Degenerative Disease Archives

Spinal Degenerative Disc DiseaseVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH4M-i4JJrg Dr. Georgiy Brosuvanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains spinal degenerative disc disease starts when the discs collapse. "Discs maintain the space between bones, if the disc becomes sufficiently small, the nerve becomes compromised and then patients start to develop pain that goes from their back down to their extremities." He also [...]

Spinal Degenerative Disc Disease

What is Lou Gehrig’s disease?Ask Hanna

ALS is an abbreviation for the disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Also known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease”, ALS is a progressive degenerative disease that affects the nerves that control voluntary movements and muscle power. The specific types of nerves affected are the “motor neurons”, located in the brain and spinal cord. These are the nerves that […]

What is Lou Gehrig’s disease?

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