Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

Is orthopedic surgeon ok?

Like most I suffer the symptoms of a pinched nerve, herniated disc, and spinal stenosis. I was sent of a spine surgeon who is orthopedic not a neurosurgeon. Of course I would have liked a neuro but does anybody have thoughts on this? The spine guy has his own company called Advanced Spine...

by Terry over a year ago

aching,numbness pain in hand and fingers/rightside

I have a numbness very aching feeling in my right hand fingers. Its worst when I am laying down to go to sleep. I cannot lay on either side because my right hand fingers will ache and my left side seems to go numb. during the day a little better after I have been awake for a hour or so the pain goes...

by leladvs@yahoo.com over a year ago

questions about pain meds after surgery

Hi my mom was in a major car accicdent and flipped the truck on its top and laid there pinned for nearly 2 hours while the team of fantastic people cut her out. She was then airlifted to nearest hospital. She had fractured upper vertabrae in neck and had fusion done with donor bone (don't know...

by ayrissa200591710 over a year ago

Anterior Cervical Fusion W/ Bone Graft (installed Atalanti Plate System)

Answered by a doctor

I have read each Post! and I have written about this for almost 8yrs..I have searched to be pain free and I have been miserable..I had no choice and wasn't able to make choices, due to shape I was in after a car accident that could have killed me! I'm a survivor but not able to do the things I use...

by shellfulton over a year ago

worried about diagnosis and numb thumb, painful hip

hi there. several years ago i was told i had damage to my plexus nerves, and may have fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis in america. when i went to greece, they told me apart from all that i also had rheumatism of the eyes, and spinal stenosis where the transcript from experts wrote exactly where the...

by kikiangels141012 over a year ago

i had surgery 2 years ago 5 6 started having pai in neck went to doctor he said it did not fuse

i had surgery 2 years ago 4 5 started having neck pain went to doctor he said it did not fuse or something else could have happen , he said he could do surgery on the back of neck is there anything else i can do?

by fredman over a year ago

My MRI, please tell me what it means and what I have to do to fix it

Finding: There is normal alignment of the vertebral bodies. Degenerative disk disease is seen at L4-L5 and L5-S1. L5-S1 demonstrates a small central disk bulge with associated annular tear. There is no evidence of central canal stenosis, however, there is mild encroachment on the right...

by sshaver28102689 over a year ago

Problems with spinal shots revised

I have asked my doctors what my mri report says and they only tell me that it is not a big deal my spinal fluid is not leaking so i have nothing to worry about. My thing is if it is not a big deal then why do i hurt so bad why is it i cannot sit for longer than an hour and i cannot stand still for...

by Guest over a year ago

Spinal Stenosis Surgery

I have spinal stenosis I think in C5 and C6 of my neck, I just found out today. My doctor is ordering an MRI then will refer me to a neurosurgeon. I will be 57 years old this month and am in good health except for osteoarthritis which has been bothering me in my back and hip. An MRI of...

by Suzannah over a year ago

x-stop spacer

I am a 65 years old female. I have had back problems since age 32, from scolosis to herniated disc. Within the last 3 years my back has gotten progressively worse. Now I have degenerative disc disease, NO sign of osteoporosis, thank God, the herniated disc has self fused L4-5 and spinal...

by Guest over a year ago