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Old 02-20-2018, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by c4c7 View Post
I was reading one of Dr. Todd Lanman's articles about ADRs for people with facet degeneration. I'm paraphrasing, but he said that people with mild to moderate issues can still get ADR.
There have been people who had mild to moderate damage who's facet degeneration actually reversed to some degree and, not only resolved their pain, but also improved the facet condition. There's also people who've gone down hill post-ADR having started with mild to moderate degeneration. It's a crapshoot and the further beyond mild you get, your odds for fully addressing your pain get worse; they just don't drop to zero.
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Laura - L5S1 Charitee
C5/6 and 6/7 Prodisc C
Facet problems L4-S1
General joint hypermobility

Jim - C4/5, C5/6, L4/5 disk bulges and facet damage, L4/5 disk tears, currently using regenerative medicine to address

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