Such injuries range from sprains and strains requiring chiropractic or physical therapy treatment to more serious cervical and / or
lumbar disc herniation or fracture injuries.
Nonetheless, certain injuries are encountered more frequently in NJ total disability cases, such as
lumbar disc herniation (lower back), cervical disc herniation (neck), spinal fracture, paralysis, brain and head trauma, burns, amputation, and chronic pain problems.
In cases where the cause of sciatica is
lumbar disc herniation, surgery is the most common approach.
Sequence variant at 8q24.21 associates with sciatica caused by
lumbar disc herniation.
Prior studies found that 41 percent of physicians routinely question patients with
lumbar disc herniation about sexual problems.
Symptoms of an open valve mainly include loose stools, bloating, flatulence, general poor digestion, low back pain and
lumbar disc herniations (without an onset of obvious trauma — i.e.: not simply bending down to pick something up), fatigue, headaches, halitosis, etc..
Not exact matches
Interesting theory and maybe relevant for people who suffer from the painful and incapacitating symptoms of
lumbar disc bulging or
herniations, have short hamstrings and thoroco -
lumbar fascia and are overweight.
Furthermore, shifting the weight backwards will load the hip extensors and shift most of the stress below and above the
lumbars, leaving the most vulnerable area for
disc herniations out of the picture.
Most
disc herniations are near the junction of the thoracic and
lumbar spine (T - L junction) however, cervical (neck)
disc disease accounts for about 15 % of all canine
disc herniations.
Pain in the lower back following a car accident is usually the result of one of the following common injuries:
lumbar sprains,
disc herniations, or spinal stenosis.
In 2010, the plaintiff filed a claim against the city for «personal injuries, including left hip pain, right leg pain, lower back pain and
herniation of her
lumbar discs at L4 - 5.»
The medical evidence was mostly consistent: her physical injuries include moderate right paracentral
disc herniation at C3 - 4 on the right side and moderate paracentral
disc protrusion at C6 - 7 on the left causing irritation of the left C7 root; and a bulging
lumbar disc irritating the
lumbar roots, all of which result in chronic left - sided neck, arm and low back pain, dizziness and headaches.
[59] There is a conflict in the evidence concerning the cause of the
herniation of the plaintiff's
lumbar disc at the L5 - S1 joint.
[318] In arriving at this conclusion I accept the opinion of Dr. Maloon, in preference to that of the plaintiff's medical experts, that the soft tissue injuries the plaintiff sustained in the accident would not have been «significant enough to alter the natural history of her neck or low back condition» and that the «
disc herniation would be the result of the natural history of the
lumbar degenerative
disc disease and not the result of injuries that she may have sustained in [the accident].»