The jelly-like material at the center of your disc has just torn through the fibers designed to contain it, and you now have a herniated disc
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A pain where your femur joins to your pelvis, distinct from your low back
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A painful knee can be caused by simple biomechanical imbalances, or torn ligaments. What’s the cause of your knee and joint pain?
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A very severe condition that if acute likely needs surgical intervention to prevent permanent neurological damage
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Neurological issues, like a pinched nerve, neurodegenerative disorders, vascular disorders, autoimmune conditions, and less commonly primary muscle dystrophies, can cause your muscles to be weak.
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An inflammatory condition of a peripheral nerve
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Also known as peripheral neuropathy. Its causes are myriad.
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When a nerve exiting the spine is being squeezed, it can cause shooting or burning pain, numbness, or tingling.
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A cause of pain in the buttocks and occasionally sciatica from an imbalance in a muscle called the piriformis. This must be distinguished from a herniated disc for proper treatment.
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Another term for a herniated disc. A prolapsed disc can occur in the cervical spine, infrequently in the thoracic spine or most frequently in the lumbar spine.
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A pain that is experienced down the course and length of a nerve that is caused by a pinched nerve typically in the spine. Sciatica can be a form of radiculopathy.
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A backward slippage of one vertebra over another typically the result of degenerative disc disease. This can lead to back pain, and even pain radiating into your arms or legs.
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This is simply a term for pain down the back of your leg. It is a description, not a diagnosis as many people believe it to be.
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The pain in your shoulder could be from a sprained ligament, a strained muscle, a torn rotator cuff, a tear in your labrum, an A-C separation, or a referred pain from an organ, or a pinched nerve in your neck.
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A narrowing of the spinal canal. While many are diagnosed with this, it is more of a description than a diagnosis. What we need to understand is what is causing the stenosis!
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Simply put, a spondylolisthesis, or spondy as it’s called in medical circles, is a forward slippage of one vertebra on another. It’s mostly caused by a genetic defect in the pars (a small bone connecting the front of the spine to the back), and in the elderly degenerative disc disease often allows the vertebrae to slip forward.
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A defect in the bone connecting vertebrae. Spondylolysis may be causing you no pain at all, but may instead leave you vulnerable to a spondylolisthesis.
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A loss of blood to the brain either by a clot blocking blood flow, or a bleed not allowing blood to reach its target
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The number one cause of hypothyroidism in the U.S. is Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. However, Synthroid and Levothyroxine do not treat this condition.
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Also called an annular tear, any tear in the disc can lead to pain in the upper back, arms, or legs. Surgery will not help with such an issue, but after a thorough neurological exam, we can determine the cause of the tear and alleviate the pain.
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