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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.

Massage and physical Therapy for Cervical Arthritis

My mother has been diagnosed with cervical arthritis. I would like to find out something more about massage and physical therapy. I hear that massage can help with relieving the neck pain. Massage is great for relaxing the tissues and muscles in neck. It also helps with circulation in the area. I...

by User avatar jackelyn1087204136

surgery C5-C6-C7 Need stories about a good outcome

Hi, I am facing surgery within the next few weeks. I would like to hear from people that had a good outcome. I need to think positive. I am already stressed out enough. The internet is a wonderful tool. However it seems all I can find in forums are things that have gone wrong. The...

by User avatar TwinzMonster145883

small hole in the head causes stress

I have discovered that when I press with my fingers on a healing small wound on my head I start to feel better mentally and emotionally and start to feel stronger after a short time. I assume that there is a hole and air goes in Maybe there is an infection. Similar effects but not so strong I have...

by User avatar tilbes

Cervical discetomy

After years and years of suffering with migraines and neck stiffness I started getting more and more symptoms ie tingling,tightness, and numbing down my left arm. I finally decided enough was enough and I started taking action. I had and MRI with listed several herniated disc, but the worse one...

by User avatar Guest

Cervical Laminectory Surgery - Pain 4 mths later

My 75 year old mother had a Cervial Laminectory 4 mths ago next week.  While the surgeon said it was a difficult recovery, expectations were that some pain and issues would continue for 1yr.  BUT what we did not hear anything about was the SEVERE pain issues that she still experiences at least 3...

by User avatar Guest

Neck surgery C4/5 C6/7

I Just had my surgery on 08/28/12 exactly 4 days ago; like a lot of people in this forum I was also nervous and afraid but thank to this forum and a person that I knew who did the same surgery than me; I got very confident. so I want to share my experiences with some of you that will have the same...

by User avatar nino2448245176

Post Microdiscectomy numbness

Is it normal to feel numbness in certain areas of the left side of my body 4 days after a microdiscectomy? The numbness is in my left leg and my groin.

by User avatar KGoldberg

Back pain with breething problem.

I am a migraine patient. I am having a back pain. I went through a MRI scan for the backbone pain and come to know, that the backbone is slightly curve. Before 1 year, back I was having the same problem but not knowing that my backbone is slightly curve. I went through an acute back pain that time...

by User avatar Guest

ant. & post. cerv. decomp & fusion - any positive re

Hello. I am 6 weeks post op. I am 34 and had anterior & posterior cervical decompression and fusion. Has anyone had any positive results? Everything I read makes me feel like things never get better. I am not trying to downplay anyones negative results. I hope things work out. But I'm...

by User avatar mrdimplechin71933

I have had severe neck pains for months, today my doctor diagnosed sciatica, he put me on Diclofenac

I have been having severe neck pain for months, today my doctor diagnosed it as sciatica and put me on Diclofenac. He has also referred me to a physiotherapist saying that my posture is to blame. Is he correct? I thought sciatica was a lower back problem.

by User avatar Julzdorz