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Dr. Andrew Hecht: “With Carmelo Anthony’s Back Ailing, Knicks’ Load Just Got Heavier”

  • The New York Times
  • (November 25, 2014)

After experiencing what the team described as back spasms, Carmelo Anthony had missed the second half of the Knicks’ loss to the Houston Rockets on Monday. On Tuesday, Anthony was recuperating at the team hotel after a late-night visit to a Houston-area doctor to receive pain medication. Back spasms are not uncommon in the N.B.A. Dr. Andrew Hecht, the chief of spine surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, said that back spasms typically originate in the muscles. Treatment often includes physical therapy, medication and the application of heat. Learn more

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