Moving with More Ease and Less Pain
Standing, bending, and flexing. When you’re young, these motions take little effort and rarely cause pain. But throughout your life, age and injuries can affect the discs that cushion your vertebrae, causing back pain, numbness, weakness, and other symptoms. These might be signs that you have a condition called degenerative disc disease.
As we get older, our discs naturally start to degenerate. It's all a part of the inevitable aging process. But you don't have to live with the pain. At AdventHealth, our experienced team of surgeons, nutritionists, and pain-management specialists use the latest degenerative disc treatments to restore your quality of life. It’s our goal to get you feeling better in body, mind and spirit. As your ally in the journey toward relief and recovery, we’ll give you the education, compassion, and minimally invasive care to help you feel as strong, self-assured, and powerful as possible.
Start Living With Less Back Pain
- Proactively Diagnosing Degenerative Conditions in Your Spine
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With degenerative disc disease, there can be uncertainty about what each moment will bring: stiffness, tingling, shooting pain down your arms and legs. As we age, neck and back pain can feel more and more like daily companions. It might be surprising to learn that medical help can help you close the door on these unwelcome guests.
With full physical and neurological exams, AdventHealth can carefully evaluate factors like range of motion, muscle strength, reflexes, and posture. Our spine-care centers always strive for the most-accurate evaluations possible by providing the best in essential diagnostic imaging tests, including:
- Bone Scans
- CT Scans
- Discographies
- Electromyographies (EMGs) to Measure Nerve Response Times
- MRIs
- Myelograms
- X-Rays
Solid answers and an accurate diagnosis help provide peace of mind. We’ll help give you the guidance you need for relief and rejuvenation.
- Searching for Signals of Degenerative Disc Disease
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Reaching, moving, pushing toward your goals and desires. You have an energetic approach to life. With degenerative disc disease, that energy may feel more and more absent. AdventHealth can help boost your spirit by customizing your care plan to match your needs. We know every case of degenerative disc disease is different. With a chronic pain condition, you need someone to listen, understand, and explain what you’re going through. Our dedicated team of spine-care professionals is here to diagnose and treat all the particular symptoms associated with degenerative spine conditions, including:
- Increased Pain While Walking or Lying in Bed
- Increased Pain While Seated or Standing
- Pain and Stiffness in the Neck or Mid- or Lower Back
- Pain While Reaching Upward, Bending Over, or Turning Your Neck to One Side
- Sciatica That Triggers Shooting Pains in the Arms, Back, Buttocks, or Legs.
Let’s look closely at these symptoms together. Our comprehensive evaluation is the first step to helping you pave a way to strength, energy, and vitality in your everyday life.
- Treatment to Reduce Symptoms of Disc Degenerative Disease
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Dealing with symptoms of degenerative disc disease can make living your life more difficult. But we want you to keep facing each day with a positive outlook. Feel confident knowing your health-care team is pursuing every option to get you the relief you want. With hospitals and specialists who offer some of the most-advanced treatments in the country, AdventHealth will help you gain control of your life. We offer the best surgical and non-surgical options for degenerative spine conditions, including:
- Oral Medications
- Microdiscectomy to Remove Herniated Material from the Disc
- Physical Therapy
- Specially Targeted Exercises
- Spinal Fusion to Stabilize Affected Discs
- Strategies for Addressing Posture and Ergonomic Issues
You want to find your strength again. AdventHealth is here to support you in that endeavor with the whole-person care that doesn’t just treat your body, but cares for your mind and spirit, too. When you have trouble standing tall, lean on us.
Spine Care You Can Count On
Using spinal surgery as a last resort, we concentrate on treating you with nonsurgical therapies such as pain management, physical therapy, and spinal regenerative techniques.