Degenerative Disc Disease Articles
SPINAL DISC PROBLEMS
Why I believe disc degeneration has very little to do with chronic low back pain

Acute Lumbar Disc Herniation
Here at CMRS we often find ourselves going against conventional wisdom in our therapeutic recommendations. Our explanation for this is that we really care for patients and dig diligently for the right answers, and we are not bound by establishment blinders and the need for conformity to an established but arbitrary and often ineffective standard of orthodox care.

Degenerative Disc Disease
When talking back pain, it is important to talk about the intervertebral disc. It is not commonly known that the intervertebral disc undergoes the most dramatic age-related changes of all connective tissue. By the third decade of life, much of the distinction between the annulus fibrosis (outside of the disc) and the nucleus pulposus (jelly middle) is lost, as the latter is progressively replaced with fibrocartilaginous tissue.

Degenerative Disc Disease & the Athlete
Degenerative disc disease (DDD). This is a common form of osteoarthritis in the back. A degenerated disc is one that has lost some water and as a result loses height and flattens. When the disc is of normal height, the ligaments that hold the spine together remain at normal length.

Degenerative Disc Disease & Sports
So you have been diagnosed with degenerated discs. Join the club. Yes, even yours truly had an MRI. What a horrific experience. I had a pinched nerve in my neck and the flu both at the same time. The MRI technician placed me in the exact position that caused the radiating pain down my arm.

ARTIFICIAL SPINAL DISC
The 11-02-2004 edition of The Wall Street Journal ran an article on Johnson and Johnson’s newly approved artificial spinal disk. Once an adequate number of surgeons is trained (it is a very technically difficult operation), the procedure will be offered as the new alternative to fusion operations in the treatment of degenerative disc disease.

Ross Hauser, M.D.

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Dr. Hauser received his M.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago; completed his residency at Loyola-Hines VA-Marianjoy Hospitals in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Hauser is one of the leading experts in the treatment of chronic pain and sports injuries with Prolotherapy. He, along with his wife Marion, have written seven books on the topic of Prolotherapy, a comprehensive book on the natural medicine approach to cancer, as well as a myriad of articles and newsletters for the general public. Read more about Ross Hauser MD

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There is no known cure for arthritis. Prolotherapy and nutritional supplements can help alleviate, reverse, or end arthritic pain by treating an underlying cause that contributes to degenerative disease, ligament laxity. Strengthening ligaments and other connective tissue can help prevent bone on bone arthritis from developing.

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