Cervical vertebrae

October 16th 2013 I was at work performing my normal duties, when as I lifted on a box to put it on a self above my head, I felt and heard a tearing/popping sound coming from my left shoulder. I was in serious pain after that. My employer had me feel out an accident report, and then sent me to their doctor. After being examined by the doctor, I was told that I just strained my left shoulder and put me on a temporary restriction, which limited the amount of weight I could lift. I was also told to

This is a 58-year-old male with a 5/27/2010 date of injury. He was working in an awkward position underneath a machine on the bottling line when he heard and felt a painful pop in his left knee, as well as a "funny" sensation in his right knee. DIAGNOSIS: R. knee pain 01/06/16 Pain management Report described that the patient has a history of chronic low back pain and right lower extremity pain. The patient has a spinal cord stimulator since 01/30/15. The patient visited today for follow-up and

Dr. Lewellen’s treatment plan consisted of treatment twice a week for four to eight weeks, followed by treatment once a week for four to eight weeks, with re-evaluation at that time. He further recommended imaging of his lumbar spine, if his symptoms did not improve within three weeks. He also used corrective chiropractic adjustments, neuromuscular re-education, and therapeutic rehabilitative exercises to help stabilize the injured areas of his spine. July 24, 2015 – July 29, 2015 – Physical Therapy:

renal pelvis and right proximal ureter. There was small right renal cysts and calcifications. CT of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast dated 10/15/2014 showed diffuse sigmoid colon diverticulosis without evidence of diverticulitis. MRI of the cervical spine without gadolinium dated 04/09/2015 showed severe 5mm left lateral recess focal disc protrusion with moderate canal stenosis and flattening of the left ventral cord and mild to moderate left neuroforaminal stenosis at C4-5. At 3-4, there was

REASON CHIEF COMPLAINT: Cervical and lumbar pain. HISTORY The patient is a 62-year-old male with a long history of cervical and lumbar pain secondary to degenerative disk disease and spondylosis. He also is noted to have multiple other problems including a fairly severe left rotator cuff arthropathy which does require surgery on the left. It is important to note that this is important because the patient has been wheelchair bound since 2013 and now has difficulty with ambulation. He also has

This is a 51-year-old female with an 11/4/2013 date of injury, when she slipped and fell on a wet floor landing on her buttocks. DIAGNOSIS: Lumbar Region Pain 01/04/15 Note indicated a request for authorization for Neurodiagnostic Neuromonitoring for the surgery, which sis scheduled on 01/06/15. The procedure codes that will be done include: 95941- Intraoperative Monitoring 95938 - Upper & Lower SSEP 95870 - EMG 1 extremity (4 muscles or less) 95927 - Cortical SSEP4 95861 - EMG2 Extremity (5

Operative Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Introduction Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS) affects a significant proportion of people in the population and can cause discomfort, limit activities of daily living, and can lead to significant disability. Even though numerous technological advancements have been made in the treatment of LSS, its management continues to be a challenge for both patients and healthcare professionals. Spinal Stenosis is a condition characterized by either narrowing of the

DIAGNOSIS Due the patient’s symptom reproduction with the straight-leg-raise test, the SLR measurements remaining between 30-60 degrees hip flexion, the positive slump test, the described radicular pattern, and diminished Achilles DTR the therapist concluded that the examination findings were consistent with the medical diagnosis of L5/S1 disc herniation with associated nerve root involvement. (CITE) Therefore, the physical therapists diagnosis was practice pattern 4F: Impaired Joint Mobility,

Lordosis, may be known as swayback, is a pathology where the spine in the lower back has an excessive curve. The spine has natural curves at the top of the back, and lower back. Lordosis occurs when the natural curve in the lumbar region, curves more than normal. If the client has lordosis they will have an arch in their lower backs. Lordosis can often be confused with spondylolisthesis. Causes Lordosis is normally caused by having weak recuts abdominal and gluteus maximus and the quadratus lumborums(Q

Multiple Myeloma Presenting With Spinal Cord Compression: Case Report Liew Chiu Yee Abstract Multiple myeloma is a haematological malignancy characterized by clonal proliferation of malignant plasma cell in the bone marrow with diffuse bony involvement. The spine is the most common skeletal site being involved. This case report describes a multiple myeloma patient presented with spinal cord compression and illustrates the aspects of differential diagnosis, the use of laboratory and imaging for diagnosis