Some of the terms commonly used to describe and injury to the disc that sits between two vertebrae include herniated disc, prolapsed disc, and ruptured disc.

Calling this injury a “slipped disc” is misleading, as an inter vertebral disc is tightly sandwiched between two vertebrae that the disc is actually attached to, so it cannot slip. The disc is actually grown together with the adjacent vertebrae and can become damaged by being squeezed, stretched and twisted, all in small degrees. It can also be torn, ripped, herniated, and degenerated.

>What You Notice

Pain from a herniated disk will be more noticeable when you’re active, and seems to get better when you’re resting. Coughing, sneezing, sitting, driving and bending forward may make the pain worse. The pain gets worse because these movements put more pressure on the nerve. The location of the pain depends on which disk is weak. How bad the pain is depends on how much of the disk is pressing on the nerve. Some people have pain in both legs. In some people, the legs or feet feel numb or tingly.

What It Feels Like

• Mild or intense back pain
• Shooting pains down one or both legs
• Sharp pain when twisting to the left or right
• Trouble controlling limbs, loss of balance
• Numbness and tingling in feet or legs
• Pain moving or lifting the arms, or moving legs
• Sciatic symptoms

What To Do You may take some over-the-counter pain medications like ibuprofen or acetaminophen, but only identifying and healing the disc will help the pain actually go away. You should immediately schedule an appointment with Sacramento Spine & Disc to receive anti-inflammatory WaveTherapy™ and decompression treatment to begin healing the disc.

Above, How the center of a disc, the pulpous, squeezes out through a tear in the outer disc and pushes against the spinal nerves. The pinched nerves radiate pain.

In these views, the tear in the outer disc is visible as the disc interior, the pulpous, creates a bulged or torn “hernia”, that squeezes out between the vertebrae pushing into the nerves that emerge from the spinal cord along the spine. The pressing causes sharp shooting pains to be felt near the hernia area, and down the length of the entire nerve.

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Type Migraine Therapy into your search engine and be amazed that there are over one MILLION responses! With that kind of PR, it seems strange that every 10 seconds, somebody goes to a hospital emergency room with a migraine headache. Some say that in at least 10% of the population or 1 in 4 homes there is someone who suffers from Migraine headaches. You will find articles and various treatments with which to educate yourself. If you know a migraine sufferer, learn how to help. If you suffer them yourself, you will be pleased to know you have someone on your side to help you deal with a specific Migraine Therapy. Call us and ask about the many Migraine Therapies available. There will be a treatment for you that will make you both happy.

IS IT A MIGRAINE?

Symptoms of different types of headaches:

Migraine
• Affects 18% of women and 6% of men in the USA
• Pulsing or throbbing pain
• Sensitivity to light and noise
• Nausea or vomiting
• Often on one side of the head
• Lasts four hours to three days

Tension headache
• “Vise-like” pressure or ache around the head; no throbbing
• Tightness in the neck
• Occurs in forehead, temples or back of the head and neck
• Lasts 30 minutes to seven days

Cluster headache
• Affects less than 1% of population mostly men
• Also called suicide headache
• Piercing pain on one side
• Often accompanied by eye pain or watering, runny nose
• Lasts 30 to 45 minutes and recurs in clusters in the same day
• Can go on for weeks or months, then stop for months or years

Sinus headache
• Pressure around the nose and cheeks and under the eyes
• Usually accompanied by a fever and infection or allergies

Rebound headache
• Result of overmedicating initial headache(s)

Organic headache
• Rare, caused by brain tumor, aneurysm, hematoma, infection, hemorrhage or meningitis
• Symptoms come on suddenly, including pain, lack of balance and behavioral changes

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When you think of arthritis, you think of inflammation. Inflammation is a process in which the body’s white blood cells and chemicals help protect us from infection and foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses.
In some diseases, however, the body’s defense system (immune system) triggers an inflammatory response when there are no foreign substances to fight off. In these diseases, called autoimmune diseases, the body’s normally protective immune system causes damage to its own tissues. The body responds as if normal tissues are infected or somehow abnormal.

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Arthritis is notably the most common of disabling diseases known to man. At least ten percent of the world population experiences experience arthritis with thirteen million people in the U.S. alone. Many sufferers restrict daily activities and 750,000 people are so disabled they are unable to attend school, work, or perform daily functional tasks.

Two Kinds of Arthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis develops usually before age 45, and deforms the bones and joints through inflammation caused by substances found in the blood. Osteoarthritis is usually present after the age of 45, and is the natural ageing and “wear and tear” on the joints of the body due to age and activity. Both forms of arthritis cause inflammation of the joints and tendons causing pain and movement restriction.

Spinal osteoarthritis can also be experienced in the form of Osteophytes, which can cause trouble with discs, and contribute to degenerative disc disease.

What You Notice

Arthritis sufferers may begin to notice stiffness in walking and in the movement of the hands and feet. Dull aches that seem non-specific may be identified, as well as pain and redness/swelling in specific joints. Sufferers may experience mild fatigue, loss of grip strength in the hands, and other muscle weakness that may cause imbalance when standing or walking.

What It Feels Like

• Stiffness in the legs, feet, hands, knees, elbows
• Difficulty using feet and balancing
• Thick feeling in fingers, inability to make a fist
• Difficulty sitting for long periods
• Inability to squat or kneel
• Pain moving or lifting the arms, or moving legs
• Pain using hands to operate scissors, pens, etc.

What To Do

Reducing inflammation is one of the major keys to treating arthritis. Call Spine & Disc and ask for an appointment to discuss using Newlife WaveTherapy™ to reduce reduce overall muscle, joint and tendon inflammation resulting from overuse, bursitis, and sports injuries.

	Rheumatoid Arthritis causes physical change and deformities resulting from compounds in the blood. This may also occur after high fevers, severe illnesses, tuberculosis, and from viral agents.
	Osteophytes, or bony growths may form on the spine, or at other joints causing pain.
	Different forms of osteoarthritis are experienced by intense use of a specific joint such as “Tennis Elbow.” Some experience “Household Knee,” which is really an inflammation of the tendon. Tendentious can severely affect the use of a joint, and is treated with inflammation-reducing treatments such as WaveTherapy™

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Facet syndrome is a condition in which the joints in the back of the spine degenerate and subsequently cause pain.

The facet joints are found at every level on both sides of the lumbar spine. They provide about 20 percent of the twisting stability in the low back. Each facet joint is positioned at each level of the spine to provide the needed support especially with rotation.

Facet joints also prevent each vertebra from slipping over the one below. A small capsule surrounds each facet joint providing a nourishing lubricant for the joint.

Also, each joint has a rich supply of tiny nerve fibers that provide a painful stimulus when the joint is injured or irritated. Inflamed facets can cause a powerful muscle spasm.

Facet joints are in almost constant motion with the spine and it is quite common for them to simply wear out in many patients. When facet joints become worn or torn, the cartilage may become thin or disappear. The bone in the joint underneath can produce an overgrowth of bone spurs and an enlargement of the joints. When that happens, we say the joint has arthritic changes, or osteoarthritis, which can produce considerable back pain when a person moves. This condition may also be referred to as facet joint disease, or facet joint syndrom

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Whiplash and whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) can be exhibited as a range of injuries to the neck caused by or related to a sudden distortion of the neck called extension. Although it is commonly associated with rear-impact motor vehicle accidents, the injury can be sustained in many other ways, including falls from bicycles, chairs and stools, or even horses. It is one of the main injuries covered by car insurers.

What You Notice

You may notice an immediate pain and aching, or nothing at all in the beginning stages. Whiplash can gradually invade your life with headaches, back and neck pain, memory loss and weakness in limbs. Mild to progressively severely disability has been reported

What It Feels Like

• Mild or intense neck pain
• Stiffness and tension, inability to rotate the head
• Mild or intense headaches
• Migraines, sensory deficits with hearing and smell
• Trouble controlling limbs, loss of balance
• Cerebral blood flow interruption causing dizziness
• Pain moving or lifting the arms
• Dislocation, spinal damage, herniated disc symptoms

What To Do

X-rays, films, and other tests, such as CT scan, MRI scan, and electromyography can be used to further define the exact causes of sciatica. The image and resolution produced by MRI is quite detailed and can detect tiny changes of structures within the body. For some procedures, contrast agents, such as gadolinium, are used to increase the accuracy of the images.

Twenty-five to thirty percent of people experience spinal issues following whiplash incidents that are not treated. Sacramento Spine & Disc recommends that individuals involved in an accident that involves whiplash or injury to the cervical vertebrae receive an examination. Most insurance carriers cover this procedure.

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Neuropathy is a condition that simply means “nerve pain”. A common form is referred to as Peripheral Neuropathy, a disorder that is separate from the spinal cord and the brain, but causes extreme discomfort. Peripheral neuropathy, also called distal symmetric neuropathy or sensorimotor neuropathy, is nerve damage in the arms and legs. Other types of neuropathies include Autonomic Neuropathy, Proximal Neuropathy, and Focal Neuropathy. Most of these nerve conditions are caused by diabetes.

What You Notice

Peripheral Neuropathy produces muscle weakness and loss of reflexes, especially at the ankle, leading to changes in walking. Foot deformities may develop such as hammertoes and the arch may collapse. Blisters and sores may start to appear on numb foot areas due to unnoticed pressure or injury. These injuries can become infected, spreading to the bone, resulting in amputation. It is estimated that half of amputations are preventable if issues are found and treated.

Autonomic Neuropathy affects the nerves of the heart, affecting blood pressure and blood glucose levels. It also affects internal organs, causing problems with digestion, respiratory function, urination, sexual response, and vision. .

What It Feels Like

• Numbness, loss of sensitivity
• Tingling and an prickling or burning sensation
• Sharp pains and cramps
• Loss of balance or coordination
• Sensitivity to touch, even light touching
• Shaking and lightheadedness
• High heart rate
• Severe pain in pelvis, eyes, chest, shins, abdomen
• Bell’s Palsy on one side of the face

What To Do

If you think you have a diabetes-related neuropathy, see a caregiver immediately. Spine & Disc can treat many kinds of neuropathies, and can detect if you may need deep medical attention, while providing relief for immediate pain. Spine & Disc uses WaveTherapy™ the Newlife Protocol™ treatment to relieve neuropathic pain.

	Peripheral Neuropathy, (left) is also called distal symmetric neuropathy or sensorimotor neuropathy. This is nerve damage in the arms and legs. Feet and legs are likely to be affected before hands and arms. Many people with diabetes have signs of neuropathy that a doctor could discover, but you might feel no symptom
	Autonomic Neuropathy, (left) affects the nerves that control the heart, regulate blood pressure, and control blood glucose levels. Autonomic neuropathy also affects other internal organs, causing problems with digestion, respiratory function, urination, sexual response, and vision.

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A Bulging Disc is not the same as a herniated disc, but a lot of the symptoms are the same, and in many ways they are similar.

A herniated disc is a rupture… a hernia. When the hernia occurs, the gel-like pulposa leaks from the center, and pushes against the disc outer wall. If it ruptures, a chemical is released that causes the nerves to swell. Bulging discs “bulge out” from between the vertebrae and press on the spinal cord and nerves causing mild to intense pain.

What You Notice

Pain from a bulged disk is similar to that of a herniated disc. Pain is more noticeable when you’re active, and seems to get better when you’re resting. Coughing, sneezing, sitting, driving and bending forward may make the pain worse. The pain gets worse because these movements put more pressure on the nerve.

The location of the pain depends on which disk is weak. How bad the pain is depends on how much of the disk is pressing on the nerve. Some people have pain in both legs. In some people, the legs or feet feel numb or tingly.

What It Feels Like

• Mild or intense back pain
• Shooting pains down one or both legs
• Sharp pain when twisting to the left or right
• Trouble controlling limbs, loss of balance
• Numbness and tingling in feet or legs
• Pain moving or lifting the arms, or moving legs
• Sciatic symptoms

What To Do

You may take some over-the-counter pain medications like ibuprofen or acetaminophen, but only identifying and healing the disc will help the pain actually go away. You should immediately schedule an appointment with our office to receive anti-inflammatory WaveTherapy™ and decompression treatment to begin healing the disc.

A Herniated Disc shows the pulpous ruptured through the inner disc wall, flattening out a bit and pushing against the spinal cord and nerve.

The Bulged Disc, below it, is irritated, and pushing against the spinal cord. The diagram below shows how closely the disc sits next to the spinal cord.

There are many disc disorders that can cause pain because they press on the spinal cord and its nerves. Besides bulging, degenerated and thinning discs can cause issues where there is not enough cushioning between vertebrae. The aging process also causes bone spurs and other formations that cause degeneration of the discs as well.

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Spinal Stenosis is a common back problem as the spine ages. As the spine compresses with age, the bone fans and bulges creating irregularities that can damage the nerves in the spinal cord.

What You Notice

Symptoms will gradually become noticeable, then intensify and worsen over time. Usually, one side or the other of the body is affected, not both. As the symptoms progress, if not treated, they can become intensely painful, and if the injury to the nerve is serious enough, it may kill the nerve, or make healing impossible. Symptoms are more likely to be present or get worse when you stand or walk upright. They will often lessen or disappear when you sit down or lean forward. Most people with spinal stenosis cannot walk for a long period of time.

What It Feels Like

• Numbness, cramping, or pain in the back, buttocks, thighs, or calves, or in the neck, shoulders, or arms
• Weakness of a portion of a leg or arm
• Difficulty or imbalance when walking
• Problems controlling urine or bowel movements
• Problems urinating or having a bowel movement

Take Action

See us immediately so that the severity of your condition can be determined. Swift action can prevent permanent nerve damage involving complete loss of sensation in the feet and legs.

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The term “Sciatica” can include a number of different resulting conditions all stemming from a root cause. Sciatica is a set of symptoms including pain caused by general compression and/or irritation of one of five spinal nerve roots, or irritation of the left or right or both sciatic nerves.

What You Notice

You will notice a burning sensation, numbness, or tingling radiating from the lower back and upper buttock down the back of the thigh to the back of the leg. sciatica can make walking difficult if not impossible.

What It Feels Like

• Shooting pain when walking or bending at the waist
• Sharp stabbing pains when moving the legs in certain positions
• Pain lying or reclining in positions you begin to notice as consistently painful
• Numbness in the feet and toes
• Trouble controlling limb, loss of balance
• Shooting Pains

What To Do

X-rays, films, and other tests, such as CT scan, MRI scan, and electromyogram can be used to further define the exact causes of sciatica. The image and resolution produced by MRI is quite detailed and can detect tiny changes of structures within the body. For some procedures, contrast agents, such as gadolinium, are used to increase the accuracy of the images.

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