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    Degenerative Disc Disease Explained
    Degenerative Disc Disease Explained
    Degenerative Disc Disease Explained
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    Degenerative Disc Disease Explained

    By Frederick Earlstein

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    Degenerative Disc Disease plagues the millions of people that suffer from it. This books aims to provide the information sought out by those millions of people. Frederick Earlstein has written this medical education guide to provide an understanding of Disc Disease including medical treatments, alternative treatments and self-cars, nutrition and spine health.

    Treatment, surgery, symptoms, exercises, causes, physical therapy, neck, back pain, and much more are all covered.

    The book is written in an easy to read and understandable style.

    In a straight forward, no nonsense fashion, Frederick Earlstein covers all aspects of Degenerative Disc Disease. The book is full of informative content and answers to your questions – including some you didn’t know you had!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNRB Publishing
    Release dateApr 30, 2014
    ISBN9781941070093
    Degenerative Disc Disease Explained
    Author

    Frederick Earlstein

    Retired high school biology teacher Frederick Earlstein lives to research. When his only niece was diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) at age 14, Earlstein felt helpless. His answer was to start researching the condition and sharing everything he learned with his sister and her family. That project not only resulted in a book on the subject, but also to the successful management of the girl's condition.Earlstein applied the same approach to his own minor problems with blood pressure, allergies, and degenerative disc disease. "It's all about critical mass," he says. "When the notes on my laptop and those piled up on my actual desktop reach a certain level, I start realizing there's a book in there somewhere."Writing about medical issues in plain English has become Earlstein's second career. After retiring from his career as an educator, he began looking around for something to occupy his time. "You can only clean out the garage so many times," he said. "I was trained to be an academic and old habits die hard."Now Earlstein works daily in his home office on whatever manuscript he has at hand. He describes the work as the perfect combination of intellectual challenge and self-employment. "I decide what to write about and when to write it," Earlstein says. "Typically I pick a subject because I know someone who is grappling with the problem and with understanding the information they're being given."A firm believer in the power of informed consent, Earlstein is appalled by how difficult the medical community makes it for the average person to really understand a condition and make good treatment choices. "There's no reason why this material can't be presented in plain English," he says. "You just have to make an effort to really understand what you're talking about."Although Earlstein makes no claims of being a doctor himself, he does feel he has a good role as an interpreter. "I don't write about any condition until I've studied the material and have a good handle on the mechanics of the problem or the illness," he said. "I'm not shy about calling up a doctor or surgeon and asking questions."Recently, when his eye doctor told him he was suffering from eye strain, Earlstein immediately began to research the condition. "I knew I had been staring at the computer a lot," Earlstein said. "I didn't know that just getting lightly tinted lenses in my glasses could help. I'm still gathering information and yes, there's a book in the works."When asked if he prefers writing over teaching, Earlstein makes it very clear that in his mind, he's still a teacher. "I'm just using a different method," he says. "One where I don't have to listen to the snores if I put anyone to sleep!"

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      Foreword

      Any of us who survived high school biology class are at least vaguely aware of how the human spine looks. Perhaps your classroom had the ubiquitous skeleton dangling from a hook on a rolling stand like mine did.

      In my high school, his name was Melvin, and his bones were well travelled. At Halloween he showed up in the principle’s leather desk chair, and at one homecoming pep rally, Melvin was present in the gym wearing a sign that read, Oldest living graduate.

      The popular rumor at the time was that Melvin was a real skeleton, the remains of some ancient biology teacher who more or less desiccated away in his chair grading papers.

      Over the past few years, as I’ve dealt with episodic neck pain from degenerative disc disease, I’ve thought about Melvin a great deal. I do remember having to pass a quiz that called for each of us to march up to the front of the classroom and identify at least 15 of his prominent bones.

      Until my neck started hurting, however, I had absolutely no appreciation for the marvel of engineering that is the human spine.

      I’ve watched my dog push out his front paws, elevate his backside, and give his own backbone a thorough stretch and wondered if our prehistoric ancestors did us any favors when they stood up for the first time.

      On my first visit to the doctor, I was informed that my neck pain was an aspect of getting older. I didn’t enjoy hearing that any more than I liked the young optometrist who prescribed my bifocals saying, As we age, our eyes change . . .

      What really annoyed me about my neck pain was the fact that many of my friends who are of the same vintage as myself were

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