How To Heal A Painful Annular Tear | The Spine Pro

Most people might think of the spine as a boney, cohesive structure. The spine, however, is actually a joint held together by the spinal disc tissues and ligaments. We can think of a spinal disc as a jelly donut, wherein it consists of a solid outer shell and a soft, semi-liquid center. Within the center of a spinal disc is a jelly-like material known as the nucleus pulposus and it is contained by a tough wrapping of ligaments called the annulus fibrosus. These tissues together work as a shock absorber for the spine, keeping the bony vertebrae from rubbing or fusing together. In this video, we discuss what happens when the annulus fibrosus tears, otherwise known as an annular tear, and what treatments can help heal the injury.

While there are many effective conservative treatments to consider when recovering from an annular tear, sometimes surgery is necessary when therapies fail to provide relief from pain. A Top US Spine Doctor, Dr. Hooman Melamed has himself suffered an annular tear and recovered. Having this first-hand experience, Dr. Melamed knows the pain patients may be going through and how to best help their situation. Dr. Melamed and his caring staff are available for phone and virtual consultations at (310) 730-1787.

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ABOUT DR. MELAMED

Hooman M. Melamed, MD, FAAOS is widely recognized as one of the top board-certified orthopedic spine surgeons in the U.S. Dr. Melamed concentrates on disorders of the spine for children and adults. Dr. Melamed’s specialties include minimally invasive and out-patient spinal surgery, complex cervical spine disorders, degenerative disc disease, microsurgery, revision spine surgeries, spine trauma, pediatric and adult deformities — spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, tumor, and kyphosis — artificial disc replacements, nonfusion technology, XLIF, stem cell therapy, pediatric and adult deformities including spondylolisthesis, tumor, kyphosis, and scoliosis. Dr. Melamed currently serves as Co-Director of Spinal Surgery at DISC Sports and Spine Center, as well as Director of Scoliosis at Marina Del Rey Hospital.

Dr. Melamed appears regularly on The Doctors, Dr. Oz, Steve Harvey, Fox and Friends and KTLA, CBS, KCAL and ABC in Los Angeles. He has also been selected by his peers to be inducted in the leading physicians of the world, is a “Los Angeles Super Doctor” year after year and was chosen as a top doctor for two consecutive years by the prestigious Castle Connolly.

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