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While considering neck spurs surgery and possibly other neck surgeries, you should have a look at the conditions that can be treat through minimally invasive laser spine surgery.

Foraminal Stenosis

When spinal nerves exiting the foramen are being compressed, the result is known as foraminal stenosis. Do to alterations in the blood vessels that drain blood from the area the cauda equina between the stenosis levels become congested. By preventing the nerve roots from conducting effectively, this congestion will affect people more while walking. There can be a great deal of pain in the buttocks, thighs and legs when this happens. Numbness or weakness may accompany this pain.

Sciatica

This term is used to classify the pain that is felt along the sciatic nerve. Sciatica pain is most often described by patients as sharp shocking pain starting at the buttocks and traveling along the back of the thigh and down the leg. Sciatica is most often caused by a herniated disc, although there are a few other causes that may produce this pain. Sciatic diagnosis is most often done through MRI and if the MRI shows a herniated disc it is important to be referred to a spine specialist. A spine specialist will best be able to recommend the proper course of treatment once he looks at your MRI or X-ray.

Signs and symptoms of sciatica

• Shooting pains from the buttocks, traveling down the leg
• Cramping sensations in the thigh
• Pins and needles or a tingling sensation in the legs and thighs
• Burning sensation in the thigh

Pinched nerve

The damage or injury to a nerve or set of nerves is termed as a pinched nerve. Compression, constriction or stretching of the nerve will usually result in this injury. Pain that radiates outward from the injured area, pins and needle sensations, numbness and burning sensations are most often a few of the symptoms for a pinched nerve. If your foot or hand has ever “fallen asleep” you have felt the most common example of a pinch or compressed nerve. Tennis elbow, peripheral neuropathy, and carpal tunnel syndrome are all by products of pinched nerves. Depending on the extent of the pinched nerve, the damage can vary from minor, temporary damage to a long-term permanent condition. To prevent further damage or complications early diagnosis of a pinched nerve is important.

Bone spurs

A bone spur formation is a smooth bony growth that develops over long periods of time as we age. The bone spur in itself is not pain, and many of us have them without knowledge. The effect that bone spurs have on nearby nerves or the spinal cord is what causes the pain associated with them.

There are openings behind each spinal disc and under each joint allowing nerve roots to leave the spinal cord heading to other places in the body. The opening known as the foramen encloses the nerve and is just large enough to let it pass. If a bone spur develops in this area it will cause significant pain.

The pain caused in this area from a bone spur is the result of the bone spur making the foramen opening smaller increasing pressure on the nerve. This is only one of the many back pain problems that can be associated to bone spurs.