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Discuss topics related to spinal cord injury, spinal discs, back and neck pain, osteoporosis, sciatica, scoliosis, spondylosis, stenosis, and whiplash on this forum.

Recovering from Cervical Laminectomy

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An accident aggravated cevical spondylitis my father had. A cervical laminectomy was performed to remove spinal cord compression.However, after the surgery he feels weakness in his right arm and leg.Physiotherapy is on and any improvement is real slow.Is that normal? Will he recover completely?

by User avatar Swayam3476

lower back pain and upper right leg pain

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severe pain in my upper right leg muscle when walking or certain movement, also severe pain in lower back when walking or getting up and down. i have been diagnosed with a bulging disk in lower back after a car accident a few years ago, but the muscle in my leg started hurting about a week ago, now...

by User avatar linda sayers

Cervical Dystonia

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my best friend is diagnosed with cervical dystonia and it is pretty much awful seeing him in this condition –his neck is actually kind of twisting and jerking uncontrolled and his neck muscles stiffens and spasms just by themselves and the worse is that those neck spasm are actually causing...

by User avatar clovis33522

c5-6 c6-7 acdf plating allograft

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Hello. I'm 34 year old female and I'm really worried for my father. He is 65 year old and these last couple of months he was complaining constantly about strong pain in his neck. We didn’t take this seriously but then, few days ago, one morning he couldn’t stand up from bad at all. We took him...

by User avatar dove2485

lumbar spine mri with and without contrast[ age 59]

[1]there is normal alignment except for perhaps minimal retrolisthesis L1 with respect to L2. vertabral bodies normal in height and signal except for trace degenerative sclerosis and edema L1-2 endplates.there is severe degenerative change in facet joints especially in the lower spine as...

by User avatar Guest

what causes degerative disk diease?

I was feeling pain while lifting or twisting, and it started few months ago. I felt like something pinch and irritate my nerves in spine. I guess my muscles wanted to stop the pain so they became tighten and spasm. When I realized definitely something was wrong, I visited doctor, and he told me it...

by User avatar pender1238

I am in Chronic Pain. What do I do??

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Help!!!!!!! The Pain Is Killing Me!!!!!!!!!!!! May someone give me advice. Here is my MRI and Nerve conducting study results. Do I need Pain managment? Please help.... Findings: Reversal of the normal cervical lordosis centered at the c4-5 level. Mild irregularity of the end plates of c4-c5 and...

by User avatar jackiedisloved156226

Disc C5, C6, C7

I have problem with discs C5, C6, C7. The Neurosurgeon said I need to have bone taken from my hip and placed between the discs. My problem is I get these excruciating headaches (I do get migraines sometimes but these are not migraines). The headache last anywhere for a day to a little over a week....

by User avatar Bassingit34589

Arm pain after cervical fusion surgery

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I had a C4-5,5-6 discectomy with fusion 6 weeks ago. I originally went to a Neurosurgeon because of severe shoulder and upper arm pain, with tingling and numbness in my hands. The diagnosis was stenosis, causing nerve compression. The surgery went great! I spent one night in the hospital and was...

by User avatar Guest

chest pain w/ C4,5,6 herniated discs

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I am in pain frequently due to the herniated discs in my neck. Many times I feel like an elephant is sitting on my chest. Last spring (before being diagnosed w/ hern discs) I went through cardiac tests, which ruled out heart problems. Now, I am wondering if that pain could be from the discs,...

by User avatar inpain261460