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Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

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pain, numbness in leg; possible discectomy on L3-L4 and L4-L5

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Hi. I'm new here, first time to post. I'm supposed to go see the neurosurgeon tomorrow to discuss treatment. To make a long story short: I'm 22 and was diagnosed with a herniated disc in 2005. About 3 weeks ago, I went to my doctor for a physical and she was concerned that my lower leg & foot...

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longterm pain after anterior cervical fusion

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Hello and many thanks in advance for reading my post ! I have been and continue to search for any and all advice regarding successful pain management stemming from an anterior cervical fusion. My surgery was in Jan. 2006. Over three and a half years later, I still continue to struggle daily and...

by User avatar Guest

Cervical Pinched Nerve Behind My Pain?

My job as a poker dealer requires me to sit in a chair with legs wedged between it and the table. I go from table to table every 30 minutes, sometimes up to 4 hrs without a break. During the 30 minute breaks, I'm required to walk/stand in the room helping as needed. During every 30 minutes of...

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Neck/Shoulder Blade pain

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I am a 19 year old female. Two summers ago i had surgery for my torn labrum in my left shoulder. Also the doctors spotted a bulging disk in my c7 vertebrae. The pain was gone until about a week ago. I started have a burning pain under my left shoulder blade. I have also had a stiff neck and pain...

by User avatar WonderWoman003515677

8 MONTHS POST 3 LEVEL ACDF

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I had 3 level ACDF in late Oct 2008, work at a computer all day and am still in pain. I've had nerve ablation done 1 month ago and still am in pain, I have major muscle spasms. I still take Percoset maybe 3 times a week. Does anyone know of any exercises I can do to gently stretch the back...

by User avatar romeo57117905

Anterior cervical fusion c3-4, c4-5, c5-6

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I am expected for surgery next week, fusion of c3-4, c4-5, c5-6. Removal of large bone spurs. I'm a 47 year old woman, who is branch admin/office manager of 120 + and wondering if quality of life will be the same. Very nervous. I've been dealing with minimal pain, numbness down both arms for a...

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mri of cervical spine, do I need surgery?

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Findings .there is straighteningand mild reversal of the lordotic curvature of the cervical spine .cervical vertebral body heights are preserved. Moderate to severe loss of disc height at c5-c6 and c6 -c7 levels with prominent endplate osteophyte.type w endplate degenerative changes at the c5-c6...

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Potential second cervical (neck) surgery

Hi everyone. I need your guidance, and advice. About 9 years ago, I had a 3 level laminectomy done on my neck. I did great for about 1 year, than the pain came back. Over the years, it's gotten worse. To keep a long story short, I now have such severe pain in my neck, right arm, bicep,...

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scoliosis exercises

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I'm very worried about my little son. He is only seven years old but he has already developed some spine condition. I haven’t noticed this at all. On some regular physical examination in school, doctor that was examining the whole class has diagnosed him with some spine condition called...

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horse riding with back problems

hi i am a 21 year old lady with 3 lovely children i found out this morning i have spine ambifida occtula never new i had it but i also have a extreamly worn disc x some others have worn as they go up my spine the odd thing is evan tho i have this x have had the spine ambifida i can run jump walk hop...

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