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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.

pain started in my lower back on the right side. It spread to the right side of back and shoulders

I had a coughing fit, bent over to cough and somehow hurt my back. The pain started in my lower back on the right side. It spread to the entire right side of my back and shoulders. A few days later I found a small bump on my upper back near my neck on the side. It has been four days since then and...

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Broken back at L5, chronic pain and now Paraplegic. I suffer from PTSD and serious depression

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I've just found this site and it seems to be interesting, so here goes. In 1991 while working at heights on a building site I fell 40ft hitting the ground they stated at about 90mph , I of course broke legs and other parts were in juried, but I broke my back at the L5 leaving me with no bowel or...

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Scoliosis age 36 severe inflammation, The hip pain is awful as it radiates around to my sciatic

Concerned that my scoliosis impacting my health in a severe way. I am 36 and am finding it hard to get around some days. I retain 20 to 30 lbs of fluid all the time in the lower part of my body. Of I'm on my feet at work you can bet by the time I come home my calves will be the size of my thighs and...

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has anyone had quite a bit of lower back pain 5 weeks after lumbar laminectomy?

it has been 5 weeks since my lumbar laminectomy and i am wondering if it is normal to have lower back pain. it is painful when i am sitting and get up to walk

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Smoking pot and spinal fusion

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I quit smoking cigarettes about 6 months ago. But I still love to have an occasional hit of pot a couple times a day. I had spinal fusion surgery 4 weeks ago. Didn't smoke anything after the 1st week, but have had a little since. Does anyone know if this will stop the fusion process? I've been...

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are there any non surgical methods for back recovery? doctor recommended back trans fusion

I need second opinion doctor is recommending back trans fusion. my pain levels are not normally high unless doing intense squatting or ab movement but I can still go about my day without to much bother on my back . was wondering if there are other non surgical methods for recovey. broad based sub...

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herniated disc C5-6, small bulges C3-4 C4-5

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I was diagnosed with a disc herniation left C5-6, and small bulges in C3-4 and C4-5. My doctor will not listen to my symptoms and is ignoring my opinion on how I feel....I am the one feeling them so I know how I feel. I am having pain in my neck, sometimes radiating up behind my left ear. My jaw on...

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1 year post op lumbar fusion; 2 years post op cervical fusion & laminectomy, still in constant pain!

I'm 1 yr post op lumbar l4-l5 fusion (work comp surgeon), but the pain never subsided and I now have meralgia paresthetica of the thigh. My surgeon ordered an MRI and in his report he said "There is questionable enlargement of the nnerve root on the left side L4-L5". He told me that there was...

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Is it Neck Problems?

For the past 8 months I have had a slew of unexplained things happen to me. First my right arm hurts, then the shoulder and upper back then the left arm and under the left jawl. I have a tight feeling on my left face, my tongue started to burn and tingle and sometimes my top lip. My eye would...

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ACL Reconstruction Surgery & Possible Side-Effects of Numbness...

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...This July, I will celebrate my 1 year ACL reconstruction surgery and have for the past several months been suffering from a numbness reaching from my ankle to my foot (same leg as the knee surgery) and I wondered if this my be a possible side-effect of the surgery. I have yet to call my doctor to...

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