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Dr kenneth k hansraj spine care tips
Kenneth K. Hansraj (also known as Ken Hansraj) is an American Spinal & Orthopedic Surgeon and author based in New York.
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- Dr kenneth k hansraj spine care tips
- Dr kenneth k hansraj world class spinal surgeon
- Education and training
- Research on How Texting and Mobile Usage Affects Spine
- Awards
- References
Dr kenneth k hansraj world class spinal surgeon
Education and training
He was inspired by the surgeons Arisan Ergin and Randall Griepp at the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York at the age of 16 while observing them in operating theaters. He earned his medical degree fromHahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia in 1987 after obtaining graduate studies in biological sciences from Columbia University, New York and an undergraduate degree in biological sciences from Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey. His mentors are master surgeons Chitranjan Singh Ranawat, Lance Weaver and Patrick F. O’Leary. He selected spinal surgery as a sub-specialization in orthopedic surgery.
He completed his general surgery and orthopedic surgery residency training at Mount Sinai Hospital and King/Drew Medical Center, at the same time he completed a Fellowship in Orthopedic Biomechanics at The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. He held a Fellowship at the California Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and a Fellowship in Spinal and Scoliosis Surgery at The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York.
Research on How Texting and Mobile Usage Affects Spine
In November 2014, Dr. Hansraj performed a study on the impact of good posture on the pressures seen by the neck called assessment of stresses in the cervical spine caused by posture and position of the head. Essentially he found that when the head is straight up in good posture then it weighs 10 pounds. In the posture of 60 degrees forwards the head weighs 60 pounds.
The impact of this study is that with human beings globally, keeping their heads down two to four hours a day, then it is approximately at least 1,250 hours a year leading to about 300,000 pounds of stress on the neck every four years, for example teens in high school.
This study was carried in major magazines such as Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Esquire, GQ, Forbes, Natural Health, Time Magazine USA, Time Magazine India, etc.