Conditions
I have a diagnosis. What does it mean?
Every condition with its course, diagnostics, warning signs, conservative and surgical options. With sources, without promises.
Herniated disc of the lumbar spine
A herniated disc in the lumbar spine presses on a nerve root and causes pain that runs into the leg. Most resolve within weeks without surgery. Surgery is…
Cervical spineHerniated disc of the cervical spine
A herniated disc in the cervical spine causes pain that runs from the neck into the arm and fingers. Most improve without surgery. It is different when the…
Cervical spine · Lumbar spineSpinal stenosis
Spinal stenosis is a wear-related narrowing of the spinal canal. In the lumbar spine it causes heavy legs when walking that ease when sitting; in the cervical spine…
Lumbar spineSpondylolisthesis (slipped vertebra)
In spondylolisthesis, one vertebra is displaced forwards relative to the one below it — through wear or through a gap in the vertebral arch. Usually it is stable…
Cervical spine · Lumbar spineFacet joint osteoarthritis
Worn vertebral joints are almost the rule on imaging from middle age onwards; whether they hurt is decided by the examination. Typical is a deep low back or…
Sacroiliac jointSacroiliac joint pain (SI joint syndrome)
In SI joint syndrome the pain arises from the sacroiliac joint: one-sided, deep at the small of the back, on getting up, climbing stairs and turning over in…
Cervical spineCervical myelopathy
In cervical myelopathy, a wear-related narrowing of the cervical spine puts pressure on the spinal cord itself. The signs are quiet: clumsy hands, an unsteady gait, often hardly…
Thoracic spine · Lumbar spineOsteoporosis and the spine
Osteoporosis is a loss of bone mass and bone structure that does not itself hurt — in the spine it becomes noticeable only when a vertebral body gives…
Thoracic spine · Lumbar spineVertebral fracture (vertebral compression fracture)
Most vertebral fractures arise in later life through osteoporosis under everyday loads, and they heal without an operation. Three questions decide the treatment: is the fracture recent, is…
Thoracic spine · Cervical spine · Lumbar spineSpinal metastases
Spinal metastases are deposits from a cancer in the spine, the most common site of bone metastases. Most are not operated on but treated with radiotherapy and medicines.…
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