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Back Problems and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
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Back problems are some of humanity’s most frequent complaints. Back pain and back problems are the fifth most common reason for all doctor visits in the United States.  Somewhere between 80 and 90% of all adult Americans have back problems at some point in their life. It is estimated that five out of ten working adults in the United States have back pain every year.

Your human spine (or backbone) is made up of small bones called vertebrae. Your vertebrae are stacked on top of each other to form a column. Between each vertebra is a cushion known as a disc. Ligaments hold the vertebrae together, and bands of tissue called tendons attach muscles to the vertebrae.

Openings in each vertebra line up so as to form a long hollow canal. Your spinal cord runs through this canal from the base of your brain. Nerves from your spinal cord branch out and leave your spine through the spaces between the vertebrae.

There are many different kinds of back problems that you can have with all of the vertebrae, ligaments, tendons, discs and muscles in your back. There are also extremely serious problems that can happen with your spinal cord. Some of the back problems you can have are:

§  Degenerative Disc Disease

§  Herniated discs

§  Kyphosis

§  Sciatica

§  Scoliosis

§  Spinal Stenosis

§  Spondylosis

§  Spondylolisthesis

§  Whiplash

§  Back pain.

It is important to remember that back problems are not your disorder. Back problems are an indication of an underlying condition.

Some of the ways that you may be affected by back problems are continuing stiffness or aching anywhere along your spine, from your hips to your neck. It can be chronic aching in your middle or lower back, especially after standing or sitting for extended periods of time. You may have sharp, localized pain in your lower back, upper back or neck, especially after doing strenuous activity or lifting heavy objects.

When the pain goes downward along the back of your leg or is accompanied by fever, this is an indication that your back problems may be caused by a serious underlying condition. Other indications are tingling, numbness or loss of control in your arms or legs, dull pain in one area of your spine when getting out of or lying in bed, or the pain increases when you cough or bend forward at the waist.

Back problems and/or the underlying cause of them may prevent you from working. They may be the cause of your disability.

Do you need help? Do you need financial assistance?

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration? Were you denied?

If you are going to appeal the denial, consider this. People who have a dependable disability attorney representing them like the one at disabilitycasereview.com are approved more often than those without a lawyer.

Do not delay. Contact the caring disability attorney at disabilitycasereview.com, today.

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Degenerative Disc Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, March 26th, 2010
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There is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about degenerative disc disease. Part of the confusion that people have is that the term sounds like a progressive disease. However, the term, “degenerative disc disease,” is a misnomer.

The term “degenerative” implies to most people that the symptoms will get worse with age. The disc degeneration will probably progress over time, but the low back pain from degenerative disc disease usually gets better instead of worse with the passage of time.

Also, degenerative disc disease is not really a disease, but a condition that at times can produce pain from a damaged disc. Finally, people are confused about degenerative disc disease because medical professionals do not agree on what does or does not determine a diagnosis of degenerative disc disease.

Spinal discs are soft, compressible discs that separate the interlocking bones that make up your spine. These discs act like shock absorbers for your spine, enabling it to twist, flex or bend. Over time these discs wear and tear, or deteriorate. This is something that happens to all of us as we age, but not everyone experiences low back pain with the deterioration of these spinal discs.

Degenerative disc disease can take place anywhere along your spine. Usually, it occurs in your lower back (lumbar region) or neck (cervical region).

The signs and symptoms of degenerative disc disease are usually lower back or neck pain, but it is not the same in everyone. Some people have no pain, but others with the same degree of disc damage experience severe pain that hinders activities.

Where you have pain is determined by where your affected disc is. If you have a deteriorating disc in your neck you may have pain in your neck or arm. If the affected disc is in your lower back, your pain may be in your back, leg or buttocks.

The pain you experience often gets more intense when you reach up, twist or bend over.  It is also possible for you to have tingling or numbness in your arm or leg with degenerative disc disease.

The effects of degenerative disc disease and/or complications resulting from it can be debilitating. You or a loved one may be disabled and in need of financial assistance because of this disorder.

Have you or your loved applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by degenerative disc disease and/or complications resulting from it? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may plan on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, consider this.

You will need a disability lawyer like the one at disabilitycasereview.com to assist you in this process. This is true because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

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