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Spinal Stenosis

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Spinal Stenosis Don’t let the diagnosis of spinal stenosis scare you. Stenosis is just the Latin word for “narrowing”. Spinal stenosis is simply a description of your spine. It’s a very weak diagnosis in that it doesn’t really tell you why you have that narrowing. Why do you get spinal stenosis? There are a couple of reasons you get spinal stenosis. Most commonly the narrowing is due to bony spurs that grow on the back…
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Common Medical Myths about Degenerative Disc Disease

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Common Medical Myths about Degenerative Disc Disease Degenerative Disc Disease is a condition in which one or more spinal discs wears excessively to the point of causing the thickness of the disc to be reduced. This loss of disc height results in more stress on the vertebrae above and below the disc. Wolff’s Law states that bone responds to mechanical stress by producing more bone. This is not a bad thing in the case of…
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Tips From A Mother

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I’m remembering a country song that goes a little something like, “'Cause I'm redneck woman, I ain't no high-class broad. I'm just a product of my raisin', And I say "Hey y'all" and "Yee Haw"”. Further into the song she emphatically announces “Some people look down on me, But I don't give a rip. I stand barefooted in my own front yard with a baby on my hip”.
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Scoliosis Treatment

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Scoliosis Treatment This life-changing diagnosis can feel very isolating but know that you are not alone. Scoliosis is estimated to affect at least 5% of the population. Dr. Bret Wickstrom has firsthand knowledge of the helplessness and confusion that comes with the diagnosis of scoliosis. Dr. Wickstrom understands, just like you do, that scoliosis can have the power to impact your life, not only with progressively increasing pain and disfigurement, but also affecting your overall…

Did I Get Shorter?

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  Did I Get Shorter? The answer is likely YES! The question though is “Why?” Everybody gets a little shorter by the end of the day.  Gravity takes its toll on the discs. Between each of the vertebrae in your spine which will start to compress by the end of the day. Assuming you’ve been upright during the day, and you will, in fact, be a bit shorter than you were when you woke up…
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