Last week I was doing a mile walk over my lunch hour. A friend joined me this particular day. We work in a busy section of town so in places where there are no sidewalks require that I walk on the ground. Normally this isn’t a big deal but as I was talking to a [...]
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2006Tethered Cord and Spinal Tumor
Friday, December 9th, 2005I had surgery on 2/9/05 for an intradural spinal tumor and a tethered spinal cord. Since surgery I have had an increase in numbness to my right leg on the outside potion. The numbness has now moved up into my buttocks and I am having trouble urinating. I cannot put much weight on my right [...]
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Friday, December 9th, 2005This interesting question along with the answer has been moved here:
Chronic Low Back Pain - Instability?
Neck Pain and Disc Herniation
Thursday, June 9th, 2005I have neck pain and numbness down my right arm. I haven’t had a recent injury, but I was in a rear end car collision 10 years ago. I have developed grinding and neck pain and stiffness. I have had numbness in my fingers that was primarily at night, but now it happens at work [...]
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Monday, May 23rd, 2005I am a 41 year old female in nc. I was involved in a car accident and was rear ended while I was sitting still at a stop light. When i first went to the doctor the next morning my left hand and arm was actually numb, and i could not move my neck or [...]
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Tuesday, February 1st, 20051.Are small discs protrusions in c2/3,c3/4 and c4/5 considered
herniated discs in middle age man?2. What’s the difference between protrusion
discs and extrusion discs and are both considered herniated discs?
3.What does degenerative changes in cervical spine means?
4. Are osteophytes in cervical spine formed as result of degenerative changes
or as result of trauma accidents,like auto rear end accidents?
5. [...]
“The back pain is driving me crazy!”
Tuesday, January 25th, 2005Please help me! I don’t know what you can say or do, but the pain I am in is driving me crazy.I have had pain in my lower back for a few years now As soon as I could I saw a doctor here…,he referred me to a specialist who? took an xray and also [...]
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2004First question already! And very much to the point.. Thanks for submitting your question (via e-mail), Discman. Well, to answer it, it depends on whether you’re the doctor or the patient! Enough joking though: from your nickname I assume that you have been diagnosed with a herniated lumbar disc, and if that’s the case, you [...]
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