Not long ago, patients with cervical disc problems in their spine received a spinal fusion to relieve the pain. Now, with the release of a new device, the Mobi-C is an option for many. It is the first ...

Usually the first step is conservative treatment. Patients who have radicular symptoms but who do not have weakness or myelopathy can be treated conservatively. Conservative treatment can include ...

Can I Treat the Pain on My Own? There are several things you can do to relieve pain from a herniated disk or degenerative disk disease. At first, take it easy, and avoid any activities (such as sports ...

The neck and arm pain caused by degenerative cervical (neck) disc disease may be eliminated by replacing the problem disc with a metal-on-metal artificial disc, said Loyola University Health System ...

This article was written for our sponsor, Dr. Sameer Mathur, Orthopedic Surgeon. Approximately 1.1 million patients in the United States suffer from symptomatic cervical disc disease each year. This ...

The FDA recently approved the Medtronic Prestige LP Cervical System for treating degenerative disc disease at two adjacent vertebral levels (between C3 and C7). The device is said to be Medtronic’s ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The evolution of spine surgery in the past decade has allowed for the development of new techniques that make it possible to make smaller and smaller incisions ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Early composite clinical success showed similar outcomes ...

Adding to the already length list of reasons not to smoke, researchers have connected smoking to worsening degenerative disc disease in the cervical spine, according to research presented this week at ...

Nearly 1 million Koreans were treated for cervical degenerative disc disease in 2018, according to data from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS). Cervical disc disease occurs when one or more ...

As discussed in the previous article "Good posture for forward neck syndrome," forward neck posture syndrome is not a disease but rather a type of physical ailment. Therefore, forward neck posture ...

A recent assessment by the BCBSA TEC in August 2009 found that the use of "artificial intervertebral disc arthroplasty for the treatment of patients with cervical degenerative disc disease does not ...