After developing spine-related symptoms, whether caused by injury or an underlying condition, patients can reduce how intense symptoms are by temporarily changing the way they do daily activities.
Treatments
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Activity Modification
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Acupuncture
Acupuncture describes a family of procedures involving the stimulation of anatomical points on the body using a variety of techniques.
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Alternative Treatments
More Americans are looking beyond Western medicine to help relieve their back, neck, and spinal joint pain, including osteoarthritis of the spine.
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Anterior Cervical Fusion
In cases where arm pain is caused by a cervical disc bulge or herniation or from degenerative changes producing osteophytic spurs (aka “bone spurs”), the pain is called cervical radiculopathy.
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Aquatic Therapy
Aquatic Therapy is a viable option for rehabilitation of spinal issues from low back pain, degenerative disc disease, surgeries and fusions.
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Artificial Disc Replacement
Replacing a damaged disc with an artificial disc can reduce pain in the neck or lower back.
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Artificial Disc Replacement (ADR)
An artificial disc (also called a disc replacement, disc prosthesis or spine arthroplasty device) is a device that is implanted into the spine to imitate the functions of a normal disc (carry load and allow motion).
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Bone Graft Alternatives
Bone grafts are bone that is transplanted from one area of the skeleton to another to aid in healing, strengthening or improving function.
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Bone Growth Stimulation
Bone growth stimulation (BGS) is a therapy your surgeon may prescribe following a spinal fusion procedure.
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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMP)
One of the most critical components of building, healing and remodeling bone in humans is a process called osteoinduction.