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𝗗𝗿. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝘁𝘇 - ATLNeurosurgeon

🥼 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗻
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📍𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 , 𝗚𝗔

09/09/2026

Here are 10 specific things I try to prioritize 👇

1️⃣ Walk every day, even if it’s only 10–20 minutes.
The biggest benefit comes from going from completely inactive to doing something. You don’t need to become an athlete.

2️⃣ Don’t choose between cardio and weights. Do both.
They do different things for your body, and I make room for both in my week. 🏃‍♂️ + 🏋️

3️⃣ Walk after your meals.
This is something I’ve incorporated into my life over the last several months. I try to walk after each meal, sometimes up to 3 times a day. 🚶‍♂️

Even on busy surgery days, I get my walk in. Those short walks help me feel energized and positive throughout a long day in the OR, and they add up toward my weekly activity goals.

4️⃣ Make some of your cardio actually challenging.
Add periods where you’re breathing harder and talking becomes more difficult. Your heart and lungs need to be challenged too. ❤️

5️⃣ Strength train 2–3 days a week.
Prioritize the big movements: squat, hinge, push, pull and carry. Maintaining muscle helps protect against frailty and loss of independence. 💪

6️⃣ Practice standing on one leg.
Balance doesn’t maintain itself. Single-leg stands, heel-to-toe walking and controlled step-ups are simple ways to train it. ⚖️

7️⃣ Keep your hips, ankles and spine mobile.
Practice movements you need in real life: getting off the floor, squatting, reaching overhead, rotating and stepping over objects.

8️⃣ Don’t let your workout be your only movement.
Take the stairs. Park farther away. Walk while you’re on the phone. Do the yard work. Your total daily movement matters. 👟

9️⃣ Get out of your chair throughout the day.
If you’ve been sitting for an hour, stand up and move. Walk around the office, stretch or take a lap.

🔟 Train for what you want to still do at 85.
Carry your groceries. Climb stairs. Get off the floor without help. Travel. Play with your grandkids. Drive. Live independently.

That last one is really the point.

You’re not exercising just for what your body looks like today.

You’re training for the life you want to be able to live decades from now

09/07/2026

Had to see what the 80s trend would 🧠📸

1986 Dr. Spitz reporting for duty.

Which one is more accurate?

🧠 Dr. Steven Spitz
𝗗𝗿. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐳 | 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧
Atlanta Neurosurgeon

09/05/2026

30% fewer prior authorizations. 👀👏 But what does that actually mean for spine patients? 🧠

Beginning October 1, UnitedHealthcare says it will eliminate prior authorization requirements for 30% of services that previously required approval. 📋✂️

From the provider side, that sounds like a BIG step forward. 🙌

Prior authorization can mean:
📄 More paperwork
📞 Peer-to-peer calls
⏳ Delays in treatment
😩 Frustration for patients AND providers

But here’s the important part for spine patients 👇

🚨 Prior authorization is NOT disappearing from spine surgery.

Many spine procedures still require insurance approval before we can move forward.

So is this good news? YES. 👏
Is the prior authorization problem solved? Not yet. 🤷‍♂️

The real test will be whether these changes actually mean fewer delays between deciding a patient needs surgery and getting them the care they need. 🏥🩻🧠

Because less red tape should mean more time focused on patients. 🙌

💾 Save this if you’ve ever wondered what happens behind the scenes after your surgeon says, “We’re submitting this to insurance.”

🧠 Dr. Steven Spitz
𝗗𝗿. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐳 | 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧
Atlanta Neurosurgeon

09/04/2026

🧠 Can you exercise your brain with your hands?

Between spine cases, our neurosurgery team tried a little “hand hopscotch” to challenge coordination, movement patterns and our brains at the same time. ✋🧠

And there’s actually some research behind the idea.

A 2023 systematic review and meta-analysis looked at 12 randomized controlled trials of finger and hand exercises, with 11 studies and 1,215 participants included in the meta-analysis. Researchers found improvements in general cognitive function, with the most significant effects seen in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). (ScienceDirect)

Another randomized trial studied 232 older adults with MCI and found improved cognitive scores after one month of structured finger exercises. The researchers also made an important point: more research is still needed. (PubMed)

So does hand hopscotch prevent Alzheimer’s? We can’t say that.

But the bigger message is important: your brain benefits when your body stays active and challenged. 🧠💪

The updated 2026 WHO dementia-risk guidelines recommend physical activity for reducing cognitive decline and also support cognitive training, cognitive stimulation and social engagement. Other modifiable factors include avoiding to***co, limiting harmful alcohol use, eating a healthy diet and managing things like high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol. (World Health Organization)

So move your body.
Challenge your coordination.
Learn something new.
Stay socially connected.
And occasionally make your hands do something that makes your brain say, “Wait…what?” 😂

We’ll be practicing between cases.

🧠 Dr. Steven Spitz
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Atlanta Neurosurgeon

Save this and send it to someone who wants to keep their brain AND body active.

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09/02/2026

✈️ Now THAT is a good news headline.

A plane carrying six doctors from Oakland went down in Central California, and thankfully, everyone onboard is safe. 🙌

Not every breaking news story has to have a bad ending. This one was worth sharing.

Glad to see all six walking away from this one. 👏✈️

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🧠 Dr. Steven Spitz
𝗗𝗿. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐳 | 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧
Atlanta Neurosurgeon

09/02/2026

🧠 “I know your face… but your name is GONE.” 😅

Sound familiar?

Forgetting someone’s name doesn’t necessarily mean you forgot the person. Your brain may still recognize their face, remember where you met, and even know what they do. You just can’t retrieve their name.

🤔 Why are names so hard?

Names are basically labels. A word like “dog” 🐶 connects to an entire network of information in your brain. A person’s name may have far fewer connections available to help you retrieve it.

👅 That frustrating “tip of my tongue” feeling is real. You know exactly WHO the person is, but your brain temporarily can’t access the name you’re looking for.

🧠 Areas within the temporal lobe play an important role in connecting familiar people with identifying information, including their names.

Name retrieval can also become more difficult with age, fatigue, stress, or simply not seeing someone very often.

So let’s settle this 😂👇

What disappears first for you?

Their NAME?
Or where you know them FROM?

Tell me in the comments. 👇

🧠 Dr. Steven Spitz
𝗗𝗿. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐳 | 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧
Atlanta Neurosurgeon

08/31/2026

My TMZ Live interview. 🎥🎢

Here are a few clips from my live conversation with about the serious brain injuries reportedly associated with the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California.

As an Atlanta neurosurgeon, I discussed how a high-velocity coaster’s rapid acceleration, deceleration and rotational forces may cause the brain to move within the skull, potentially stretching or tearing the bridging veins and causing a subdural hematoma.

But this conversation extends beyond neurosurgery.

From an engineering and safety-optimization perspective, we must study how a ride’s speed, restraint system, head support, abrupt directional changes and individual rider anatomy affect the forces transmitted to the brain and cervical spine.

Thrill rides will always involve movement and force. The question is whether their designs can be further optimized to reduce preventable neurological injuries.

I’ll share the link to my complete TMZ Live interview in my next Instagram Story.

🧠 Dr. Steven Spitz
𝗗𝗿. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐳 | 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧
Atlanta Neurosurgeon

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08/31/2026

TikTok to TMZ in 45 minutes. 🎥🎢

TMZ contacted me through TikTok, and less than 45 minutes later, I was live discussing the serious brain injuries reportedly associated with the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California.

Here’s the reported timeline:

🎢 July 5, 2026: A 40-year-old rider suffered an acute subdural hematoma with brain compression and required emergency brain surgery.

🎢 July 11, 2026: A second rider, 25, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and also required emergency surgery.

🎢 July 12, 2026: X2 was closed following the two incidents.

🎢 June 23, 2022: Christopher Hawley, 22, rode X2 and reportedly sustained catastrophic head trauma. He died the following day, June 24, 2022.

🎢 2010: Hilda Farias, 28, died after riding X2. Reports indicated that an existing brain abnormality may have ruptured under the forces of the ride.

As a neurosurgeon, I explained how rapid acceleration and deceleration can stretch and tear the veins surrounding the brain, potentially causing a life-threatening subdural hematoma—even without an obvious external head injury.

Thank you, TMZ , for inviting me to bring a neurosurgical perspective to this important conversation.

🧠 Dr. Steven Spitz
𝗗𝗿. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐳 | 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧
Atlanta Neurosurgeon

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08/29/2026

Cold changes everything. 🥶

In Part 2, we examine another hypothetical question surrounding the Lindsay Clancy case:

How could someone’s core temperature fall into the low 80s, and how long could that take?

There is no universal timeline. A weather report alone cannot answer it.

Several factors determine how quickly the body loses heat:

❄️ The outside temperature
🌬️ Wind and overall exposure
🧊 Contact with cold or frozen ground
👕 How the person was dressed
💧 Whether the clothing or ground was wet
🩸 Trauma, blood loss, or shock
💊 Medications or substances affecting alertness and shivering
🧍 Body composition, health, movement, and length of exposure

The ground matters because direct contact pulls heat from the body through conduction. Clothing, insulation, exposed skin, and whether the person could move or shiver also significantly change the equation.

A core temperature in the low 80s represents severe, life-threatening hypothermia. At that point, consciousness, breathing, heart rhythm, reflexes, and neurologic function may all be profoundly affected.

From a neurosurgeon’s perspective, these environmental and physiologic factors must be considered alongside the traumatic injuries.

This is a discussion of medical possibilities, not a conclusion about the specific facts of the case.

🧠 Dr. Steven Spitz
𝗗𝗿. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐳 | 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧
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