Articles 13–24 of 112, from the practice of Dr. M. Abdur Rehman, consultant neurosurgeon, Faisalabad — part of the same list as all 112 articles. Browse by category instead: Brain · Conditions · Cost & practicalities · Endoscopic surgery · Laser & other procedures · Microscopic & microdiscectomy · Recovery & living with it · Spine health · Symptoms & diagnosis.
A cervical disc herniation presses on a nerve in the neck, sending pain, tingling or weakness down one arm. Most cases settle within six to twelve weeks with medicine, physiotherap…
In cervical disc surgery, the surgeon removes the damaged part of the disc that is pressing on a nerve or the spinal cord, working through the front or back of the neck. What repla…
An osteoporotic spine fracture is a collapse of a weakened vertebra, often after a small fall, a cough, or lifting something light. Most heal with pain control, bracing and osteopo…
Both cause taang mein dard, but the trouble sits in different places. A slipped disc presses a nerve root inside your lower back. Piriformis syndrome irritates the sciatic nerve un…
A second slip disc is not inevitable. Most people who recover, with or without surgery, never herniate the same disc again. Your best protection is the first year: walk every day, …
Sacroiliac joint pain sits low, just beside the dimple above your buttock, and usually stays above the knee. Sciatica from a slipped disc travels down the back of the leg, past the…
Sciatica hurts more in the leg because the problem sits at the nerve root in your spine, not in the leg itself. A disc bulge presses the root, and pain travels down the path that n…
A slip disc happens when the soft centre of a spinal disc pushes out and presses on a nerve, causing kamar dard and taang mein dard. Most cases settle within six to twelve weeks wi…
Spinal infection symptoms are a fever combined with steady, worsening back pain that does not ease with rest, especially pain that wakes you at night. Other signs include unexplain…
Spinal stenosis is narrowing of the spinal canal that squeezes the nerves to your legs. Standing and walking make the pain worse; sitting or bending forward opens the canal and eas…
Ordinary back pain usually eases with rest and improves within weeks. A spinal tumour is more likely if pain wakes you at night, keeps getting worse instead of better, comes with u…
Spinal tumours are rare. The pattern that raises concern is back pain that wakes you at night, pain that does not settle with rest, and weakness or numbness that is getting worse w…