Discopathy is synonymous with degenerative disease of the intervertebral disc and has no cure. But don't be alarmed. Read the text below. You are on the website of the doctor who published the largest international book ever written on degenerative disc disease: DR. PINHEIRO FRANCO!
For it is important to know that discopathy is the main phenomenon involved in causing lower back pain, and around 80% of people will have pain in the lumbar spine throughout life. So everyone should try to understand more about the subject of disc disease in order to avoid problems, pain and hassle later on in life.
All the diseases shown here can be found in Dr. Pinheiro Franco's 834-page book published in Germany.
Look at bulging discs, herniated discs, facet arthrosis (facet hypertrophy), degenerated discs, osteophytes or “parrot beaks” (osteophytes).
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The subject of discopathy and degenerative disc disease as a cause of low back pain has been intensively studied by Dr. Pinheiro Franco in his 834-page book Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Disc Degenerative Disease.
The book explains the causes of low back pain, the chemical, inflammatory and mechanical processes involved in causing low back pain and sciatica. The book also presents the various treatments that exist today and that can be used. So you understand that, faced with so many treatments, it's not easy to find out which is the best for each case. So come to us, book your appointment now. Don't waste your time.
A degenerative spine disease is a natural process that we all go through over the years. Don't be alarmed by the term “degenerative”. The best thing to do, if you've discovered that your spine has degenerative disease, is to go to a renowned neurosurgeon who can really clarify, without exaggeration or omission, what is happening to your spine. Make an appointment with us.
When a person reads the words “degenerative disc disease” on the report of their MRI scan, they are often startled, perhaps thinking that it might have something to do with a neurological disease such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), which recently claimed the life of the great scientist Stephen Hawking.
In fact, degenerative spine disease is something completely different. It is the natural aging process of the spine that can have a series of consequences on your quality of life, with pain in the spine, leg, neck, limitation of movement, etc. One of the leading international authorities on this subject is Dr. Pinheiro Franco, a neurosurgeon dedicated to the study of degenerative spine disease. Dr. Pinheiro Franco recently published largest book dedicated to disc degeneration. The book “Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease” is now a worldwide reference for doctors and surgeons all over the world. Here you'll find some information, but the best thing is to come in for a consultation and discuss with our team of surgeons and physiotherapists the causes of your pain and the best treatment options among the many that exist.
Back pain that bothers so many people is the result of discopathy, which is synonym for intervertebral disc disease or degenerative degenerative disc disease. Discopathy is the phenomenon involved in causing low back pain. Take a look now your MRI report and see if you can find these words “discopathy” or “disc degeneration” there.
This subject has been extensively studied by Dr. Pinheiro Franco in his book on low back pain “Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Disc Degenerative Disease“.
In degenerative lumbar degenerative disc disease,the doctor's correct decision on the treatment is fundamental to the success of the treatment.
Discopathy is a natural process of the ageing human being. aging human being. In this process, there is a dehydration of the intervertebral disc, which loses its proper function.
What can discopathy cause? (Various spinal diseases are direct/indirect results or consequences of discopathy)
- disc protrusion
- herniated disc
- narrowing or stenosis of the lumbar spinal canal
- cervical canal stenosis
- interapophyseal arthrosis
- disc-osteophyte complexes (parrot's beak)
All of the above are events that correspond to a degenerative evolution of the discopathy.
Discopathy, being the result of a natural process natural process of the ageing spine, has no direct relationship 100% with symptoms. symptoms. In other words, having discopathy does not necessarily mean that the person will have lower back pain.
There are people with disc protrusion, discopathy and disc degeneration with pain and people with these same findings who have no pain! There are several mechanisms involved in the genesis of pain. Among them, of course, are inflammatory processes.
More information can be found in a medical consultation with Drs. da Família Pinheiro Franco, Dr. Luiz Fernando, Dr. João Luiz .
In the book that Dr. João Luiz wrote on on the subject of low back pain, a book entitled “Advanced Concepts in Degenerative Degenerative Disc Disease”, the co-authors were the famous surgeons Drs. Alexander Vaccaro (USA-Philadelphia), Edward Benzel (USA-Cleveland) and Heinz-Michael Mayer (Germany).
Come to our Pinheiro Franco Clinic and we'll analyze your particular case. The multitude of information available today on Google and other non-specialized sources confuses people who often don't know which way to go.
Who should I see when I have a herniated disc?
Look for someone who has international respect as a reference in the treatment of this problem.
If you're reading this, come and see the team of doctors who have already written a book on the subject and who, in 2016, launched the 1st international book in English ever published by a Brazilian. International book, in English, never before published by a Brazilian, which deals exactly with this subject: discopathy - degenerative disc disease lower back. All this from the famous German publisher SPRINGER. Come and see for yourself during your consultation with us. Pinheiro Franco Clinic, specializing in Neurosurgery.
The Director of the Pinheiro Franco Clinic, Dr. João Luiz Pinheiro Franco, works hard to control the quality of what is published in Spine Science and Neurosurgery.
BUT how does he do it? He is the only Brazilian member of the Editorial Board of 5 respected international scientific journals: North American Spine Journal SPINE, European newspaper column European Spine Journal, North American newspaper Clinical Spine Surgery, newspaper World Neurosurgery and the journal of the North American Spine Society NASSJournal.
In other words, the foreigners want to hear from Dr. Pinheiro Franco about the main back and nerve problems.
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