Website: neckandback.com, Forum askspinedoc.com, Subscribe www.youtube.com Appt: 970-479-5895 Connect with Dr. Corenman: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com Back Pain Book: whybackshurt.com Presentations www.slideshare.net Images and Illustrations: www.flickr.com LinkedIn, visit: www.linkedin.com Dr. Donald Corenman is one of a handful of individuals that are both an MD and doctor of chiropractic (DC). His practice with the Steadman Clinic in Vail, CO serves the Vail Denver area with patients traveling from the US and abroad seeking resolution for chronic back pain and failed surgical treatment. Dr. Donald Corenman, MD, DC (neckandback.com | 970-479-5895), is a Colorado spine surgeon and dedicated researcher and lecturer of all areas of the spine. He recently created the website listed above for patients, physicians, colleagues and other spine surgeons to use as a 2nd resource when seeking out information on conditions and surgical options relating to the spine. Dr. Corenman is an expert in all degenerative conditions, as well as sports-related and traumatic injuries of the spine. As a Colorado spine surgeon, performs state-of-the art surgeries to correct these conditions in his patients. He recently created this video on lumbar foraminal stenosis to provide an explanation of a pinched nerve in the lower back. Lumbar foraminal stenosis is condition of the spine that is very similar to lumbar spinal stenosis because it involves the narrowing of an area within …
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PINCHED NERVE SPINE
Sep 15
Nerves in general, especially nerve roots, are not getting actually “pinched” as in getting a kink in it, but instead, most of the situations people are describing as a pinched nerve, is actually a situation in which there is a pressure increase (or a partial pressure increase) on the nerve. From experiments in nerve physiology, we know that nerves do not respond well to increase pressure on them, and indeed, even a relatively small increase in pressure can have dramatic effects and in causing nerve pathology. In the area where the nerve exits the spinal cord, and moves outward to supply the body, any decrease in the patency, or opening size of the “hole between the spinal bones” or “intervertebral foramen” can have a disastrous effect on nerve function. A decrease in the size of the opening of the intervertebral foramen is called “foraminal stenosis” and a decrease in the size of the canal which transmits the spinal cord, is called spinal canal stenosis. Now, there is not a pill for this ill. In other words, one can take pain killers and muscle relaxants until they are coming out of your ears, and if one still have improper alignment, or lack of movement of a spinal segment, in combination with improper alignment, then drugs won’t fix it. Much like a shoulder which has become dislocated, there needs to be a physical intervention to bring back proper alignment and proper function. In the case of a subluxed vertebral complex, an adjustment or spinal manipulation is the …
Visit orthopedics.healthanimations.com for FREE videos, illustrations and patient handouts for healthcare providers. This animation shows the source of neck pain problems with the anatomy of a typical cervical (neck) spine and intervertebral disc. Details include orientation of the cervical spine, movements of the spinal vertebrae, and movement of intervertebral discs. A cross-section of the intervertebral disk and spinal cord highlight the nucleus pulposus, annulus fibrosus, spinal cord, dura mater, spinal root, and spinal nerve.