Aneurysm
A permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening
of the vessel wall.
Back Pain
A nonspecific term used to describe pain below the cervical spine.
Balance Difficulty/Frequent Falls
A nonspecific
term used to describe difficulty standing upright and/or moving around
with ease.
Brain Tumor
The growth of abnormal cells in the tissues
of the brain. Brain tumors can be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant
(cancerous).
Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome
A condition in which the median nerve is
compressed as it passes through the carpal tunnel in the wrist,
a narrow confined space. Since the median nerve provides sensory
and motor functions to
the thumb and three middle fingers, many symptoms may result.
Cervical Spine Disorders
Problems of/or relating to the cervical spine.
Concussion/Head
Injury
An injury to the brain caused by a violent blow; usually resulting
in loss of consciousness.
Herniated
Disc
A disc that is displaced from its position between two vertebrae
when a fibrous extrusion of semifluid nucleus puposus through a
ruptured intervertebral disk. The damage results from pressure
on the spinal cord or nerve roots.
Hydrocephalus
An uncharacteristic swelling in the amount of cerebrospinal fluid
within the skull, causing dangerous expansion of the cerebral ventricles.
Neck
Pain
A nonspecific
term used to describe pain in the neck area.
Pinched
Nerves
The laymen's term for pain perceived to
be coming from the back or spine. It is actually physically difficult
to "pinch" the
nerve.
Sciatica
A condition in which there is severe pain in the lower back and
down the back of the thigh and leg.
Spinal
Injuries
A nonspecific
term used to describe an injury to the spine.
Stroke
Also called a "brain attack" and happens when brain cells
die because of inadequate blood flow. 20% of cases are a hemorrhage
in the brain caused by a rupture or leakage from a blood vessel.
80% of cases are also know as a "schemic stroke", or
the formation of a blood clot in a vessel supplying blood to the
brain.
Trigeminal
Neuralgia Tumors
Lightning-like, acute pain in the face caused by demyelination
of nerve fibers at the site where the sensory (trigeminal) nerve
root for that part of the face enters the brainstem.
