Best Annular Tear Treatment in India

Tearing of the annulus can produce pain because the annulus has pain fibers within its structure. Many episodes of low back pain are probably tears in the annulus. This condition is called an annular tear or internal disc disruption or sometimes degenerative disc disease.

A Lumbar Annular Tear most commonly occurring at L4/L5 or L5/S1, may progress to a herniated disc. A lumbar annular tear may result from degenerative disc disease. When an annular tear occurs, the gel-like inner disc material may push through the tear in the outer wall and extrude into the spinal canal. Annular tears often occur as part of the natural aging process as the disc loses water content, and becomes thinner and brittle over the years, potentially deforming and herniating.


Symptoms of Annular Tear

The major symptoms include

• Numbness 
• Tingling 
• Weakness 
• Pain 

Causes of Annular Tears

Annular tears are caused by the natural aging. Since the neck and back are responsible for bearing most of a person's bodyweight, they are susceptible to a great deal of wear over time. By the age of 30, most people's intervertebral discs have begun to degenerate to a certain degree. This degeneration can lead to annular tears since the annulus fibrosus is in a weakened state. Traumatic injury can also cause an annular tear. This is typically seen in those who participate in high-impact sports such as gymnastics and football and in people with strenuous occupations. Those experiencing annular tear symptoms should contact their primary care doctors for information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of their spinal condition.

Treatment for Herniated Discs or Annular Tears

As such, treatment options will be tailored to the person's age, overall health and level of regular physical activity. Annular tear treatment is almost always first attempted conservatively, with a variety of nonsurgical techniques utilized to alleviate the patient's pain and heal the damaged intervertebral disc.
Other examples of annular tear treatment include:

• Epidural injections 
• Pain patches 
• Deep tissue massage 
• Spine alignment correction 
• Hydrotherapy 
• Ultrasound treatment 
• Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation treatment

Surgical Treatment

In most cases, the patient will find sufficient pain relief from a combination of these treatments over several weeks. However, if pain persists, a spine specialist may recommend more advanced treatments, including Spine Surgery, to alleviate the lingering discomfort.

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Degenerative Disc Surgery Chennai

 

Spinal cord discs are the small cushions that fit between each vertebra. Due to aging these discs can "dry out" and begin to crack, resulting in less cushioning between the vertebrae. This is called as degenerative disc disease. Degenerative disc disease leads to pinching of nerves that cause tingling, numbness, pain, or even muscle weakness. 

Degenerative Disc Disease can affect any part of the spine, although common sites are the lumbar and cervical spine. Degenerative disc disease is a common cause of neck and especially low back pain. Disc degeneration is a normal part of aging and usually is not a problem but sometimes it become problematic if it affects disc height such as causing discs to lose height, become thin, and stiffen. Lost disc height narrows spinal nerve root passageways between vertebral bodies and may lead to nerve impingement, lost joint space, inflammation, pain, and micro instability.

Degenerative disc disease causes :

Degenerative disc disease may result from

• Trauma
• Infection
• Natural processes of aging. 

Degenerative disc disease Symptoms :

Degenerative disc disease symptoms may be similar to disc herniation or bulging disc. Cervical degenerative disc disease cause, upper back pain, shoulder and neck pain. Chief complaints associated with lumbar degenerative disc disease include low back, buttock, and/or thigh pain. 

Other symptoms include numbness, tingling, muscle spasms, and weakness. 

Treatments for Degenerative Disc Disease :

For most people, degenerative disc disease can be successfully treated with non-surgical treatments like physical therapy and exercise. Surgery is only considered when if patients have not achieved relief over six months of conservative care surgery is preferred.

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