May 22, 2006 — -- A radical new surgery may help a woman in her 20s find a way to dance at her sister's wedding. Twenty-five-year-old Tricia Lowe has struggled with a bad disc in her lower back ...
A cervical disc replacement (CDR) is a procedure that replaces a damaged disc between the vertebrae in your neck with an artificial disc. Discs are gel-like cushions that reduce friction between your ...
If you have neck pain, a good shoulder massage might help. For serious neck pain, people try physical therapy, pain medication, acupuncture or epidural steroid injections. Once the conservative ...
In recent years, approximately half of adults in the United States have reported having neck or low back pain. Among patients with low back pain, the most common diagnosis is disc degeneration. When ...
DEBORAH: AND TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, A LOOK AT ARTIFICIAL DISC REPLACEMENT SURGERY. IT CAN CAUSE TERRIBLE PAIN AND NERVE PAIN GOING DOWN THE ARM. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR CHARLES EDWARDS II, SAYS ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 70-year-old active dentist and pharmacist with chronic lower back pain. My MRI shows a compressed/extruded disc in contact with a specific nerve. It is extruded by 5 mm. I know ...
A new type of low-risk surgery for herniated discs and neck nerve problems is showing promising results.Mobile users tap here for videoNumbness and tingling in the arms can be a sign of those problems ...