Life With My Pet Back

For those of you who have been diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) I hope this is useful information. If you have walked out of the doctors office with the diagnosis but without a real understanding(like I did!), it is well worth your time learning and finding out as much as you can about it. Its your back, make sure you understand all you can and then ask more questions specifically about you and your situation. Please follow the links below to find out more. Spine Universe Article Low Back Pain and DDD Video Degenerative Disc Disease Spine-Health what is Degenerative-Disc-Disease Lose The Back Pain System Lose the Back Pain, is a system of self assessments to determine what physical imbalances you may have that may be causing your pain, then specific and targeted exercises to follow to address the imbalances, along with pain reduction strategies.    Follow Jasmine Ann Raintree's board Back And Sciatic Pain Strategies. on Pinterest.

Degenerative Disc Disease!! When I was told I had that I felt sick to my stomach. I knew I had Sciatica and back pain , I did not know I had an Actual disease!! Well after I did some of my own research turns out that Degenerative Disc Disease is in fact not a disease at all. Degenerative Disc Disease, often known as DDD , is a natural part of getting older. It happens. It is not contagious or of risk to anyone else. With time everyone experiences some changes in their discs. Some people will get symptoms associated with that process, others will not. It showed up on my MRI scan quite clearly that I had DDD in my L4/5 and L5/S1 discs which showed up black on the scan results and a narrower space than the other discs. DDD is where the gel type substance in the discs dries out. The discs over time, lose their shock absortion role and become more stiff. In addition the ligaments around the disc tend to become brittle which leaves them at risk of tears. Degenerative disc disease is ...

I would like to share my back pain story with you and if you find it useful that will make me happy.I am always impressed with people who knowledgeably negotiate their way through back pain and if that's you I hope you laugh with me at how naïve I was when i was trying to work my way through the back pain maze. I did not try everything and I am well aware people have success with things which did not work for me and vice versa. If you want to know how it was for me please read on….. This account is not always pretty and I am not always proud, but it is a frank, and very personal journey.….. A year ago I knew nothing of the trials of back pain. Sure I had a riding accident when I was 10 and since the age of 18 minor episodes of backache, spasms and pain, but always resolved quickly, if not completely….a few treatments, rest, and back to normal. In my youth I was athletic, loved horse riding and running and nothing was stopping me. After all isn't a little back pain part of...