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What is the reason for pain when you have a loss of disc height?
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∙ 11y ago
There are 22 vertebral discs in the spine that act as shock absorbers for the nerve system, as well as to separate the two vertebrae that they are located between. When all is working as it should the spinal nerves and the spinal cord will protected and function as they should.
If a spinal disc becomes thinner than it should, and loses its normal height, it will not function well to absorb shock and it will allow the two bones it is placed between to come closer together. This will allow the spinal nerves to receive more impact and shock from normal daily activity and it will make the normal nerve passageway for the spinal nerve smaller than it should be. These changes allow nerve compression to occur, and this can cause pain and other symptoms like numbness, weakness and and muscle spasm. The pain that is felt can be pain near the spine where the disc is thinner or the pain can occur anywhere along its length, or both.
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