| I have a large herniated disc that hasn't gotten better with conservative care. It looks like surgery is the next step. I'm just starting to check it out. I've heard the new minimally invasive spine surgeries are really the way to go. Is it worth traveling somewhere to get this? | 5 years 47 weeks ago | 408 |
| Why are some cancers called sarcomas? | 5 years 47 weeks ago | 619 |
| What are the signs of bone cancer? | 5 years 47 weeks ago | 583 |
| My daughter has had a few schwannomas removed. What exactly are they and how can the doctors tell that they aren't more serious than they are? | 5 years 46 weeks ago | 372 |
| My husband was diagnosed with an acoustic schwannoma, but another doctor used another name. What is it and what does it mean if they use different names? | 5 years 46 weeks ago | 387 |
| I'm going to have a second back surgery next month. The first one was a spinal fusion at L45. Now I'm having a second fusion. But I'm considerably older now than when I had the first fusion done. My bones are more brittle so I'm not sure using the same kind of bone graft (from my hip) will work. Are there any other ways to do this? | 5 years 46 weeks ago | 444 |
| I had a failed spinal fusion. We used bone graft from a donor bank. Why didn't it work? | 5 years 46 weeks ago | 584 |
| I've always been told it's a good thing to stand up straight like a soldier. But I find myself much more comfortable in a slight slouch. Does it really matter if my shoulders are pulled back and my chin is pulled in? | 5 years 46 weeks ago | 502 |
| Yesterday I had my first treatment with a naprapathic doctor. My main problem is head and neck pain. Today I am very sore and my pain is actually a bit worse. Is this normal? | 5 years 45 weeks ago | 556 |
| Can you tell me what naprapathic treatment is? I have a cousin in Sweden who swears by it for his neck pain. Can I get it here in the U.S.? | 5 years 45 weeks ago | 1029 |
| When I'm at the health club working out, I often see people hanging straight out over the edge of a table for as long as they can. What does this exercise do? | 5 years 42 weeks ago | 491 |
| My doctor prescribed a drug for my nerve pain that seems to be helping. But I'm also starting to get other symptoms I didn't have before. Some of these are as annoying as the pain. What can I do about this? | 5 years 42 weeks ago | 349 |
| My father has some kind of neurodegenerative disorder that's very painful. The doctors say the nerve cells are turned on and got stuck in the on position. If they can be turned on, why can't they be turned off? | 5 years 42 weeks ago | 341 |
| I've had a total hip replacement and can no longer squat down to pick things up. I've always been told to squat, not stoop to lift things. Is this still true? | 5 years 41 weeks ago | 500 |
| What is a recurrent herniated disc and what causes it? | 5 years 40 weeks ago | 951 |
| I saw a special on TV where they are using tiny staples implanted in painful points to help people with chronic neck or back pain. How long do they have to keep the staples in? Do they stay forever? Fall out on their own? | 5 years 39 weeks ago | 497 |
| My cousin just had a spinal fusion. The surgeon used a titanium cage put in between the bones to help hold it up. When I had this operation 10 years ago, they used bone graft from my hip. What else is new these days? | 5 years 39 weeks ago | 452 |
| I've had crystal deposits in my knee that had to be removed. Now I'm having disc problems. Could this be caused by crystals too? And what causes these to grow in my body? | 5 years 36 weeks ago | 542 |
| Have you ever heard of getting scoliosis when you are 70 years old? That's what happened to me. I thought this was something teenagers got. Can you explain how I got it? | 5 years 36 weeks ago | 560 |
| I’m single Mom with three small children to support. I can't afford to take time off from work. Right now I have sciatica so bad, I can't wait tables at my job. Is there some kind of quick in-and-out surgery that could be done for someone like me? | 5 years 36 weeks ago | 460 |
| I went with my husband to the surgeon who is going to do a spinal fusion on him. They are going to use bone from along the back of his pelvic bone for the graft. We had to sign a lot of papers telling us over and over that the donor site could cause problems. Is this really such a big problem? Should we find a different surgeon? | 5 years 35 weeks ago | 585 |
| Last year I had a disc removed and a spinal fusion done. Last month I slipped and fell at the grocery store. There is a fracture in the spine that just isn't healing. The surgeon wants to do a fusion. The last fusion I had hurt so much, I vowed I would never do it again. But now this fracture hurts so much I'm considering it again. What should I expect? | 5 years 35 weeks ago | 344 |
| The last time I had back pain, I heard the doctor use the term "conservative treatment." What does that mean? | 5 years 35 weeks ago | 379 |
| I'm in a tizzy. I just found out that a rod used to fuse my spine for scoliosis when I was a teenager is broken. What will happen? Will I need more surgery? | 5 years 34 weeks ago | 445 |
| I went in for a routine chest X-ray and found out I have three vertebral fractures. I didn't even know I had them. How is that possible? I don't really have a high tolerance for pain. | 5 years 34 weeks ago | 596 |
| I just got a phone call from my brother saying that Mother is in the hospital. Surgery is planned for a pathological fracture of her spine. What kind of a fracture is that? What kind of surgery is done? | 5 years 34 weeks ago | 491 |
| I've been in industry for 40 years now. It used to be if you got hurt, you stayed on the job no matter what. Then for a long time, people just retired early on disability. Now I see workers are coming back to work again after an injury. What controls these swings back and forth? | 5 years 34 weeks ago | 490 |
| My husband had spine surgery that was pretty complicated. I guess they used a new kind of bone graft substitute. He evidently needed more bone than he could donate to himself. What does this stuff look like? Is it a patch or what? | 5 years 33 weeks ago | 418 |
| My mother-in-law is insisting that she wants surgery to fuse her spine in a straight position. Mom has always had a mild case of scoliosis. It seems to be getting worse as she gets older. What do you recommend? | 5 years 33 weeks ago | 330 |
| Dad has been in a steady decline these last few years. His back really seems to be getting worse and worse. Would a brace of some kind help keep him straight? He's started to get more and more twisted. | 5 years 33 weeks ago | 959 |
