I had a patient yesterday undergoing a MRI. It shows a large part of his disc has bulged out and is irritating his nerve. The medical doctor in explained about a new procedure to remove the bulge called plasma nucleoplasty. This is successfully used in cases with lower back pain and sciatica caused by disc [...]
Lower back pain can have many causes and sometimes there is a intervertebral disc that is at fault. This video illustrates a disc in the lower back and how it degenerates, eventually bulging causing pressure on the spinal nerve. The end result can be lower back pain and leg pain as is mentioned in the [...]
This video focuses more in detail of the cervical spine, the bones in your neck. The cervical spine has two unique vertebra at the top with special movement capabilities, hence the neck is sometimes divided into; upper cervical spine and the lower cervical spine.
Found this brief descriptive video of the human spine and the nerves that runs within it. I wanted to share with this with you so that you can have an initial basic understanding of the human spine. We will go through the anatomy and function of the spine more in detail in future posts.
