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Recently diagnosed with Degenerative Joint and Disc Disease?

I want to know what treatment options there are,also how long will it take until i may not be able to do some of the things i currently do now.I work at a restaurant and at times lifting and other physical work is required.i want to be able to do the things i do,but will admit at times pain is unbearable and causes problems with some of the tasks i perform at my job.I wish to not take pain meds,is there another alternative.Need more information on the prognosis of this disease.Thank you for any input any of you may have,as it will be greatly appreciated.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    One treatment you may want to explore is a minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat herniated or bulging discs as a result of DDD. In my area, the provider I know of that performs this type of minimally invasive procedure is North American Spine. They have a page on their site that includes videos of the procedure and you can see how it is performed and what it can treat.

    www.northamericanspine.com/watch

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    5 years ago

    standards for diagnoses of TMJ is often the guy has a historic previous of jaw, neck and each often times sinus discomfort and problems. in case you grind your tooth at evening or clench your jaw a lot is can worsen TMJ. What TMJ is, is the jaw bone does not hook in on the jaw joint top each and every of the time. My Dentist defined it to me as there is, a minimum of in my case, some bone lacking that hooks the decrease jaw to the back of the better jaw. My TMJ motives me to have problems to boot jaw discomfort whilst my jaw is going out of joint. an entire face X-Ray confirmed the bone difficulty I fairly have. sleep with a evening shield in my mouth so i won't manage to grind my tooth or clench my tooth too not difficulty-free in my sleep and it fairly works for me. At seventy 9 Years old i might contemplate whether it fairly replace into TMJ or maybe in basic terms age proper arthritis. yet it is as much as her Dentist or orthodontist to be sure.

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