Symptoms of degenerative disc disease are most commonly found in the low back or neck. The pain may: • Range from mild to severe and disabling. • Primarily affect the neck and lower back. • Extend to ...

The spinal column is divided into the cervical spine (the neck), the thoracic spine (the abdomen) and the lumbar spine (the lower back). Degenerative disc disease most often affects the cervical spine ...

Conservative treatment can include analgesics, a short course of steroids, avoidance of provocative activities, cervical traction, neck immobilization ... the cervical disc disease or when ...

Many doctors who undertake this task often state that because an x ray examination or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan soon after the injury shows degenerative disc disease (DDD), some or all of ...

Disc degeneration, also called degenerative disc disease, is most commonly caused by age ... As discs degenerate, disc tissue flattens and spreads sideways, sometimes causing back or neck pain. Disc ...

Dr Loo sees many people aged 18 to 35 with neck and lower back pain arising from degenerative disc disease. By age 35, one in three individuals will show signs of the disease on imaging scans ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2006;54(12):3859-3867. Degenerative disc disease is one of today's most common and costly medical conditions. Marked by the gradual erosion of cartilage between the ...

“Now, the number of [people I see about] neck problems is rising because ... pins and needles, and even degenerative disc disease – a condition in which a damaged spinal disc causes back ...

Lumbar degenerative disc disease (LDD) may be associated with low back pain (LBP) and is similar in many ways to OA. LDD is reported in small studies to be associated with increased spine bone mineral ...

Two surgical options yield similar results for degenerative disc disease. For some people with degenerative disease in the lumbar spine, artificial disc replacement (ADR) is superior in several ways ...