.
Our Brain to Body System is central to our approach to sciatica and lower back pain relief in Katy, TX. By following the Brain to Body system, we can provide several services to patients suffering from sciatica and lower back pain.
Here's a fact you might not know: Breathing in higher levels of oxygen than you normally take in actually helps improve your health. Also called EWOT, exercising with oxygen is a technique that increases oxygen circulation at a much more rapid pace than oxygen therapy alone.
At Texas Nerve and Spine, our doctors use the NuStep Recumbent Cross Trainer to help achieve the aforementioned benefits. This specialized machine trains your muscles, brain, and nerves to work together, which supports your body's healing processes. While using the NuStep Recumbent Cross Trainer, patients are hooked up to an oxygen generator to enjoy the benefits of EWOT and reach their sciatica and lower back pain relief goals.
you oxygenate your blood with EWOT, it can have amazing benefits that can:
Many patients who visit Texas Nerve and Spine are suffering from sciatica and lower back pain. They require the right kind of care from highly specialized doctors. If you're in search of a safe, gentle, controlled treatment for sciatica and lower back pain, Flexion Distraction therapy may be for you.
Finding relief for sciatica and/or lower back pain is often easier said than done. Fortunately, relief is right around the corner at Texas Nerve and Spine. Our Flexion/Distraction Table stretches the spine safely and gently, allowing injured tissue and damaged discs the chance to heal and become hydrated, which lets the affected area recover more effectively and efficiently.
Patients looking for sciatica and lower back pain relief in Katy, TX choose Flexion Distraction therapy because it:
Millions of adults in America suffer from sciatica and lower back pain, so it makes sense that most of them want a solution that doesn't require pain medication or harmful surgery. That's where laser therapy from Texas Nerve and Spine comes into play. Laser therapy has been used for therapeutic purposes in medical environments for years. In fact, it is FDA-approved and backed by more than 2,500 research studies, which have demonstrated its efficacy in pain relief in Katy, TX.
Though laser therapy is a common option, not all lasers are the same. Our Class IV laser therapy, used in all applicable programs, is the most efficacious and powerful laser available for tissue healing and regeneration and healing. Class IV lasers use photobiomodulation, which provides excellent results for sciatica and lower back pain.
Our chronic pain patients choose laser therapy from Texas Nerve and Spine because it:
When your motor functions are limited or non-existent due to sciatica and lower back pain, it can ruin your life. You lose the ability to be independent - one of the hallmarks of being human. Fortunately, with motor function re-training at Texas Nerve and Spine, patients suffering have a light at the end of the tunnel. This type of specialized physical therapy helps people recover from sciatica and lower back pain that leave their motor functions lacking. The goal of motor function re-training is to regain coordination and strength in the areas affecting the patient.
Motor function re-training therapy is a crucial part of the motor function rehabilitation process because it helps patients regain the independence they lost. Perhaps equally important, it also helps them return to their original level of motor function or better.
Based on our Brain to Body system, our specialists design custom exercise programs based on our patient's motor function needs. Depending on the type of injury and lack of motor skills associated with it, we may also use electrical stimulation and other modalities for more effective therapy and recovery.
Motor function re-training provides many benefits for affected patients, including:
Myofascial Release therapy gives patients sciatica and lower back pain relief in Katy, TX, and boosts joint mobility by loosening up restricted, tight muscles. Though there are similarities to traditional massages, myofascial release therapy focuses on soft tissues and the muscular system in your body to relieve tension and stress on muscles.
Contact Us Call: 832-979-5117Restricted muscles have reduced blood flow and less oxygen. When this happens, it leads to limited movement and pain that is often intense. Our program uses state-of-the-art technology to apply acute, high-velocity vibration directly to the affected tissue to provide the patient with the environment necessary to increase mobility which, over time, can exponentially reduce pain.
Benefits of this type of therapy include:
As is the case with any spinal cord injury, the nerves around the spine get weak. When this happens, pain develops, and recovery is halted. Suppose you're searching for a safe, effective way to deal with a painful spine issue like sciatica and lower back pain relief. In that case, neuro impulse therapy is a great chronic nerve pain therapy in City, State. Unlike common chiropractic treatments, this advanced therapy does not involve any "cracking" or significant adjustments.
Any type of injury can cause dysfunction and weakness in your brain. To improve cognition and the neurological connection between the brain, the muscles, and the nerves, some injured patients choose to undergo interactive neurocognitive therapy using our neuro activation wall. Our neuro activation wall retains, strengthens, and restores proper function to the brain and nervous system without relying on medications or outlandish therapies.
Texas Nerve and Spine patients choose neuro activation wall therapy because it:
Suppose you're searching for a safe, effective way to deal with a painful spine issue like sciatica or lower back pain. In that case, neuro impulse therapy is a great pain therapy in City, State. Unlike common chiropractic treatments, this advanced therapy does not involve any "cracking" or significant adjustments.
Neuro Impulse Therapy works by using very specific impulses directed at the area causing pain. These targeted impulses send a signal to your body so that it can begin healing and repairing your body naturally. Benefits of this therapy include:
Peripheral neuropathy occurs when there is a lack of blood flow to the nerves in areas like your feet and hands. When these nerves are devoid of blood, they begin to decay and degenerate because they don't have enough oxygen or nutrients. Eventually, the nerves in your body shrivel up, causing pain, numbness, balance problems, and other painful symptoms.
Our Brain to Body program works wonders for neuropathy issues like these by using state-of-the-art technology like laser therapy and personalized, strategic plans of action created around our patient's needs. If you're looking for both short and long-term pain relief from peripheral neuropathy, this could be the solution you need.
Spinal conditions range in severity from barely noticeable to absolutely crippling. To get to the bottom of your spine conditions, our team uses X-Rays to pinpoint the location of your spine's disease. From there, we craft a custom rehabilitation program that addresses the underlying causes of your spine pain. Often, part of that therapy includes spinal decompression.
Spinal decompression works by gently stretching the spine. When the spine is stretched, it changes its position. This change relieves pressure off the discs in your spine, which act as cushions in your back. By creating negative pressure, herniated and bulging discs retract, giving the nerves and structures in your back relief. This relief sends nutrient-rich fluids and oxygen to the discs in your back so they can heal properly.
This exciting expansion and development is part of the IKEA commitment to become more accessible, convenient and affordable for the many. The Plan & order point with Pick-up is a new type of meeting point for Houston customers. It will offer home furnishing inspiration and personalized interior design planning, plus include an IKEA pick-up point, allowing customers to pick up their purchases made online or ordered at the Plan & order point. Purchases made at IKEA Katy can also be arranged to be transported to a customer’s home ...
This exciting expansion and development is part of the IKEA commitment to become more accessible, convenient and affordable for the many. The Plan & order point with Pick-up is a new type of meeting point for Houston customers. It will offer home furnishing inspiration and personalized interior design planning, plus include an IKEA pick-up point, allowing customers to pick up their purchases made online or ordered at the Plan & order point. Purchases made at IKEA Katy can also be arranged to be transported to a customer’s home or to another convenient location.
“Our commitment to expanding the IKEA experience is unwavering and Katy is a strategic next step in our journey. We believe in bringing the magic of IKEA closer to our customers to better meet their needs, both in-store and digitally, with newer, more accessible store formats," said Javier Quiñones, CEO & Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA U.S.
“By bringing IKEA closer to home, we're making it easier than ever for everyone in Katy and the wider Houston area to access the brand they know and love—without the long drive. We’re so excited to open the IKEA Katy Plan & order point with Pick-up as a testament to our pursuit of accessibility, convenience and quality,” said Fredrik Rabe, Market Manager, IKEA U.S.
IKEA Katy Plan & order point with Pick-up is the second location in the metro area, joining the large-format IKEA store in Houston, TX. IKEA Katy will be located in the LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch shopping center at 23501 Cinco Ranch Blvd, Suite G130, in 5,500 square feet of leased space.
“We are thrilled to welcome the IKEA Katy Plan & order point with Pick-up to LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch expanding our wonderful tenant mix with this first-to-market location,” said Norma Garza, General Manager at LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch. “IKEA has been a Houston-favorite for many years and this location will be a great addition to the Katy community for their home décor and design needs.”
In addition to opening new Plan & order points and Pick-up locations in city centers, IKEA U.S. has made significant investments to enhance its e-commerce experience and service offerings, including new IKEA Family benefits, IKEA Business Network loyalty program, lower priced shipping and delivery, Click & collect and TaskRabbit assembly services.
The Katy Independent School District’s decision to out transgender students to their parents is not only what one attorney described as “bullying masquerading as policy” – it’s also a violation of the Texas Education Agency’s code of ethics.Last week, my Houston Landing colleague Miranda Dunlap reported that Katy ISD has ...
The Katy Independent School District’s decision to out transgender students to their parents is not only what one attorney described as “bullying masquerading as policy” – it’s also a violation of the Texas Education Agency’s code of ethics.
Last week, my Houston Landing colleague Miranda Dunlap reported that Katy ISD has called the parents of 19 students, informing those parents that their kid identifies as transgender or has requested to go by a different name or pronouns at school. That number, which Dunlap obtained through a public records request, shakes out to about two kids per week since August, when the school board first passed its policy requiring staff to notify parents of such situations.
And it’s likely that as the school year progresses, the number will only continue to climb, creating a wider wake of harm to these kids, some of whom are likely to have been outed to families that will not support their identities.
“This policy, in particular, has a distinct and really dangerous set of harms,” says Chloe Kempf, an attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. “We know that outing children against their will places them at risk of rejection, abuse in the home, and places them at an elevated risk of homelessness.”
Here is general guidance from the ACLU of Texas for students who are affected by discriminatory policies:
Some resources from the ACLU of Texas:
That’s not rhetoric. It’s fact. While about 12.5 percent of 18- to 25-year-olds report that they’ve experienced homelessness at some point in their lives, the rate for transgender adults that age is nearly twice as high, at 23.5 percent.
Another fact: People who experience homelessness at younger ages are more likely to be chronically homeless throughout their lives.
Want another? The Trevor Project, a suicide-prevention nonprofit for LGBTQ+ youth, reports that LGBTQ+ youth who reported housing instability and homelessness are more than twice as likely to report depression, and nearly four times as likely to attempt suicide as those who did not experience housing instability.
In short, outing children to their family can set off a chain reaction of irreparable harm. And that, Kempf says, is a violation of the Texas Education Agency’s code of ethics, which states an educator “shall not intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly treat a student or minor in a manner that adversely affects or endangers the learning, physical health, mental health, or safety of the student or minor.”
And, Kempf notes, “outing a student against their will unfortunately does all of those things.”
The TEA did not respond to a request for comment about how Katy ISD’s actions square with the agency’s policies. Katy ISD’s spokesman, Craig Eichhorn, similarly didn’t respond to my messages.
And their silence speaks volumes.
I asked Kempf if she thinks there’s a possibility that perhaps most of these students’ parents already knew how their child identifies; if perhaps the district didn’t violate TEA policy, because all 19 of these families could, theoretically, be supportive.
According to the Trevor Project, 57 percent of parents would be comfortable if their child came out as transgender or nonbinary. That’s higher than I expected, to be honest. But it still means that more than 40 percent of parents would not be comfortable.
“Logistically, I don’t see how it’s possible for the school district to be able to know with the required level of certainty that outing a student will not lead to abuse or neglect or other forms of harm in the home,” Kempf says. “There’s just no way of knowing that in advance of making a disclosure like this, which is why we believe that the policy as written is in violation of the law, no matter how it’s enforced.”
Yes, the law. The ACLU contends that forced outings of children to their parents is a violation of students’ privacy rights.
“It’s a risk, coming out to anybody,” says Carrie Rai, the executive director of Tony’s Place, a nonprofit resource center for LGBTQ+ youth, based in Montrose. “They come out in their trusted safe space, and I can’t tell you what that safe space is to an individual, because it’s different for each person. And it should be that individual’s choice.”
Tony’s Place is what Rai calls a “safe haven” for LGBTQ+ youth under the age of 25, where they can come in to eat a hot meal, do laundry, find gender-affirming clothing, shower and work with case managers. Most of the youth are homeless, unstably housed or unsafely housed, Rai says. And, Rai says, “family rejection is the number one reason” the youth she works with find themselves without a safe and stable place to call home.
It’s not immediately clear if Katy ISD is the first school district in the state to forcibly out students. With more than 1,200 districts across Texas, Kempf says the ACLU can’t be certain of such a superlative. But she does know that it’s the state’s largest district to take such action. The same week Katy ISD passed its policy, California’s attorney general sued a school district outside Los Angeles in an attempt to block the district from acting on a similar policy that had recently passed.
That’s not going to happen here in Texas, where the state’s leadership has been nothing short of hostile to transgender youth. In the past couple years alone, the state legislature has limited life-saving, gender-affirming health care options for transgender youth and limited their ability to play sports. At the same time, a wave of book bans have removed representative stories from school shelves – including in Katy.
“This is bullying, masquerading as policy – targeting an already-marginalized group of young people in the state, and making their lives even worse,” says Kempf. “Essentially every aspect of life, of being a kid, and being a successful and healthy student is under attack.”
The act of outing kids is just the latest step in a forced march of cruelty.
The fact that this happened to 19 children violates more than just ethics codes and laws. It violates a fundamental human code of what it means to be good and decent. Even if Katy ISD had only sent home one notification these past two months, that would have been one too many.
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Correction: An earlier version of this column incorrectly described how parents were notified by the school district. Parents receive phone calls.
Houstonians don't have to travel through Louisiana anymore to get boudin from the Best Stop, a Cajun shop all too familiar to travelers on I-10.The Best Stop is now open in Katy, serving its popular boudin, cracklins and po boys from its original location in Scott, Louisiana. This is its fourth location but first outside of Louisiana. A grand opening is planned for the new year.BOUDIN: ...
Houstonians don't have to travel through Louisiana anymore to get boudin from the Best Stop, a Cajun shop all too familiar to travelers on I-10.
The Best Stop is now open in Katy, serving its popular boudin, cracklins and po boys from its original location in Scott, Louisiana. This is its fourth location but first outside of Louisiana. A grand opening is planned for the new year.
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The Best Stop debuted in 1986 from Lawrence Menard and Robert Cormier, who created the recipes and Cajun seasonings of their meats with Jerry Prejean Hovatta, according to its website. Cormier's children have since taken the reigns of the business. Most recently, they have allowed for it to be franchised, which has led to the additional three locations.
Childhood friends Robbie Abrusley and John Mendell first started having conversations about franchising the Best Stop last year. Louisiana natives, the two jumped on the opportunity to bring the Cajun flavors they love from the Best Stop to Texas.
The Cormiers have been in Katy the past two weeks training the new team, so the product is exactly the same as you would get at the original location. The shop takes pride in being a family-orientated business and serving authentic Cajun food.
Since opening Dec. 11, the business has seen a warm welcome from the community, said director of marketing Alexa Bode. She said they have had record numbers with the pork cracklins and original boudin being top sellers.
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"We've had so many people tell us they come here and they say it feels like home, and that is the best praise we can receive, the highest compliment, and that just shows our true commitment to being as close to the original as we can," Bode said.
The Best Stop is open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at 806 Katy Fort Bend Road.
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Sonia Garcia is a trending food reporter for the Houston Chronicle. She can be reached at [email protected].
A Rio Grande Valley native, she previously was an editor and writer for the Austin digital news startup Austonia after graduating from Texas State University. She enjoys trying new restaurants in Houston, where she lives with her 14-year-old Chihuahua.
Nearly 1,200 Welsh Corgis and their devoted humans will be converging on Katy this weekend for a massive charity event.The annual Texas Corgi Roundup will be held Saturday, Nov. 11 at Turquoise Acres Ranch.The event is a celebration of all things Corgi with a focus on fundraising for two dog-related charities: Wyoming Dachshund and Corgi Rescue, and Bandit's K9Care.AdvertisementArticle continues below this ad...
Nearly 1,200 Welsh Corgis and their devoted humans will be converging on Katy this weekend for a massive charity event.
The annual Texas Corgi Roundup will be held Saturday, Nov. 11 at Turquoise Acres Ranch.
The event is a celebration of all things Corgi with a focus on fundraising for two dog-related charities: Wyoming Dachshund and Corgi Rescue, and Bandit's K9Care.
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The event kicks off from 6-9 p.m. Friday with a “Yappy Hour” meet-and-greet among Corgi enthusiasts at No Label Brewing Co. in Katy.
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The main event on Saturday runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature activities like “bobbing for hotdogs,” Corgi races and a costume contest.
There will also be food trucks onsite, a petting zoo, a live DJ, vendors from around the U.S. and activities for families.
The event is open to the community, and visitors don’t have to have a Corgi to attend, said event coordinator Jill Ramirez. Visitors may bring their dogs of any breed to the festivities.
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“We want everyone to come out and see the Corgis, even if they’re not a Corgi owner,” Ramirez said. “This is a way to bring a bit of joy to everyone’s day.”
There will be an “After Pawty” at Pucci Cafe in LaCenterra following the event.
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The Texas Corgi Roundup was founded in 2017, but this is the first year the event is taking place in Katy. The event was previously held in Temple, but it became so popular that it outgrew its original venue.
There are already more than 1,100 dogs registered for the event, Ramirez noted, and she expects more to join in the following days.
Entrance fees start at $18, all of which goes directly to the two charities.
A new country-western dance hall is coming to Katy next January, and it promises to bring “Vegas-style” entertainment to Katy.Texas Rodeo Saloon is a country and western dance hall, bar and restaurant with live music and a DJ. Texas Rodeo Saloon is opening at 531 South Mason Road, in the space once occupied by Alamo Drafthouse.The dance hall will feature its own in-house band, and the DJ will play in between the band’s performance.AdvertisementArticle continues below this ad...
A new country-western dance hall is coming to Katy next January, and it promises to bring “Vegas-style” entertainment to Katy.
Texas Rodeo Saloon is a country and western dance hall, bar and restaurant with live music and a DJ. Texas Rodeo Saloon is opening at 531 South Mason Road, in the space once occupied by Alamo Drafthouse.
The dance hall will feature its own in-house band, and the DJ will play in between the band’s performance.
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“The band has male and female vocals, so they'll be able to sing country and western songs like Garth Brooks and George Strait, and the female vocals will be able to sing any of the female songs, from Reba to Carrie Underwood,” explained Perry Thomson, owner of Texas Rodeo Saloon.
The band will do more than just play music, Thomson said.
“It’s like a Las Vegas show that is interactive,” he said. “Everything will be wireless onstage, so the musicians will come down off the stage and sing on the dance floor.”
The 37,000-square-foot venue will also offer a menu with more than 70 items made from scratch and a full bar. The dance floor itself is 4,500 square feet, and there will also be a 5,000-square-foot outdoor seating area.
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Because it’s opening in a converted movie theater, the saloon will offer multi-level entertainment.
“The projector room that was upstairs is 3,400 square feet, and it's going to be the VIP seating,” Thomson said. “You can sit up there and literally see the entire downstairs.”
The interior is an updated version of traditional country-western bars, Thomson said.
“It's not the old neon signs, deer heads and rifles on the wall,” he said. “It’s like the new bars on Broadway or in Orlando, Nashville and Las Vegas.”