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Tag: internal disc disruption

  • Painful Intervertebral Disc

    Painful Intervertebral Disc

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on August 14, 2020

    Dr. Aaron Calodney discusses interventions for intervertebral disc pain. He begins by introducing the anatomy and microenvironment of the vertebral disc within the lumbar discovertebral complex, highlighting the importance of proteoglycans in preventing degenerative disc disease. Dr. Calodney goes on to discuss growth factors that influence disc homeostasis and describes results from current animal and human studies demonstrating that mesenchymal stem cell transplantation reduces disc pain.

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  • Role of the Dorsal Root Ganglion in Neuropathic Pain

    Role of the Dorsal Root Ganglion in Neuropathic Pain

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on October 17, 2018

    Prof. Marshall Devor gives an informative lecture on the nature of neuropathic pain, and how it differs in both physiology and treatment from nociceptive pain. He presents compelling evidence that shows that neuropathic pain is mostly generated by the cells within the DRG and not from axonal injury. He discusses a surprising alternative to the widely accepted cause of radiculopathy (sciatica in this case) that physician encounter on a daily basis.

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  • Degenerative Disc Disease And Biological Treatment Of The Spine

    Degenerative Disc Disease And Biological Treatment Of The Spine

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on December 6, 2017

    Dr. Aaron Calodney gives an interesting presentation describing the implications of regenerative treatments for discogenic pain and degenerative disc disease. He explains the differences between these disc pathologies as well as their etiologies. This leads into his discussion of how regenerative medicine has shown progress in treating both of these disc pathologies.

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