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Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

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

headaches and neckaches

hi, i constantly have a really bad headache and neckache should i be worried and what could this be

by User avatar jojoxx151530

Ankylosing Spondylitis and spondylosis

Answered by a doctor

Hi, folks. My friend has been experiencing some serious back problems and after several tests, he was diagnosed with ankylosing spondilitis. I have never heard about this disease before and I would like to know if it has something to do with spondylosis. I would appreciate all your replies. Bye,...

by User avatar edlin144587107

Is surgery next for me?

Good morning! I've been dealing with back pain for several years now. Only a few time has it become truly debilitating. I do have constant pain however. My last MRI showed a bulging disk at L3-4 & L4-5 and facet hypertrophy with mild to moderate canal and bilateral foraminal stenosis. I'm sure...

by User avatar sunnybunny71001

Hemilaminectomy

Hello everyone. I have one question. I've been trying to go for walks, but I find it very painful. It's been 4 weeks since my hemilaminectomy. I do feel that the pain during rest does seem to be improving once I started walking so I’m wondering would it be better to stay in bed longer untill...

by User avatar Guest

Cervical Bone Spurs

My husband recently found out that he has cervical bone spurs, but the weird thing was that he didn’t have any symptoms. He had occasional difficulties in swallowing, but we would never guess what the reason is for it. I would like some info about cervical bone spurs. This is totally new for me.

by User avatar Guest

lack of change after ACD with cage

Hi everyone. I had the proceedure i(anterior cervical disectomy)in the UK with a cage, no real fusion. C5/6/7. I had the best neurosurgeon in the country. I am about 15 days post op and I still have that horrible nerve pain in my arm. The op was supposed to fix this. Discomfort from the op itself is...

by User avatar deltadeliquent112743

the spine and the bladder relation

Hi, I had lesion to the spinal cord, and since than I’ve been having problems with my bladder. I have a condition called neurogenic bladder, and symptoms such as constant leaking small amounts of urine. Is it possible that spine and bladder are related?

by User avatar Guest

Ankylosing Spondilitis& Back Muscle Spasms

Answered by a doctor

My daughter suffers from Ankylosing Spondilitis. She takes shots, but she complains of bad muscle spasms in her back. Sometimes they get so bad she goes to shaking all over! Has anyone ever experienced these symptoms before with Ankylosing Spondilitis? It’s frustrating when we don't know how to...

by User avatar Guest

transforaminal injection

Epidural steroid injections have been used throughout the 20th century. The first use of an epidural injection was by Cathelin in 1901. Reports of the effectiveness of lumbar epidural steroid injections (LESI) have ranged from 18% to 90%. The efficacy has been reported in a large number of...

by User avatar Guest

spinal cauda equina syndrome

Hi. I've just discovered cauda equina syndrome in this forum. Looking it up I've discovered I have "similiar" problems after neck (c-5 c-6) surgery. Cauda equina syndrome seems to be of the lower spine. Has anyone ever heard of this for cervical spine? Is there anything similiar to this...

by User avatar ksf19200