Spine Conditions

Bone spurs are abnormal growths that form on top of normal spine bones due to aging as the body tries to strengthen frequently used bones. These spurs can cause pain by causing friction, interfering with spine joints, or pressing on nearby nerves.

A bulging disc is a condition related to the spine, usually the lower back, occurring when a disc bulges outside the space it should normally occupy through a crevice in the spine.

A type of severe fracture of a spinal vertebrae.

A specific type of Spinal Stenosis.

A milder type of vertebral body fracture.

Degenerative disc disease refers to the natural changes in spinal discs that occur with aging. Over time, everyone will experience some degree of disc degeneration.

A joint that underwent wear and tear, leading to friction between two bony surfaces as a result of wearing of the intervening cartilage. This can happen in the back part of the spine.

These are various degrees of disc herniation.

Facet disease occurs when the facet joints connecting the vertebrae degenerate due to age-related wear and tear. As spinal discs thin, more stress is placed on the facet joints, causing inflammation, bone spurs, and arthritis, known as facet syndrome.

A complex syndrome characterized by continued pain after multiple back fusion surgeries.

Foraminal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal foramen, where nerves exit the spine. This can pinch the nerves, causing pain and other symptoms.

A herniated disc, also called a slipped or ruptured disc, often results from spinal injury. Tears in the outer layer allow inner gel to leak out, causing pain and other symptoms.

Refers to the chronic and persistent pain in the low back, lasting for more than 2 weeks.

Pain that mainly radiates or throbs in the thigh, lower leg or foot. This pain can be associated with numbness or pins and needles sensations, or it can be isolated to sharp or dull pain.

Refers to chronic pain in the back of the neck or upper back area, sometimes radiating to the shoulder area on either side, and lasting for more than 2 weeks.

The acute or chronic contraction of muscle, leading to sharp or throbbing pain in the neck or back.

A pinched nerve happens when pressure from surrounding tissues, like bone spurs, herniated discs, or ligaments, compresses a nerve. Symptoms include numbness, “pins and needles,” burning sensations, and radiating pain.

A severe form of disc herniation, usually involving free fragments of disc displaced on impinging on nearly nerves.

A condition that refers to pain radiating down the leg because of impingement or pinching of one of the small nerves that form the big sciatic nerve, that controls all muscles of the leg.

Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty.

Is a form of disc herniation.

Also called Spondylolisthesis is the abnormal alignment of one spinal vertebrae over another, usually from a congenital defect in the elements that align the spinal vertebrae. This condition can cause chronic low back pain or leg pain, or both.

Arthritis can affect any part of the body, even the spine. It occurs when the cartilage in the joints is worn down as a result of wear and tear, aging, injury or misuse. A bone spur can cause wear and tear or pain if it presses or rubs on other bones or soft tissues such as ligaments, tendons, or nerves in the body.

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of one or more areas in your spine, most often in your upper or lower back. This narrowing can put pressure on your spinal cord or on the nerves that branch out from the compressed areas. Symptoms might appear gradually or not at all. They include pain in your neck or back, numbness, weakness or pain in your arms or legs, and foot problems.

Tumours that originate from the spinal cord, spinal nerves, or the covering of the spinal cord and nerves, such as schwannomas and neurofibromas.

Spinal tumors arise in the bony elements of the spine. They can be benign and asymptomatic, benign but progressively growing (leading to nerve compression or fractures), or cancerous, originating in the spine or spreading from other parts of the body.

The progressive degeneration of bony and ligamentous spinal elements leads to multiple manifestations, such as degenerative joint disease, bone spurs, and spinal stenosis.

Is the abnormal alignment of one spinal vertebrae over another, usually from a congenital defect in the elements that align the spinal vertebrae. This condition can cause chronic low back pain or leg pain, or both.

Fractures involving the front (anterior) part of the vertebrae of the spine.