Recent content by Snicklefritz

I spoke with a doctor in Germany who said that they actually did an ADR on a 76 year old person. They evaluate the bone density and other factors of each patient and don't go strictly on age. OA can be reduced I believe by exercises of what type I don't know but it would be painful because...

rlsmas, 1st, snicklefritz I believe was a term of endearment given by parents and grandparents of German decent it meant mischievous boy or child, or even an outright rascal. I was given the name by a boss who got tired of me asking "Why?" all the time when he was teaching me the art of...

The support system of tendons and ligaments don't necessarily have to be shot if you wait. There are specific exercises that can be done to strengthen the small ligiments and tendons along the entire spine that may even help with pain in the meantime while waiting for surgery. I put of surgery...

360fusion, If indeed the FDA hasn't approved multi-level ADR yet. If you can at all get away with only having one level fused the FDA did start trials or has already done trials on artificial discs at adjacent levels to fusions. As a matter of fact by this time that may already be approved...

If the bone is actually fractured I am not certain that the FDA or the doctor would be able to use an ADR (fake disc) Most of them require that you have hard cortical bone. When my discs at C5-7 initially ruptured I was able to prevent surgery for 17 months with the correct Physical Therapy...

If you still have hard cortical bone at C6-7 then I would strongly suggest looking at the Pro-Disc-C which has been used in Germany for many years and has good statistics to back it up. I do not believe it is on the FDA list because Dr. Bertagnoli (designer) does not want to bother with the...

There is no more reason to have fusion except in rare cases in the US. The FDA has approved an artificial disc for use in the lower back in October of 2004. If your doctor is unaware find one that is aware and can perform the procedure if fusion of lower back is being recommended. Also there...

I live in Chicago and this summer I would like to go camping, along with hiking, fishing, wildlife viewing, maybe even swimming (Lake Michigan). Is there anywhere less than 2 hours away that you would recommend? (Southern Michigan, Western Indiana, etc)