Bulging Disk, Growing Pain

Most of us have been troubled by back pain, which can have several causes. But a common source of back pain is a bulging disk.

Your spine consists of soft, jellylike material (called discs) that cushions the vertebrae of the spine. Sometimes a disc moves out of place, which is referred to as a bulging disc.

Bulging discs often develop as we age. As we get older, discs change and shift when they lose elasticity, and this can cause them to collapse and protrude in the spine. Repetitive movements and strenuous lifting and twisting can cause this condition also.

Bulging disc symptoms emerge when the bulge puts pressure on nerve roots that branch off the spinal cord; symptoms begin at the point of pressure and spread to where the affected nerve root travels. For instance, a bulging disc in your neck can cause pain, tingling, and numbness in your shoulders, arms, chest, hands, and fingers.

Although common in the lower back, a bulging disc can occur in the lumbar region of the spine (the area from your waist to hips), the thoracic region of the spine (behind the chest), or in the neck. Using an MRI diagnostic imaging test, a medical professional can determine if you are suffering from a bulging disc.

Bulging disc symptoms can worsen when you are active. Bending forward, driving, and sitting may increase your pain because they put additional pressure on the nerve.

Fortunately, spinal decompression therapy can help. Nonsurgical spinal decompression strengthens and stretches the ligaments in your spine that hold disks in place. Over time, negative pressure from this therapy can help bulging disks to retract, relieving pressure from the nerves and elsewhere in your spine. This helps promote movement of water, oxygen, and nutrient-rich fluids into the disks so they can heal.

To discover how nonsurgical spinal decompression therapy can help you, contact Georgia Medical Treatment Centers in Canton, GA. For information, visit www.georgiaptc.com.

Georgia Medical Treatment Centers in Canton, GA, is a multi-specialty pain management practice that specializes in non-surgical pain relief treatments and rehabilitation for back pain, neck pain, headache, and sciatica, injuries related to auto accidents, and medical weight loss.

Treatment for Degenerated Discs in Canton Georgia

A disc in the spine is considered degenerated when it begins to cause pain, numbness, or tingling. Disc degeneration can naturally come with aging, or be caused by an underlying medical condition.

Also known as degenerative disc disease, degenerated discs are usually painful and can affect the quality of your life. The lower back is usually affected, causing chronic pain. A typical cause of degenerative disc disease includes disc inflammation due to damage or nerve penetration.

A typical spinal disc contains a tough outer layer and a softer inner layer. Normally, spinal discs work as pads for the vertebrae and absorb shock for the spine and assist the spine in smoother movement. When a disc begins to degenerate, both layers of the disc will disintegrate, causing the spinal disc to function improperly. When spinal discs fail at reinsuring comfort and proper functionality of the spine, pain will spread throughout the body.

It is normal for a person’s anatomy to change as he or she gets older. Cracks or tears in spinal discs, thinning of spinal discs, and an increase in space between discs are all typical results of the aging process. Although they are typical and common, these issues can be very problematic.

Some of the most common symptoms of degenerative disc disease include pain while lifting, bending, sitting, or walking and chronic lower or upper back pain. When these pains develop, they may radiate down to the hips, buttocks, thighs, and knees or up into the neck, shoulders, arms, and hands. It is also possible for neck pains to interrupt your body’s normal blood supply to the brain. This can lead to headaches, vertigo, or worsened memory or cognitive abilities.

A solution to degenerative disc disease includes spinal decompression, which will reduce the pressure that has been placed on a spinal nerve or spinal disc. This treatment is offered at Georgia Pain Treatment Center and will lessen any pains in your back or neck that are felt due to a degenerated disc.

Medical Doctors and Chiropractors Work Together to give Pain Relief in Canton Georgia.

 

Meet Dr. Cavacuti

Imagine one pain management clinic where you can get pain relief by both a medical doctor and chiropractor in one visit. Our unique team approach makes Georgia Pain Treatment Centers your best solution for pain treatment that works. Your life can return to normal with a combined pain relief plan involving the care of our medical doctor, our chiropractic treatments, massage therapy plus physical therapy where proper exercise helps your body heal.

Some of the pain relief treatments your medical doctor and chiropractor may recommend for you include...

Spinal Decompression - You comfortably rest on a table as a computer-controlled machine gradually stretches your spine to give you pain relief.

Chiropractic adjustment - Our expert chiropractor applies just-right manipulation of your joints and bones to treat your back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain, wrist pain, hip pain, knee pain or foot pain.

Pain relief injection - Our medical doctor has many kinds of injection that can provide rapid pain relief.

Canton Georgia Medical Weight Loss Progams

We are proud to introduce a new, revolutionary weight loss program that could promise permanent results for patients. It challenges conventional wisdom about weight loss and views excessive weight as a medical condition requiring medical attention. This program has been researched and involves the use of FDA-approved medications. They are fully endorsed medications. Most people have little or no side effects.
Recent statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate that 67 percent of American adults are overweight or obese, up 25% since 1980. Telling an individual to eat less when they are overweight is equivalent to telling a person with asthma to stop wheezing. And, just as a diabetic or hypertensive person can’t be expected to control his or her disease without a suitable diet and medical program, neither should an overweight person.
We have designed this program for the patient who has developed a subconscious food obsession and who has been unsuccessful at achieving and maintaining an ideal body weight with the efforts of our original program. It is essential that the patient understand that the prescription therapy program will be administered as a whole, not just as a drug therapy program. It has three vital components:

• Counseling, which is the underlying success factor
• Moderate exercise
• Prescription therapy

One-on-one visits at least one time per week, nutritional counseling, and the accountability factor make our high quality service and care a top priority.
The second component of this program is moderate exercise. It is a well-known fact that the higher percentage of muscle, the quicker the metabolic rate. We will be encouraging our patients, through our Exercise Guide to engage in some form of light exercise. The final component is the medication, which is combined with the concern and follow-up of our committed physicians.
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