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Do you have a spinal condition that’s causing you chronic pain intense enough to interfere with your life or day-to-day activities? Are you afraid you’ll never be able to get your pain under control or that it might continue to worsen as you age?
Many people with spinal disorders feel frustrated, confused, and helpless about their conditions. As many as 500,000 people suffer from some form of spinal injury each year. The good news is that you can ease your concerns and fears by gaining a better understanding of your condition.
At NJ Spine and Orthopedic, we work to help you understand your symptoms, diagnose your condition and inform you of the various treatments. Below is an overview of the most common types of spine conditions, as well as other orthopedic conditions.
Kyphosis, sometimes known as a hunchback, is an excessive rounding of the upper spine. In older adults, kyphosis may develop due to weakness in the spinal bones causing them to compress or crack. Other types of kyphosis seen in children and teens may appear due to malformation of the spine or continual wedging of spinal bones over a period of time.
Scoliosis is an irregular sideways curvature of the spinal column and is most often diagnosed in early childhood and adolescence. The spine’s normal curvature occurs at the cervical, lumbar, and thoracic regions, positioning the head over the pelvis and working as a shock absorber to distribute pressure during movement.
Spinal tumors are abnormal growths that occur on the spinal cord, bones, or nerves. Although rare, spinal tumors can occur as primary tumors (arising in the spinal cord) or secondary tumors (metastasizing to the spine from other regions of the body that are affected by cancer). In addition, doctors classify spinal tumors as Vertebral Column Tumors (affecting the vertebrae), Intramedullary Tumors (affecting the spinal cord), or Intradural-Extramedullary Tumors (affecting the meninges).
Spondylolisthesis pronounced (spon-dee-low-lye-sis-thesis) is a common injury that occurs as a result of stress or fracture in one of the bones that make up the spinal column. It’s a common cause of back pain in children, adolescents and athletes who participate in sports like football and gymnastics, where there is repeated stress and trauma on the back.
Spinal stenosis, which mostly affects adults 50 and older, is a condition in which the space in the spinal column begins to narrow. For most people, stenosis comes as a result of arthritis. It has no cure, but various treatments and exercises can be done to keep pain at bay.
The medical term for spinal bone spurs is spinal osteophytes, and they are tiny pieces of bone that stick out from the normal bone in areas where there is inflammation. Friction against other bones causes the production of additional bone cells.
Sacroiliitis is a term used to describe any inflammation in one or both sacroiliac joints. Sacroiliac joints are found in the lower parts of your back where the spine connects to the pelvis and lower skeleton near the hip area.
Pain is your body’s way of telling you that something is not quite right. Lower back pain is often an indication that a nerve in the lumbar spine is being compacted or compressed and that pressure needs to be relieved.
The term “foramen” refers to an opening. The term stenosis refers to a narrowing. Thus, foraminal stenosis refers to a narrowing of the cervical disc space (opening) in the spine. It is mostly caused by a herniated disc, degenerative disc disease or facet arthritis.
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