Mr Douglas Koh, a physiotherapist at SGH, says physiotherapy can play an important role in managing pain associated with degenerative disc disease. A treatment plan includes exercises to improve ...

or pain relievers (acetaminophen). • Injections of corticosteroids into the disc space. • Surgery: artificial disc replacement, spinal fusion. Learn more about the medications to treat degenerative ...

Back pain is a common issue that affects millions of people, especially adults, making everyday life challenging. One major cause of this discomfort is a condition called degenerative disk disease.

Degenerative ... pain, the leading cause of disability in people under age 45 in the United States. This condition is also confounding: the factors that account for the vulnerability of the disc ...

A person with this level of progression can experience severe pain, stiffness and possibly nerve compression. There are many ...

A new study highlights a groundbreaking development for chronic low back pain caused by degenerative disc disease (DDD).

The best patient for a lumbar ADR is someone with degeneration of single involved disc, who has not had sufficient pain relief after six months of nonsurgical treatment and who has become functionally ...

“And I’m getting close.” Learn more about Degenerative Disk Disease. The Johns Hopkins Neurosurgical Spine Center is dedicated to relieving pain, restoring function and implementing advanced ...

So, most people experience some level of degeneration ... pain. When the pain became too much to bear, he turned to Dr. Ali Bydon at Johns Hopkins. Pedro Gil was hardly able to move before he came to ...