Degenerative disc disease is one of the most common causes of back pain.
In the first part of this video, we will see what lumbar degenerative disc disease is, why it is synonymous with back pain, what the causes are, the symptoms and the consequences on the spine.
In the second part of this video, we will look at what can be done to treat degenerative disc disease, to relieve it or simply to live better with it, and have less back pain.
Highlights in this video:
0:00 - Back pain and degenerative disc disease
1:55 - Composition of an intervertebral disc (annulus fibrosus & nucleus pulposus)
2:46 - Back pain: Disc pinching (symptom of degenerative disc disease)
3:28 - Back Pain: Osteophytes
4:10 - Disc Disease: Who is at Risk and Why?
4:51 - Disc Disease: What can you do?
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Walter's top 3 for back pain relief
6:09 - Relieving disc pain: the benefits of hot water. For people with back pain, the morning shower is the most important moment of the day
7:02 - Back pain relief with thin wooden board: a thin wooden board can quickly become an indispensable and really cheap tool to help back pain sufferers.
See how Walt uses this board to relieve his back while standing, sitting on the couch, in the car, or even in bed.
7:57 - The benefits of walking to relieve disc disease. Walking is the best thing you can do when you have back pain from lumbar degenerative disc disease.
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