Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

I'm a teen. Does this sound like a herniated disc to you?

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I twisted my back too far one day while stretching and ever since then when I turn certain ways or twist my back etc, it feels weird. Its not a sharp pain but painful in the way a pulled muscle feels. Two weeks ago it got a little better until I re injured it again. It gets better when I don't...

by lamahealth285732 over a year ago

Schmorls Hernia of vertebrae C4.Initial Spondyloartrosis.

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Hi all! I had a neck injury at work in February 2012. I am experiencing huge neck pain and muscle spasms along with constant headaches.Sometimes I cannot feel my right arm,left foot and half of my face. Started around two month ago I wake up every morning and unable to feel both my feet and there is...

by zaiciukas79285535 over a year ago

Diagnosed with neck hernia and in constant pain.

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Hi all! My partner had an injury at work a year ago.Since then diagnosed with neck hernia and in constant pain. Please help anyone! Doctors only prescribe all sorts of medication which does not help.They even offered operation but never mentioned this in medical report.As the result we not getting...

by Becky over a year ago

Scoliosis and Swelling

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So I have posted in some other areas on the site. Here's my story. I have soft swelling above my right collarbone. It tends to be way down in the morning or without use and more pronouced throughout the day as I work on a computer. I am pretty sure I have carpal tunnel, but I know I have scoliosis....

by Guest over a year ago

Anterior cervical spinal fusion-levels 4-5-6 Cages.

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Hi all I have just had a ACDF spinal fusion procedure some 9 days ago........ My surgeon said 6 weeks before I can drive again and do any light lifting and a futher 12 weeks before I can head back to the gym pending X rays and healing and a visit to see him for consult. He was so right lifting a...

by Daveorme67284366 over a year ago

EMG. How can this be normal when in fact things are worse?

A year ago I had an acdf c6-7 due to impinging C7 nerve. Surgery should fix everything, so they said. I still have severe pain, burning and loss of mobility in neck, along with severe pins, needles and numbness in left arm and hand, fingers have become almost impossible to move on their own. An...

by Guest over a year ago

l4l5 laminectomy also had peice of broken spine in spinal cord

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i had a l4 l5 laminectomy in august 2012. when they opened me the docter found a thumbsize piece of bone that broke off and lodged into spinal cord. prior to surgery i was advised i shouldnt have been walking there no fluid in that area. what was to be a 3-4 hr surgery went to 6.5 hrs, they had to...

by ken r over a year ago

Under the new health laws I did not think one could be rejected due to a pre-existing health condition

Under the new health laws I did not think one could be rejected due to a pre-existing health condition..this whole system sucks

by Guest over a year ago

Spine pain after a cold. Did i cough to hard?

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I've had a cold the past week, and have a very bad cough along with it. Last night I started to get a really sharp pain on my spine just below my neck between my shoulder blades. It wasn't too bad to start now I can't bend my neck forward, backward or side to side because of the pain. It's so bad I...

by Guest over a year ago

Should I even think about a 2nd ACDF

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Hi...I am at my ropes here..I am in so much pain that it is severely interfering with my life..In 2008 I had a serious MVA causing a spinal contusion, and further exacerbating the cervical stenosis and DDD. In June, 2008 I had surgery at levels c-5-7 as I was experiencing numbness in both arms...

by sinatra45220523 over a year ago