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		<title>Army Veteran With Chronic Back Pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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	<dc:subject>Back Pain</dc:subject>
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	<dc:subject>Spine</dc:subject><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[For my story.. I originally developed mild back pain in the summer of 2000 in Airborne School for the United States Army. At the time i just figured it was from the constant jarring motion and repetetively striking the ground feet first from a height of 3-4 feet. The pain was managable but pretty severe. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pregnancy and Lumbar Spine Fracture</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[my wife (28) and i (37) were involved in a motor vehicle accident last thanksgiving. we hydroplaned and stuck a concrete highway divider at high speed, ~50 mph. we both suffered compression fractures of L1, my wife also had ligament damage to T12 along with a dislocated and fractured right foot. neither of us had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cervical Disc Bulging after Injury, Neurosurgeon ordered Shoulder MRI</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joshua</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Orthopedic</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Spine</dc:subject><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[After suffering an injury in October,2006, I had an MRI done.  The results of the MRI were:
At the C5/C6 level, there is a bulging disk which is asymmetric to the left.  This is superimposed in bilateral uncinate hypertrophy and results in mild to moderate central and bilateral neural foraminal stenosis.
At the C6/C7 level, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vertigo, dizziness, neck pain, disc degeneration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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	<dc:subject>Neurology</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Spine</dc:subject><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dr. Joshua,
I have been experiencing very severe pain starting in my neck, and radiating across my shoulder, down my arm and into my thumb. This started just before Christmas. I have been seeing my Chiropoactor who suggests that I have a &#8220;C6 impingement&#8221;, but based on my pain level, he suggested I go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whiplash injury symptoms?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joshua</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Muscles and Bones</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Neurology</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Spine</dc:subject><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had neck/back pain since a young child. I am 31 now. I had whiplash from being startled by a spider in June. I started doing Yoga which helped until Sept. when I started having severe muscle cramps in my legs and feet. My hand began to &#8220;wobble&#8221; back and forth when I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car Accident Insurance - Cervical Spine Injury?</title>
		<link>http://www.drjoshua.com/2007/01/09/car-accident-insurance-cervical-spine-injury/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joshua</dc:creator>
		
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	<dc:subject>Neurosurgery</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Orthopedic</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Spine</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Surgery</dc:subject><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in a bad car accident 15 months ago and still have burning and tingling in my left arm down to my thumb and shoulder pain. Two orthopaedic dr&#8217;s said nothing wrong with arm and that the only damage to my discs is normal degenerative damage not caused by accident and though an MRI [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back Brace for Compression Fracture due to Car Accident</title>
		<link>http://www.drjoshua.com/2007/01/09/back-brace-for-compression-fracture-due-to-car-accident/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joshua</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Orthopedic</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Spine</dc:subject><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a 26 year old female who suffered a compression fracture of my L1 vertebra approx. 6 weeks ago due to a MVA. I was pain free after two weeks discontiuned use of my TLSO back brace a few days ago, which was recommended for me to wear for three months. Some information I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinal Cord Injury as a Complication of Cervical Spine Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.drjoshua.com/2007/01/08/spinal-cord-injury-as-a-complication-of-cervical-spine-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joshua</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Neurosurgery</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Orthopedic</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Spine</dc:subject><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife, 51, began experiencing tingling/numbness in RT hand and arm &#8230; MRI showed stenosis at c4-5, c5-6, c6-7 &#8230; neurosurgeon performed &#8220;anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion, c4-5, c5-6, c6-7 with bone grafts from the right iliac crest.&#8221;  Immediately when she awoke in recovery she couldn&#8217;t feel her legs.  Stat x-ray and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Numbness After Spinal Decompression</title>
		<link>http://www.drjoshua.com/2006/12/30/numbness-after-spinal-decompression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drjoshua.com/2006/12/30/numbness-after-spinal-decompression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joshua</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Neurosurgery</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Orthopedic</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Spine</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Surgery</dc:subject><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[Does saddle area numbness resolve over time?  My understanding is that numbness and muscle weakness are both caused by nerve compression.  I had surgery to decompress the nerves and my muscle weakness is improving, but the numbness has not changed.  If both symptoms are caused by nerve compression and the surgery decompressed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinal Fusion Surgery Systems</title>
		<link>http://www.drjoshua.com/2006/12/27/spinal-fixation-systems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.drjoshua.com/2006/12/27/spinal-fixation-systems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Joshua</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Orthopedic</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Spine</dc:subject><br />
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Spinal Fusion Surgery Systems: Dynesys
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