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Spine Health | Last Active: Sep 16 11:24pm | Replies (9)
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@jenniferhunter no Injuries and Ive been disabled from my other health problems since 2016, so I live a very low impact life. So its very strange that these bulging discs and other problems are happening. I'm 35 and my back is similar to an older person that's worked a physical job or something. Like I said I have been diagnosed with eds and I wouldn't diagnose myself but I've come to find that if the doctors who I've been seeing and complaining about this have done nothing and haven't referred me to a specialist or anything. I just recently found out it's probably a neurosurgeon I need to see. Just as someone else who commented and I sent several emails to ones yesterday.
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@tenayaisapunkrocker When I was faced with selecting a spine surgeon, I looked up everything I could about their education, research and their areas of interest, publications and awards at spine conferences, etc.. If you do have disc issues at C3 or above, you need a surgeon with a lot of expertise there. The nerves for your life support that control your heart and lungs are exiting the spinal cord around the C 3 area and a lot of surgeons will not operate there. If that turns out to be what you need, you can find those experts at major teaching medical centers like Mayo or Cleveland Clinic or universities with medical schools. Perhaps you won’t need work done there and physical therapy may be an option. My surgery was a fusion of C5 C6 done at Mayo.