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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.

anterior cervical discectomy and fusion-

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i am 2 wks away from my surgery and wondered if anyone knows if there is more benefit to using your own bone for the graft or a donor bone.i would think it would fuse much faster using your own. any opinions would be helpful, paula

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Cervical Spinal Stenosis with pressure on cord at C3 and C4 and C5

Have balance symptoms and spinal stenosis of cervical and lumbars spine. It is has been stable until the last MRI. which show slighlty more pressure on C3-C6.  I work full time and have problems standing for any length of time and walking over three blocks. I am in no pain. My balance is the...

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Laminectomy, Instrumented Fusion, & Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF)

Hello all,  I am 25 years old and scheduled for an operation next week Wednesday, 12-19-2012. This will consist of an L4-L5 Laminectomy, L4-S1 Instrumented Fusion, and a TLIF at L4-L5.  I have completed 7 weeks of PT, 2x a week with zero pain/tingling/numbness relief and was referred to a local...

by User avatar terrellm269574

spine injury after car accident

Iam a 27yrs old female. I was in a car accident on 10/15/07. I went to the hospital & had an xray of my back & neck, they said they found nothing, the said it was just spasms and gave me pain meds. & fexeril. ON the 3rd day I return to the er because i was having bad back pain, I found...

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Questions about lumbar fusion

I have one quick question. My husband will have lumbar fusion surgery and I need to know does he need to wear a brace after surgery? Thank you.

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Pain in leg after THR

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I had birmingham hip 6 years ago just had it removed as body was rejecting it and been in terrible pain . I just had THR all was going well until 2 weeks into recovery started getting terrible pain in legs on the operated leg pain all down the outside of the leg and terrible pain in knee unable to...

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Ankylosing Spondylitis/Trauma correlation

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I am wondering if anyone has knowledge of the causality of onset of Ankylosing Spondylitis resulting from spinal trauma, such as a high speed vehicular collision. Any input on this subject would be greatly appreciated.

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pain and numbing at night....

I am 48 years old. I have arthritis my doctor have detected no cholesterol or sugar in my blood. My left arm gets numb when i go to sleep; my right leg hurts and the pain is very intense. I cannot go to the bathroom in the middle of the night because both of my legs have no stregnth to hold me. I...

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exercises for eliminating sciatica pain

I am 64 years old--5 feet 2 inches tall and weigh 110 pounds. Until recently have been very active. Since the sciatica attack, I can hardly walk and stand up straight. I have been taking tylenol and recently visited with an acupuncturist. So far, nothing seems to have helped in the last 6-8...

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Severe cramping and muscle spasms

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I have had 3 epidural and facet injections w/steriods and lidocaine in my neck and 2 in my lower back. The 2nd injection in my lower back immediately caused severe cramping and pain down my buttocks and leg. That night I started having severe cramping, spasms in the calves of my legs, feet and...

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