Herniated Disc Treatment Options
September 7th, 2009 -- Posted in Herniated Disc | 1 Comment »
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Does a herniated disc get worse if it’s not treated over time?
September 5th, 2009 -- Posted in Herniated Disc | 2 Comments »A friend of mine has a L4 L5 herniated disc. What are some treatment options that don’t cost too much and does it get worse over time?
Here’s the thing.
MRI’s have shown that people often have a herniated disc with no symptoms at all.
Sometimes a pt will present with symptoms that could be a number of things but a herniated disc does show on the MRI so they are given that diagnosis.
A MRI however will pick up other things as well.
So was your friend given the diagnosis from an MRI result or from her Dr’s opinion?
If it is guaranteed to be pain from the Herniated Disc then hot packs, anti inflammatories and specialised exercises to strenthen the muscles around the vertebrae to stop it happening again but also to try and coax the bulge back in. Physio will also use TENS machine and ultrasound to ease the associated muscle spams in the lower back.
If it is not a herniated disc then those exercises may cause harm and prolong the recovery.
Suggestion? Get an MRI and/or a CT scan to firstly acknowledge there is a bulge in the disc and secondly to rule out an alterior injury.
Disc Surgery Herniated - Learn about Herniated Disc Surgery
September 5th, 2009 -- Posted in Herniated Disc | No Comments »
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Herniated Disc Health Byte
September 3rd, 2009 -- Posted in Herniated Disc | 1 Comment »
Also known as slipped disc and ruptured disc, the herniated disc occurs when bones in your spine move backwards. Learn more about the cause and prevention of a Herniated Disc in this medical treatment video.
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Spinal Cord Surgery: Scope in India
September 3rd, 2009 -- Posted in Herniated Disc | No Comments »
The scope of spinal cord surgery in India is very good now days because of the availability of good treatment facilities and most experienced spine surgeons in Indian spine surgery hospitals. Spinal cord surgery becomes must when the symptoms of spine disorders affect daily routine life and chronic back pain starts. The treatment provided to different spine disorders depends on the patients’ health, level of disorder and the status of back bone. Different spine treatment procedures in India are available for the treatment of spine disorders. Spine surgery hospitals in India are at Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Pune. The clinical care provided by Indian spine surgery hospital staff is very good and the medical infrastructure is also very good. Thus many abroad patients are getting attracted to India for getting their treatment done from Indian spine surgery hospitals at low cost.
Now day’s different surgical procedures for treatment of spine disorders are available. Some of the available spine surgery procedures are most advanced and the recovery time required after the surgery is very less. The success rate of different spine surgery techniques is very good worldwide. All the spine disorders can be completely removed from body with spine surgery. Different surgeries available for the treatment of spine surgery are micro disectomy surgery, lumbar herniated disc surgery, cervical spine surgery, thoracic spine surgery, lumbar spine surgery, rotational corpectomy surgery, laminectomy surgery, lumbar spinal fusion surgery, cervical Herniated Disc surgery, cervical spine fusion surgery, artificial disc replacement surgery, laser spine surgery, spinal cord surgery. The spine has of a series of bone blocks which are separated from one another by discs of soft tissue. Within the structure of the spine sits a tunnel called the spinal canal. This tunnel contains the neurologic structures including the spinal cord and nerve roots. Although there is some free space between the neurologic structures and the edges of the spinal canal, this space can be reduced by many different conditions including injury to the spine. Spinal cord surgery refers to the condition of in which spinal cord is treated to remove the injuries and traumas in the spinal cord. Arthritis of the small joints in the spine as well as thickening of ligaments and formation of bony spurs can all lead to gradual squeezing and irritation of neurologic structures. This process is usually gradual and can lead to symptoms such as pain with walking, a decreased endurance for physical activities, heaviness in the legs, tingling sensations, tightness and numbness in the legs with activity, and often associated Low Back Pains. Spinal cord ranges from physical therapy to epidural injections and finally surgery in certain cases. Since patients affected by spinal cord injury are usually elderly, treatment must carefully consider not only the disease in the spine but also the risks and benefits of treatment in each individual. Although the surgery and steroid injections into the affected area of the spinal cord can offer good relief in some patients, there are people who will only get temporary relief if at all.
Medical tourism in India provides very good assistance to abroad patients for their spinal cord surgery. Medical treatment centers for spinal cord surgery in India are at Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. The clinical care provided by these Indian spine surgery hospitals is very good and the medical infrastructure in Indian spine surgery hospitals is also very good. This availability of world class services makes Indian spine surgery hospitals an ideal destination for abroad patients seeking low cost treatment. For further details of low cost spinal cord surgery in India visit: - http://www.dheerajbojwani.com and mail us at contact@dheerajbojwani.com.
Ravi Jeswani
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Bulging Disc / Herniated Disc eCourse Tip 13
September 1st, 2009 -- Posted in Herniated Disc | 6 Comments »
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What is the best treatment for a herniated disc?
August 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Herniated Disc | 2 Comments »Im 18 almost 19 and I’ve had a Herniated Disc for almost 3 years now. It’s really starting to bother me…any suggestions?
work out alot do a lot of weight lifting. maybe try running
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Identifying Back Pain and Its Causes
August 27th, 2009 -- Posted in Herniated Disc | 12 Comments »
The causes of limitation of motion are numerically legion. Statistically, mechanical factors account for approximately 90% primarily and is an accompanying secondary factor in many of the remaining cases. The physiology of ligamentous contracture is briefed in the preceding chapter. Sufficeth to say, strains and sprains may rent fascial tissues, but contrary to popular belief, this is seldom due to heavy lifting. Usually the patient does not know exactly when the injury occurred; it gradually became apparent over a period of time and frequently after a period of rest.
Pain supercedes movement; immobility causes more shortening and more spasm, thence more pain and a vicious cycle is initiated.
Differential Diagnosis
Remarks — It is not within the scope of this passage to detail each possible entity which could cause back pain. For the sake of brevity, general categories will be outlined and specific diseases will be listed without discussion.
Glandular deficiencies — hypoadrenalism and hypothyroidism (these cause change in muscular consistency); hypoestrinism and hypoadrenalism (results in tightening of ligaments); hypo-pituitarism; hyperparathyroidism and osteoporosis.
Systemic and infectious diseases — Arthridities, gout, malaria, syphilis, poliomyelitis, meningitis, encephalitis, tetanus, herpes-zoster, upper respiratory infection, influenza, anemias, chronic alcoholism, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, arteriosclerosis.
Emotional disorders — Deep seated vexations causing nervous or emotional maladjustments, conversion hysteria, compensationi-tis.
New growth — Tumors of spinal cord, meninges, vertebrae, metastatic implants, tumors of pelvic area, fat nodules, cancer of prostate, and visceral carcinomata (cancer of abdominal organs).
Visceral referred — The nephridities, cystitis, ureteritis, prostatis, pelvic inflammatory disease, broad and round ligamentous stretching, ovarian dyscrasias, pancreatitis, anal disease and infrequently referred from remainder of gastro-intestinal tract and abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Mechanical (90%) — Congenital defects as, spina bifida, spondylolisthesis, spondylosis, facet or apophyseal joint abnormalities, lumbarization, sacralization or blocked (fused) vertebrae. Sciatic neuritis, bursitis, tendonitis, myofasciitis, fibrositis, coc-cydynia, traumatic sprain and strain with fascial tears and muscle spasm, osteomyelitis, pyriformis, muscle syndrome, knee pathology, foot pathology and herniated, or slipped interverte-bral disc. It is interesting to note the discrepancies of statistics in Herniated Disc diagnosis. Howbeit, 90% of proven disc cases respond to conservative treatment. Sacro-iliac strain as a cause of back pain is highly exaggerated; simple anatomy will discount any suggestion to the contrary.
Temperature change and moisture — Contraction of ligamentous structures results from sudden temperature changes, particularly chilling, or after sudden air drying of wet skin.
Postural defects — Instructions toward proper posture and postural habits should begin in the home and school; adolescence is particularly and important time for vigilance against poor posture habits. The body has a proper initial alignment, but also must shift to maintain erect position. If one area cannot relax normally or tighten coordinately, then its opposite acting muscle will have to guard balance movements constantly. This brings on undue fatigue of muscles and strain of connective and supportive ligaments. A few faulty posture conditions which contribute to Low Back Pains are: over-curvature of lumbar spine (sway back), obesity with sagging abdomen, flat chest with protruding chin (stoop posture), shortened Achilles tendon and proated feet.
Therapist In This Field
Orthopedists and other M.D.s are not the only practitioners interested in low back and fascio-myositic cases. Osteopaths manipulate the spine and muscles to some good effect; furthermore, their educational background teaches them to realize their limitations. Chiropractors practice on the theory of vertebral displacement causing pain on the nerve root as it exits from the intervertebral spaces; their inherent basic medical backgrounds assures a certain amount of danger due to sins of omission and it is hard to conceive of their cure to a backache of anymore than primary muscle spasm or of psycho-genie origin.
Masseurs, naturopaths and various other cults thrive on the inadequacies of treatments by organized medicine. However, organized medicine is beginning to realize the value of physical medicine; physical therapists and even physiatrists are accepted members of medical societies and ancillary professional associations.
Jimmy Cox
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