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 ...

Degenerative disk disease is a progressive condition in which spinal disks deteriorate. Surgery is an option, but less invasive treatments and therapies may also help. Degenerative disk disease is ...

Because of the pain walking brings, the Richmond resident is extremely limited to where she can go and what she can do.

A cervical intervertebral disc can prolapse (hernia or rupture ... surgery is indicated in cases that fail to respond to conservative treatment. Surgical approaches to the cervical spine are usually ...

Some of the more common conditions we treat include cervical and lumbar disc herniations, cervical myelopathy, spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis, and degenerative disc disease. Our office is ...

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 ...