Cervical and Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

What is cervical and lumbar degenerative disc disease?
Cervical and lumbar disc degeneration disease are common causes of neck and back pain. The latter of the two is more so. Lumbar degenerative disc disease affects 266 million individuals worldwide.

What is cervical disc degeneration?
Cervical disc degeneration develops when the neck’s intervertebral disc or “cushioning disc” breaks down due to wear and tear or extreme torque and force.

Symptoms:
Due to the breaking down of the intervertebral disc, painful symptoms may arise, including:

What is lumbar disc degeneration?
Lumbar disc degeneration is similar to cervical disc degeneration as it also develops when the intervertebral disc breaks down. Injury to the back, loss of water content in the spine, and poor posture are a few causes to the

Symptoms:
Due to the breaking down of the intervertebral disc, painful symptoms may arise, including:

For the physician to diagnose either cervical or lumbar disc degeneration disease, the patient must have a physical examination. The physician may focus on the neck or back during the examination, depending on the symptoms. In addition, the physician may order an MRI to show the spinal stenosis and spinal cord compression.

Every case of cervical and lumbar disc degeneration is unique to each patient. That’s why we provide treatments that provide non-surgical and surgical therapies. Non-surgical therapies include physical exercise, chiropractic treatment techniques, physical therapy, and over-the-counter pain medications. Both therapies seek to eliminate the previously mentioned symptoms. Discover which treatment is best for your needs by contacting us to schedule an evaluation.