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    Forty-two-year-old male has been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine of L4, L5, and S1 of the sacrum region. Patient also have a mild case of osteoarthritis in the sacrum region of the spine with radicular pain originating at the fifth vertebra. Patient complains of lower back pain while standing and walking which cause the patient to take frequent breaks to relieve pain. At times patient, must lie down to gain comfort from radicular pain. However intervertebral disk change with age and is known as degenerative changes relative early in life. Cell senescence in the disk has been linked with degenerative disease, with move senescence of cells in the nucleus pulpous compared to the annulus fibrous in individuals with…

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    Living Under Circe's Spell

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    In the short essays “On Being a Cripple,” by Nancy Mairs, and “Living Under Circe’s Spell,” by Matthew Soyster, two different authors expose what their life was like after being diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis). The first essay is a piece that discusses years of dealing with this chronic degenerative disease, reflecting on what it has taught the author, how it has made her a better person, and also talks a lot about how society should treat the disabled as normal people. The second is a…

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    Speech On Concussions

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    The effects of a concussion are so dangerous ¨They found a suicide rate of 31 deaths per 100,000 patients — three times the population norm. The mean time between a mild concussion and suicide was 5.7 years, and each additional concussion raised suicide risk.¨ The people that killed themselves over a concussion were found having CTE in their brain ¨Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in athletes (and others) with a history of repetitive…

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    bent, behind the knee. There should be no arch in the neck or back. Hold this for four to six seconds before lowering into the starting position. Two sets of ten leg raises is recommended as strength improves. Lying on your stomach with your elbows and arms stretched above your head, raise one arm with the opposite leg two to three inches off the floor. Hold this position for four to five seconds before returning to the starting position. As strength improves, two sets should be completed.…

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    Synovial Cyst

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    They herniate from the degenerative intervertebral facet joint capsule, most commonly in the lower lumbar spine at L4-L5 level (2). A synovial cyst that extends to the spinal canal can result in intractable back pain, radiculopathy and cauda equina. These symptoms largely depend on the size and location of the cyst (3). Although non-operative therapy and spontaneous regression of synovial cysts have been reported in the literature (4, 5), complete cyst excision remains the mainstay treatment in…

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    Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is a degenerative disease of cervical spinal. The onset is usually insidious, with long periods of fixed disability and episode of worsening of events are taking place. Concerning to the pathophysiology of cervical spondylotic myelopathy, the injuries which are frequently repeated to the spinal cord are caused by static mechanical factor, dynamic mechanical factor and spinal cord ischemia. These factors are responsible for affecting the spinal cord through…

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    Degenerative Disk Essay

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    The people of the united states need to know about the degenerative disk disease. the effects. do you know about this disease. Do you anybody with this disease. the effects of degenerative disk disease are as followed it is the symptoms of pain and possibly radiating weakness or numbness stemming from degenerated disk in the spine. The back just gets old and the disks get old and rot and can’t hold the back up. Degenerative disk disease leaves patients wondering what exactly the disease means…

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    Chronic Back Pain

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    people from 30 to 60 years of age are more likely to suffer from disc problems such as herniation or degenerative disc disease. However, People over 60 are more likely to suffer from joint degeneration caused by osteoarthritis or spinal stenosis. Causes of chronic back pain The spine is an intricate combination of bone, cartilage, and nerves that fit together to form a tough, flexible column. It is composed of 33 vertebrae with soft discs of cartilage that fits between them. The discs…

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    your greatest strengths were and how you could use those to help you advance in your career? Many people probably think they have certain personality strengths until they take an assessment to see what they actually are. I recently took a personality assessment utilizing the DISC method of scoring to see what my more dominant personality traits were. The results came back a little different than what I thought of myself at first but the more I pondered on it, the more it made sense. My three…

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    In this day and age people fly through gears pushing everything to its limit. With that being said we need the best ways to bring our vehicles to a stop. Over the years our braking systems have been improved over and over. In the said old days we used “spoon” brakes. Today we use ABS, air brakes, drum brakes, disk brakes, and they are even coming out with full contact disc brakes. But those are still a work in progress and it will be a few years until we see those on any type of vehicle. So in…

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