Degenerative disc disease as the name suggests is the wear and tear of the disc over a period of age. Best part first, degenerative disc disease is not a disease of disc. Infact it is referred to as the degeneration of the disc over the age due to regular wear and tear. The problem or the symtoms that this condition of degenerative disc presents is that of lower back pain along with instability. Since it is a age related change in the disc hence it is going to increase with the time. The degenrative disease can be at the neck level which is called cervical degenerative disc disease and at the lower back level which is called lumbar degenerative disc disease. At our spine clinic in New Delhi we get patients with pain and spasm in lower back and neck. Infact the muscle spasm is body’s own mechanism to stablize the spine.
SYMPTOMS
The most common symptom of the degenerative disc disease that we have noticed while examining the patients at the spine clinic in New Delhi is continuous pain in back or neck which at times increases in intensity. Other symptoms of the degenerative disease are:
Pain in back or neck with increased activity or while bending
Instability or a feel of imbalance while walking or moving around
Neck or back muscle spasm
Radiating pain in shoulder, arm, hips or buttocks depending upon the affected area
Excessive pain while standing or walking for long period
Pain in back or neck with increased activity or while bending
TREATMENT
Dr Sudeep Jain is one of the most dynamic and well trained spine specialist in New Delhi. Dr Sudeep Jain has been treating patients with degenerative disc disease at his spine clinic in New Delhi for long time. The plan of treatment for the degenerative disc disease at Dr Sudeep Jain’s Spine Clinic is mostly conservative in nature. Patient is advised medication and the team of physiotherapists at the centre provides the patients with the best exercises as advised by the spine specialist Dr Sudeep Jain. In some patients, if the physiotherapy is not effective which generally happens in case of advanced disease, the best treatment is epidural injection or the nerve block injection which provides long term pain relief to patients.
