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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.

What do these MRIs mean?

Lumbar MRI: "very mild disc bulge, congenital changes, mild ligamentum flavum hypertrophy and face osteoarthropathy with very mild central canal stenosis" in L4 - L5. Brain MRI w/o contrast: "ill-defined increased FLAIR signal in the supratentorial brain bilaterally, including adjacent to the...

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severe pain in heel of right foot

I am a 39 yr old female with Epilepsy, i have had severe pain now in my heel of right foot for the last 10 days. It is really worse when ive sat down and need to stand up i find it difficult to put my foot down, this happens every morn when i get out of bed. to my knowlege i have not hurt it and im...

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Knee Replacement Procedure

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Hello! I’m 39 and I’m thinking of having knee replacement procedure for I have this terrible pain in my knee. I have walking difficulties, I hate going up and down the stairs for the pain am not even able to get up from the chair normally. So I think that knee replacement procedure would help...

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scoliosis

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hi there, ive been suffering from scoliosis since i was in year 10, the doctor said that i may need surgery but i must wait a year to see if it gets worse, when i went back i had a different doctor and she said how i need surgery and no brace can fix it. but ive been doing exercises with the...

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Herniated Disc

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I am a 14 year old who has recently been diagnosed with bulging disc. I started having back pain in my lower back. Went to the doctor and he said it sounded like I had torn a muscle down the middle of my lower back. So he took me out of ALL sports and physical activity for 2 months and also put me...

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thorasic mid back pain and breathing

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I need advice. For more than 3 years I have been experiencing pain in my back- thorasic area. Besides that I have problems with breathing… I have to take small breaths. This is really scaring me. I am only 27 and having problems of an old man!

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Scoliosis Surgery - Neck problems a year later

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Hi all I might just be being paranoid, but just over a year ago I had surgery to correct scoliosis - I had a spinal fusion and rods put in my back and everything. The surgery was 100% successfull and I had a wonderful surgeon and I recovered really well. The only thing I'm worrying about now,...

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L1 wedge fracture which is causing leg weakness and pains

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I had a fall from my loft and was put in a back brace and sent home afet 4 days in hospital, but during the following wek my leg mainly the leg became numb on top of the thigh, i was sent back to hospital for MRI scan and showed a fragment broken off and pressing on the upper cauda equine nerve...

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I had ACDF surgery, neck is still in pain every day, I can't straighten arm, wrist is very weak

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Hello! I had acdf surgery (C5-C7) last January. I had suffered from neck pain, migraines, etc. for at least 10 years. I hit the windshield twice in my teen years and I think that did it. My surgeon first had me take care of my carpal tunnel surgery. My right hand came out perfect but the left was...

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cervical disk surgery with soreness and aching

Last week I went to exam my arm because of the pain and heaviness I’ve been felling for some times Diagnose was cervical disc herniation which produced cervical radiculopthy. So, pain in my arm, defined as cervical radiculopthy, was due to irritation of cervical spinal nerve. Doctor suggested...

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